Job Details

Accountant Trainee

Salary Range: N/A

Position Salary: 4,243.00 USD Monthly

Location: Police Department Headquarters

Civil Service or Non Civil Service: Civil Service

Job Summary: Receives training and assists in a trainee capacity in activities pertaining to professional accounting work; and performs other related duties as required.

Examples of Duties:

• Attends training and orientation sessions to become familiar with the systems, practices, procedures, work processes, regulations, operations, structure, and other aspects of the County's fiscal program;
• Performs routine assignments, under close supervision and guidance, for purposes of gaining knowledge and developing skills in the practical application of accounting principles, procedures, and techniques;
• Learns to prepare worksheets, financial reports, exhibits and statements;
• Learns to use the specific procedures of automated systems to find, review, or change accounting data in transaction files, ledgers, accounts, summary reports and financial statements;
• Reviews data and compares reports or transactions to ensure their acceptability for further processing;
• Learns to identify and correct errors;
• Complies, tabulates, and evaluates fiscal information;
• Maintains ledgers and other fiscal records; and
• Performs other related duties as required.

Minimum Qualifications: Training & Experience: A combination of education and experience substantially equivalent to graduation from an accredited college or university with a baccalaureate degree in accounting or a related field.

Work Shift/ Schedule: Monday-Friday (United States of America)

Equal Opportunity Employer

It is the policy of the County of Kaua?i 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