Finance Consultant State of Chuuk 2

FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA REQUEST FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST Country Federated States of Micronesia Project Project for Strengthening Public Financial Management II (P181237) Project Implementing Agency / Client Department of Finance and Administration (DOFA) Assignment Title Finance Consultant for Chuuk State Selection Method Open International Contract Type Time Based Reference No. FM-DOFA-574065-CS-INDV Credit/Grant No. IDA-E4120 Date of Advertisement October 16, 2026 Deadline for Submission October 31, 2026 The Government of The Federated States of Micronesia (FSM) has received financing from the World Bank toward the cost of the Strengthening Public Financial Management II (PFM II) Project (P181237) and intends to apply part of the proceeds for consulting services. The consulting services (“the Services”) involve providing full-time technical advisory and capacity-building support under Component 2 – Expand Core Financial Management Information System (FMIS), Subcomponent 2.1 – Continued Rollout of Core Public Finance System of the PFM II Project. The Finance Consultant for Chuuk State will support the Chuuk State Finance Department in the continued rollout, operationalization, and stabilization of the FreeBalance FMIS. The assignment will focus on validating financial transactions and data migrated from FundWare to FreeBalance, reconciling FY26 opening balances, strengthening accounting and financial reporting processes, improving internal controls related to FMIS operations, and building the capacity of State Finance staff to use the system effectively and sustainably. The key responsibilities will include, but not be limited to: Reviewing and validating financial transactions, account balances, and data migrated from FundWare to FreeBalance, including the reconciliation and validation of FY26 opening balances. Supporting FreeBalance stabilization by identifying, documenting, prioritizing, escalating, and following up on accounting, data migration, tran