Government Accountant
Temporary
CKH Group
About The Role CKH Group is hiring a full-time, Philippines-based Government Accountant with hands-on Bisan ERP experience and a background in U.S. governmental accounting. The role is dedicated to a single international public-sector engagement for approximately 12 to 14 months, with potential extension and future engagements. You will support a national government finance ministry, funded by a multilateral development bank, that reports under U.S. governmental accounting standards (GASB) and runs its general ledger in Bisan ERP. The work covers:
- Reconciling fiscal year 2026 balances and clearing a reconciliation backlog;
- Helping government-owned component units reconcile open balances;
- Preparing audit schedules; and
- Helping ministry staff use Bisan.
- Reconcile general ledger balances in Bisan to bank statements, subsidiary ledgers, and third-party support, and document each reconciliation in a clear, reviewable workpaper.
- Clear backlogged monthly and year-end reconciliations, research reconciling items, and draft proposed adjusting journal entries with support for client approval.
- Produce a reconciled year-end trial balance ready for financial statement preparation and audit.
- Work with finance staff at government-owned entities to reconcile and resolve open balances across multiple fiscal years, including amounts due to and from the primary government.
- Prepare audit schedules from the auditor's request list for the accounts you reconcile, and help answer auditor questions.
- Pull reports, trace transactions, and use Bisan's general ledger, banking, fixed asset, and reporting functions to support the work.
- Show client staff how to record journal entries, run reconciliations, and produce reports in Bisan. Client staff make all postings.
- Help the U.S. team build working knowledge of Bisan.
- Join a weekly client call and regular check-ins with the Engagement Manager.
- Maintain the open-items list, contribute to monthly status reports, and track time accurately
- At least 1 year of hands-on use of Bisan ERP's financial modules, including journal entries, bank reconciliation, financial reports, and transaction drill-down.
- At least 3 years of accounting experience under U.S. GAAP, including work for U.S.-based clients or a U.S. firm's offshore team.
- Working knowledge of GASB fund accounting, including governmental and proprietary funds, interfund balances, and component units.
- Demonstrated ability to clear reconciliation backlogs and resolve aged or unexplained balances.
- Experience preparing audit schedules and responding to external auditor requests.
- Advanced Excel skills, including lookups, pivot tables, and reconciliation templates.
- Fluent written and spoken English, and confidence explaining accounting steps to client staff.
- Bachelor's degree in accounting or a closely related field.
- Philippine CPA license, or progress toward a U.S. CPA or CMA.
- Experience with U.S. state or local government clients, or with GASB 34 financial statements.
- Familiarity with federal grants compliance (Uniform Guidance, 2 CFR 200).
- Experience on projects funded by the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, or other development partners.
- Experience training ERP end users or supporting an ERP implementation or data cleanup.
- Familiarity with other public-sector ERPs, such as Tyler, OpenGov, or Caselle.
- Fully remote, Monday to Friday, about 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM Philippine Time, with occasional early-morning or evening calls. The client is 4 hours ahead of the Philippines (UTC+12), and the U.S. team works Eastern Time.
- A quiet home office, reliable broadband with a backup connection, and backup power.
- Work only on a CKH-provided or CKH-approved secure device, following CKH's IT security and remote work policies.
- A confidentiality agreement and background check are required.
- Short trips to the client site are possible but not expected.
- Your Bisan experience: which modules you used, in what role, and for how long.
- Your experience with U.S. GAAP or GASB clients.
- The roots of the tree remind us to stay grounded and humble.
- The trunk represents the support we have for each other, making our team strong. But we also like to shake the tree!
- Churning up new ideas and positive change as the world around us grows.
- The fruit our tree grows reminds us to never stop growing, producing the best quality service for our clients.
- The treetop helps us reach higher, always stretching to new heights and goals.
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