VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT: CO Accounts Assistant (7621)

Plan International Cameroon is a Child Centered Community Development Organization with no religious, political or governmental affiliation working in Cameroon since 1996. Plan International is a children’s organization with primary concerns on children’s rights, safety and well-being and has in its interest to create safe environments for children with more attention paid to child protection. All employees are therefore expected to comply with our Child Protection Policy. Plan International also promotes equal opportunity employment and pays special consideration to female candidates.

Plan’s Internationals’ Global Strategic Goal (2011-2015) is to reach as many children as possible, particularly those who are excluded or marginalized, with high-quality programmes that deliver long-lasting benefits. Plan aims to achieve this goal by working in partnership with others and through high performing teams whose behaviours reflect the corporate values.

Plan Cameroon is looking for a suitable candidate for the position of Accounts Assistant.

Dimensions of Role: under the direct supervision of the Country Acountant, the incumbent will among other tasks perform the following:

• Process Payment Vouchers and Journal Vouchers through GL on time and in accordance with the Operations Manual.
• Encod accrual accounting entries in accordance with the accrual accounting plan of action.
• Coordinat the receipt of all fund requests from Program Units and from all department units and ensures accuracy of fund request received from various department units.
• Maintain complete and accurate file of fund transfer transmittals and ensures that bank Balances will have sufficient balance to avoid no sufficient funds at any given point in time.
• Record all documents from other departments in the appropriate ledger (LPO, payment requests, PO, POM, PCR…)
• Record all documents sent out of Finance Department to the appropriate ledger for traceability
• Liaise with other departments to prepare the monthly and the weekly cash forecast
• File all Disbursement Vouchers/Journal Vouchers systematically no later than the     following month, with all supporting documents attached and duly stamped with PAID, date and check number indicated.
• Safe-keep all unused checks and check stubs in the vault.
• Process payment to staff and keep unused funds to the vault
• Prepare the cash situation in a weekly basis and send to the Country Accountant for review

Prepare Year-End schedules and reports accurately and on time and provides assistance in the consolidation of PUs Budget during budget period.

The full job description can be found at https://www.dropbox.com/s/da7oldl3lt34sxs/JD%20Account%20Assistant%20CO.doc?dl=0

ABOUT YOU:

Qualification and Experience

• HND or BTS in accounting, finance, management, economics
• At least 2 years’ experience preferably in an international development organization,,
• Good experience and knowledge of internal financial controls and procedures
• Good experience and knowledge of accounting and grant funds management regulations and procedure.
• Accounting experience, in data entry
• Knowledge of local finance system,
• Computer skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Internet),
• Be bilingual (English and French)

NEXT STEP:

To apply for this job, kindly click on "Apply". Your application should include:

• A covering letter
• A comprehensive CV including details of two referees, one of whom should be your current of most recent supervisor

Location: YAOUNDE - CAMEROON

Closing date: September 18th, 2015

In case of any difficulty in submitting your online application via the jobs page site mentionned above, please send a mail to Cameroon.HR@plan-international.org for support.

Plan international operates in an equal opportunity environment and actively encourage diversity. Only applications received in French or English will be treated and only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.