Government Accountant - Buenos Aires

Overview

This is a full-time, Philippines-based Government Accountant role supporting a single international public-sector engagement for approximately 12 to 14 months, with potential extension and future engagements.

The work supports a national government finance ministry funded by a multilateral development bank. The ministry reports under U.S. governmental accounting standards (GASB) and uses Bisan ERP for its general ledger.

The role is hands-on and involves working in Bisan daily, reporting to a U.S.-based Engagement Manager.

Responsibilities

• Reconcile general ledger balances in Bisan to bank statements, subsidiary ledgers, and third-party support.
  • Document each reconciliation in clear, reviewable workpapers.
• Clear backlogged monthly and year-end reconciliations.
  • Research reconciling items.
  • Draft proposed adjusting journal entries for client approval.
• Produce a reconciled year-end trial balance ready for financial statement preparation and audit.
• Coordinate with finance staff at government-owned component units 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.
  • Assist with responses to auditor questions.
• Pull reports, trace transactions, and use Bisan functions (general ledger, banking, fixed assets, and reporting) to support reconciliation and reporting tasks.
• Train client staff on recording journal entries, running reconciliations, and producing reports in Bisan.
  • Note: client staff make all postings.
• Support the U.S. team by building working knowledge of Bisan.
• Participate in 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Reconciliation templates
• Fluent written and spoken English.
  • Ability to explain accounting steps to client staff confidently.
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or a closely related field.

Preferred Qualifications

• 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.

Compensation & Benefits

• Not specified in the provided job description.

Location & Work Conditions

• Philippines-based; full-time.
• Quiet home office with reliable broadband, including a backup connection and backup power.
• Work only on a secure device provided by the employer or approved by the employer, following 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.