Court Fiscal Services Officer - Honolulu, Oahu

Hawai`i State Judiciary • Honolulu, HI

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About The Position

Serves as the principal finance officer and fiscal staff consultant for the First Circuit. Plans, directs, coordinates, and oversees fiscal, budget, and accounting services; advises and assists the Deputy/Chief Court Administrator on those services; and provides advisory services and liaison support to administration, operating officials, and external agencies. Develops and implements systems, processes, procedures, and functions to evaluate and improve fiscal and accounting services and operations. Participates in developing, evaluating, implementing, and modifying policies, procedures, and systems to ensure fiscal services and operations comply with regulations, policies, guidelines, and requirements.

The position requires a bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university, including at least 12 semester credit hours in accounting and/or auditing, or qualifying substitutions. Candidates must also meet the specified accounting, supervisory, specialist and/or fiscal management, and administrative experience requirements. The posting describes substitutions for certain education and accounting experience requirements but states that supervisory, specialist and/or fiscal management and administrative experience requirements cannot be substituted by education.

Requirements

• Graduate from an accredited four-year college or university with a bachelor’s degree and at least 12 semester credit hours in accounting and/or auditing, or qualify for the stated substitution of excess relevant work experience for the bachelor’s degree.
• Have 3.5 years of progressively responsible professional accounting or auditing experience, which may include teaching accounting at the university level, or qualify for a stated substitution.
• Have 3 years of supervisory, specialist, and/or fiscal management experience of the described type and quality.
• Supervisory experience must involve professional work supervising people engaged in accounting, auditing, or fiscal control, including planning and directing work; assigning and reviewing work; advising on difficult problems; timing and scheduling work; and training and developing new employees.
• Specialist experience must involve professional work in a specialized accounting area, such as systems design, adaptation, installation, evaluation, revision, or fund control, or in auditing, with regularly difficult and complex situations and problems. It generally includes studies and recommendations to management, technical advice and direction, research to implement or improve accounting or auditing systems, and/or developing guides for accounting or auditing work.
• Fiscal management experience must involve professional accounting and/or auditing work that includes participation in budget preparation and development of long-range financial plans.
• Have 1 year of responsible administrative experience involving active participation in and/or major responsibility for developing, managing, executing, and coordinating policies, programs, and/or activities.
• The stated substitutions include: a bachelor’s degree with at least 24 semester-hour credits in accounting subjects may substitute for one-half year of accounting experience; a master’s degree in accounting may substitute for two years of accounting experience; and a CPA certificate obtained through written examination qualifies for the education and accounting experience requirements.
• No educational substitutions are available for the supervisory, specialist and/or fiscal management and administrative experience requirements.
• If using education as a substitute for experience, submit a copy of official transcripts or diploma with the application. If selected, provide an official transcript indicating completion of training or award of the degree.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the principal finance officer and fiscal staff consultant for the First Circuit.
• Plan, direct, coordinate, and oversee fiscal, budget, and accounting services.
• Advise and assist the Deputy/Chief Court Administrator on fiscal, budget, and accounting services.
• Provide advisory services and liaison support to administration, operating officials, and external agencies.
• Develop and implement systems, processes, procedures, and functions to evaluate and improve fiscal and accounting services and operations.
• Participate in developing, evaluating, implementing, and modifying policies, procedures, and systems to ensure compliance with regulations, policies, guidelines, and requirements.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior