Title: Accountant, Senior
Position Number: 81370
Hiring Unit: VP for Budget & Finance/CFO, Financial Mgt. Office
Location: Manoa Campus
Date Posted: May 24, 2024
Closing Date: June 10, 2024; 11:59 PM, HST
Salary :  salary schedules and placement informationAdditional Salary Information: Pay Band B; minimum $5,000/mo.; $5,250/mo. eff. 7/01/24
Full Time/Part Time: Full-time
Temporary/Permanent: Permanent
Funding: General
Duties and Responsibilities

• * Performs various professional accounting tasks that require general reviews for technical accuracy and compliance with guidelines established for college and university accounting.
• * Reviews, maintains, reconciles and audits financial transaction reports, forms, requests, journal entries in accordance with federal, state, and university guidelines.
• * Maintains and analyzes financial transactions for: chart of account, financial records and reports, financial data relating to materials, labor, overhead costs, object codes and control ledgers, registers, journals and other related fiscal records.
• Prepares written policies and procedures, instructions, guidelines and other reports.
• * Prepares accurate year end adjusting and closing journal entries, trial balances, audit schedules or other internal or external reports.
• * Participates on special teams or committees and prepares plans, reports and analyses.
• Accounts for a variety of financial transactions which may include cash flow analyses, income statements, balance sheets and other financial reports.
• Communicates verbally and in writing with university departments, faculty, fiscal personnel, students, individuals and/or outside agencies on accounting and reporting controls, procedures and requirements; resolves accounting issues and discrepancies.
• Develops, conducts and evaluates in conducting group training sessions in a wide range of KFS and General Accounting functions.
• * Identifies, researches, resolves, monitors, and reports on critical accounting issues which may include payroll feed failures; issues affecting lapsing funds; high-level reviews of account attributes, accounting transactions, and/or account balances for reasonableness and/or other high- profile issues.
• Assists in the implementation of new Government Accounting Standards Board and other authority guidance.
• * Provides assistance in the development and implementation of new financial management information systems including testing, documenting, training and reporting.
• Other duties as assigned

1. Possession of a baccalaureate degree in Accounting or related field and 4 years of progressively responsible professional experience with responsibilities for accounting/fiscal operations; or any equivalent combination of education and/or professional work experience which provides the required education, knowledge, skills and abilities as indicated.
2. Considerable working knowledge of principles, practices and techniques in the area of governmental or financial accounting as demonstrated by the broad knowledge of the full range of pertinent standard and evolving concepts, principles and methodologies.
3. Considerable working knowledge and understanding of applicable federal and state laws, rules, regulations and theories and systems associated with governmental or financial accounting.
4. Demonstrated ability to resolve wide ranging complex problems through the use of creative reasoning and logic to accurately determine the cause of the problems and the resolution of the problems in an effective, innovative and timely manner.
5. Demonstrated ability to interpret and present information and ideas clearly and accurately in writing, verbally and by preparation of reports and other materials.
6. Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external organizations, groups, team leaders and members, and individuals.
7. Demonstrated ability to operate a personal computer and apply word processing software.
8. If applicable, for supervisory work, demonstrated ability to lead subordinates, manage work priorities and projects, and manage employee relations.

1. Knowledge and ability to apply generally accepted principles of governmental accounting, accounting for colleges and universities, and fund accounting systems.