Fiscal Specialist (0097664T, 0097665T)

- ## Description - Title: Fiscal Specialist Position Number: 0097664T, 0097665T Hiring Unit: School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST) Location: UH at Manoa Date Posted: July 16, 2026 Closing Date: August 4, 2026 Band: A Salary : [salary schedules and placement information](https://www.hawaii.edu/ohr/general-information/compensation/) Full Time/Part Time: Full-time Month: 11-month Temporary/Permanent: Temporary Other Conditions: To begin approximately September 2026. Continuation subject to availability of funds and satisfactory performance. Duties and Responsibilities (\*Denotes essential functions) 1.\*Assists with overall grants management, including but not limited to: pre-award, account establishment and maintenance, budget and budget forecasting, procurement, inventory, personnel, disbursing, reporting, and closeout. 2.\*Assists senior specialists in managing departments, institutes, and/or major programs. This includes dealing with appropriated, extramural, and revolving funds. 3.\*Provides administrative staff support and advisement to higher level personnel, organizational groups, colleges, or programs in the performance of work of limited scope, difficulty, or complexity in a specialty area. 4.Learns and applies methods, techniques, and principles of the specialty area and keeps abreast of emerging changes and updates. 5.\*Assists senior specialist in the performance of both detailed and routine work and performs or assists with reviews and analyses to provide information. 6.Independently performs assignments of limited scope and complexity in the specialty area involving application of standard policies and regulations and widely accepted methods and practices. 7.Assists in the development or improvement of procedures; makes recommendations or performs functions of comparable scope and difficulty in support of the program(s). 8.Assists with development, preparation, and transmittal of reports with limited complexity and/or special nonrecurring reports for internal and external review/distribution as needed. 9.Assists with development and/or presentation of information of limited scope to management and/or other personnel; written and/or oral reports and/or recommendations. 10.Participate in the supervision, development, and training of other junior fiscal staff, clerical staff, or students, as directed. 11.\*Performs specific portions of work to provide orientation, familiarization, and training in the specialty area(s). 12.Provide and/or conduct fiscal compliance training of average difficulty to departmental Principal Investigators (PIs), managers, and administrative support staff as needed. 13.Advises supervisor of the progress of projects assigned, anticipated problems, major policy changes expected affecting specialized area, and completion of projects assigned. 14.\*Effectively resolves complaints. 15.Receives training relative to policies and procedures of specialty area. 16.Works as a team member to identify, coordinate, and evaluate problems. 17.Responsible for exercising tact, diplomacy, and good judgment in relations with others and in written and oral communications. 18.Assists other fiscal offices and departments in the school as needed. 19.Other duties as assigned Minimum Qualifications 1.Possession of a baccalaureate degree in Business Administration, Accounting or related field and 0 year(s) of progressively responsible professional experience with responsibilities for sponsored project administration, general business management, financial or governmental accounting; or any equivalent combination of education and/or professional work experience which provides the required education, knowledge, skills and abilities as indicated 2.Functional knowledge of principles, practices and techniques in business management or fiscal administration demonstrated by knowledge, understanding and ability to apply concepts, terminology. 3.Functional knowledge and understanding of principles, theories,…