{"id":3669627,"url":"https://alion.io/job/ckh-group-us-accountant-philippines","title":"US Accountant - Philippines","company":{"id":4416952,"name":"CKH Group","domain":"ckhgroup.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/ckhgroup","size_band":"51-200","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"staffing","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Breezy","truth_index":null},"role":"Finance","role_family":"Finance","seniority":"middle","employment_type":"contractor","work_mode":"remote","remote_scope":"stated_countries","remote_scope_basis":"posting_text","remote_working_hours":{"label":"UTC-5 – UTC+12","utc_offset_min":-5,"utc_offset_max":12},"hiring_geo_confidence":"explicit","locations":["Manila, Philippines"],"countries":["PH"],"hiring_countries":["PH"],"hiring_countries_total":1,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":3,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Microsoft Excel","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-11-03T07:16:00Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-11-03","last_verified_at":"2026-11-06T00:26:05Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":2,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":2},"description":"About the Role\nCKH 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:\nReconciling fiscal year 2026 balances and clearing a reconciliation backlog; \nHelping government-owned component units reconcile open balances; \nPreparing audit schedules; and \nHelping ministry staff use Bisan. \nYou will be the team member who works in Bisan every day, reporting to a U.S.-based Engagement Manager.\nKey Responsibilities\nReconcile general ledger balances in Bisan to bank statements, subsidiary ledgers, and third-party support, and document each reconciliation in a clear, reviewable workpaper.\nClear backlogged monthly and year-end reconciliations, research reconciling items, and draft proposed adjusting journal entries with support for client approval.\nProduce a reconciled year-end trial balance ready for financial statement preparation and audit.\nWork 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.\nPrepare audit schedules from the auditor’s request list for the accounts you reconcile, and help answer auditor questions.\nPull reports, trace transactions, and use Bisan’s general ledger, banking, fixed asset, and reporting functions to support the work.\nShow client staff how to record journal entries, run reconciliations, and produce reports in Bisan. Client staff make all postings.\nHelp the U.S. team build working knowledge of Bisan.\nJoin a weekly client call and regular check-ins with the Engagement Manager.\nMaintain the open-items list, contribute to monthly status reports, and track time accurately\nRequired Qualifications\nAt least 1 year of hands-on use of Bisan ERP’s financial modules, including journal entries, bank reconciliation, financial reports, and transaction drill-down. \nAt 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. \nWorking knowledge of GASB fund accounting, including governmental and proprietary funds, interfund balances, and component units. \nDemonstrated ability to clear reconciliation backlogs and resolve aged or unexplained balances. \nExperience preparing audit schedules and responding to external auditor requests. \nAdvanced Excel skills, including lookups, pivot tables, and reconciliation templates. \nFluent written and spoken English, and confidence explaining accounting steps to client staff. \nBachelor’s degree in accounting or a closely related field. \nPreferred Qualifications\nPhilippine CPA license, or progress toward a U.S. CPA or CMA. \nExperience with U.S. state or local government clients, or with GASB 34 financial statements. \nFamiliarity with federal grants compliance (Uniform Guidance, 2 CFR 200). \nExperience on projects funded by the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, or other development partners. \nExperience training ERP end users or supporting an ERP implementation or data cleanup. \nFamiliarity with other public-sector ERPs, such as Tyler, OpenGov, or Caselle. \nWorking Conditions\nFully 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. \nA quiet home office, reliable broadband with a backup connection, and backup power. \nWork only on a CKH-provided or CKH-approved secure device, following CKH’s IT security and remote work policies. \nA confidentiality agreement and background check are required. \nShort trips to the client site are possible but not expected. \nHow to Apply\nSend your resume with a short note/cover letter describing:\nYour Bisan experience: which modules you used, in what role, and for how long. \nYour experience with U.S. GAAP or GASB clients. \nShortlisted candidates will complete a brief practical exercise.\nWhy CKH is the best choice?\nCKH Group is a full-service CPA and advisory firm based in Atlanta, Georgia, ranked among INSIDE Public Accounting’s Top 500 firms. Its Government Accounting practice serves cities, counties, special districts, and other public entities. We are a boutique accounting & financial services firm that provides local expertise aided by global experience. We have presence in Atlanta, South Africa, Ukraine, Poland, Azerbaijan, Germany, Spain and Greece.\nOur tree logo is representative of CKH’s ideals:\nThe roots of the tree remind us to stay grounded and humble.\nThe trunk represents the support we have for each other, making our team strong. But we also like to shake the tree!\nChurning up new ideas and positive change as the world around us grows.\nThe fruit our tree grows reminds us to never stop growing, producing the best quality service for our clients.\nThe treetop helps us reach higher, always stretching to new heights and goals.","description_format":"text","description_chars":5315,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":3,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[{"language":"English","level":"All levels","optional":false}]},"benefits":["Home office"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"Philippines","iso":"PH","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Financial Services","Audit & Assurance Firms","Accounting & Bookkeeping Services"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-03T08:43:37Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":86,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.86,"p_room":1,"age_days":1,"expected_fill_days":48,"reasons":["conf:1","win:early"],"computed_at":"2026-11-05T05:54:30Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/ckh-group-us-accountant-philippines","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/ckh-group-us-accountant-philippines.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-06T02:34:46Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":4363,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-07T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":4416952},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=4416952"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fckh-group-us-accountant-philippines"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fckh-group-us-accountant-philippines"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fckh-group-us-accountant-philippines"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/ckh-group-us-accountant-philippines\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fckh-group-us-accountant-philippines"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3669627}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"ckhgroup.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3669627},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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