Government Accountant

About This Role

Working as a Government Accountant for a single international public-sector engagement, this role supports a national government finance ministry that reports under U.S. governmental accounting standards (GASB) and uses Bisan ERP. The work focuses on reconciling balances, preparing audit schedules, and assisting ministry staff with Bisan. This position is based in the Philippines and is dedicated to candidates with hands-on Bisan ERP experience and a background in U.S. governmental accounting.

Responsibilities

• Reconcile general ledger balances in Bisan to bank statements, subsidiary ledgers, and third-party support
• 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
• 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

Requirements

• 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

Nice to have:

• Philippine CPA license, or progress toward a U.S. CPA or CMA