Bookkeeper / Job-Costing Controller

Bookkeeper / Job-Costing Controller

Location: Remote (Philippines) — must work New York hours, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM EST

Type: Full-time contract

Compensation: target ~$1,200–$2,000/month depending on experience, plus performance-based bonuses The Role

Diskko needs someone to own cash. We need someone to come in, clean up our books, and then keep them clean — permanently. This is a bookkeeper role at its core, but with real responsibility attached: you're not just entering numbers, you're the person who tells us, job by job, whether we made money or lost it.

What You'll Do

Day-to-day bookkeeping
  • Attach receipts to the correct jobs and keep records organized and audit-ready
  • Track every vendor payment and manage vendor payables
  • Pay vendors on schedule
  • Chase clients for accounts receivable and stay on top of collections
  • Keep a running, accurate record of every dollar in and every dollar out — on every single job, no exceptions
Job-based accounting
  • Maintain job-level profitability tracking, so at any moment we know if a specific job is green or red
  • Build and maintain a clean, reliable system for job costing — every receipt, every payment, every dollar tied to the job it belongs to
  • Flag jobs trending red early, before they're a surprise at close
Reporting & decision support
  • Clean up our existing books, which need real work
  • Prepare and present monthly and quarterly financials to ownership
  • Translate the numbers into something we can actually make decisions from — not just a spreadsheet, but a clear picture of what's working and what isn't
What We Need From You
  • Real bookkeeping/accounting experience , ideally job-costing or project-based accounting (agency, production, manufacturing, or similar environments where profitability is tracked per job/project rather than just company-wide)
  • High attention to detail. Every receipt, every payment, every job — nothing gets lost or misfiled
  • Comfortable presenting financials , not just producing them. You should be able to walk us through the numbers and flag what matters
  • Self-directed. You're not waiting to be told what to reconcile — you see what's messy and you fix it
  • Strong English language skills
  • Available and reliable during New York business hours (8 AM–5 PM EST). This isn't a role you do on your own schedule
  • Experience working overnight/New York-hours shifts preferred. If you've worked US-hours remote roles before, that's a strong plus
Bottom Line This role is bookkeeping with teeth. If you're organized, honest with numbers, and want to be the person who actually knows where the money is — not just where it's supposed to be — this is the role for you.
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