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Job Summary:

Examples of Duties:

(The following are examples of duties and are not necessarily descriptive of any one position in this class. The omission of specific duties statements does not preclude management from assigning such duties if such duties are a logical assignment for the position).

• Plans, directs, and coordinates the work of accounting and clerical personnel engaged in posting, recording, tabulating, and processing data in connection with a department's or agency's fiscal and accounting program;

• Develops, maintains, and revises the accounting system to meet the needs of the department or agency serviced and to meet the requirements set up by the Finance Department of the County, State or Federal governments;

• Prepares, presents, and executes the Capital Improvement and Operating Budgets for the department head in accordance with his request;

• Conducts internal reviews to ensure that accounting systems and procedures are effective, efficient, and properly implemented;

• Develops and directs the maintenance of budgetary control;

• Analyzes and interprets directives, laws, rules, and regulations applicable to the department's fiscal program;

• Reviews all claims of payment for services, materials supplies, fixed charges, contracts, and personal services based upon obligations incurred in accordance with applicable laws;

• Supervises the preparation of financial statements, reports, budgetary estimates, payrolls, and other statistical reports;

• Analyzes and interprets statements and reports to establish expenditure trends and anticipates possible reprogramming needs;

• Establishes procedures and controls for the execution of the budget to ensure that expenses or appropriations remain within program and budgetary limits;

• Develops and refines cost accounting procedures, inventory, and property records;

• Advises management on fiscal policies and financial matters, participates in staff meetings and conferences with officials of other governmental agencies;

• Appears and testifies before the Council, Legislature or other committees on matters pertaining to the budget;

• Directs the purchases of materials, supplies and equipment and arranges or is responsible for fleet insurance coverage for all county-owned vehicles and equipment; and

• May conduct organizational studies and report findings to the department head along with recommendations; and

• Performs other related duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications:

Training and Experience: 

A combination of education and experience substantially equivalent to graduation from an accredited college or university with a baccalaureate degree in accounting, business or public administration or a related field; and

• four (4) years of professional accounting work experience, and

• one (1) year of supervisory work experience.

Qualifying Professional Accounting Experience:

Responsible experience which involved maintaining general journals, general ledger accounts, and related books and accounts; and preparing balance sheet, profit and loss statements, and related accounting and financial reports.  Experience of this nature may be gained by employees performing duties as a principal bookkeeper, or other responsible work requiring the preparation and/or analysis of financial statements and accounting reports.

Non-Qualifying Accounting Experience:

The following types of experience will not be accepted as the professional experience required for these positions: Experience in positions where the duties did not require full professional knowledge and application of generally accepted accounting principles or auditing standards such as an operator of accounting or bookkeeping machines, or in bookkeeping, or in minor accounting or clerical positions (e.g., time, leave, payroll, voucher, examining, etc.); and experience as an office manager or owner of business who supervises accountants, auditors or bookkeepers but does not participate in the accounting or auditing work with responsibility for its technical adequacy.

Qualifying Supervisory Work Experience:

Professional work experience which includes planning, directing, assigning, and reviewing the work of others; advising subordinates on difficult program areas; timing and scheduling subordinate work; and training and developing new employees.

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Equal Opportunity Employer

It is the policy of the County of Kauaʻi that there shall be no discrimination in employment pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 as amended, and the Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapters 368 and 378.

Except for bona fide occupational or other legal requirements, no individual employed by the County, or applying for employment with the County, shall be subjected to discrimination on the basis of race, sex, sexual orientation, age, religion, color, ancestry, national origin, disability, marital status, pregnancy or reproductive health decisions, arrest and court record, assignment of child support, national guard participation, Veteran status, credit history, domestic/sexual violence victim status, or any other basis covered by state or federal laws governing non-discrimination