Accountant V at City and County of Honolulu

Job Description

Supervises and performs professional level accounting work in the conduct of a fiscal program involving financial recordkeeping, reporting, control, and analysis of financial statements and reports; reviews, designs and implements accounting systems; and performs other related duties as required.

Honolulu Board of Water Supply, Finance Division (1 vacancy): This position serves as the accountant in charge of the Revenue and Customer Accounting Section and performs complex professional accounting work for fiscal revenue statistical and financial data and related reports; reviews, develops, and recommends accounting procedures; works in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), practices, and standards of governmental accounting; promotes timely, efficient, and effective customer accounting operations; and maintains effective working relationships with the section's staff, other divisions and BWS employees, and external customers, organizations, and agencies.

Honolulu Police Department, Finance Division (1 vacancy): This position assists the division commander in the administration of the fiscal and accounting programs and is responsible for analyzing, interpreting, planning, directing, controlling, auditing, and maintaining the accounting systems used for fiscal management which includes budgetary accounting of 29 separate accounts in addition to: Highway Funds, Federal Revenue Sharing Funds, Federal Grant Funds, State Grant Funds, General Trust Funds, Treasury Trust Funds, and the Police Activities League Fund.

If you qualify for the position, your name will be established to an eligible list. This list may be used to fill current and/or future vacancies in this and/or other departments.

Minimum Qualification Requirements:

• Equivalent to graduation from an accredited college or university with a major in accounting or in business administration with courses in accounting. (Note: At least 12 semester credits in accounting or auditing courses is needed, six of which must be above the beginning or elementary course level from an accredited four-year college or university).
• Work experience may be substituted for the bachelor's degree on a year-for-year basis. Such experience must have provided the knowledge, skills, and analytical ability normally gained from attainment of a bachelor's degree in accounting or in business administration with courses in accounting.
• Four years of progressively responsible work experience in professional accounting, including or supplemented by work experience demonstrating aptitude or potential for the performance of supervisory duties through successful completion of regular or special assignments which involve some supervisory responsibilities or aspects; by serving as a group or team leader, or in similar work in which opportunities for demonstrating supervisory capabilities exist; by completion of training courses in supervision accompanied by application of supervisory skills in work assignments; or by favorable appraisals by a supervisor indicating the possession of supervisory potential.
• A Master's degree in Accounting from an accredited four-year college or university will substitute for one of the required four years of professional accounting experience. You must submit evidence of your Master's degree in Accounting in order to be given credit for the substitution.

How to Apply

Please submit your application here: https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/honolulu/jobs/3738846/accountant-v-sr-24-2-vacancies

To view the benefits of City employment visit: https://www.honolulu.gov/hr/benefits.html

An Equal Opportunity Employer