JOB ALERT!!!!! Plan International, Inc., acting through its branch office in Cameroon is an international Child Centered Community Development Organization with no religious, political or governmental affiliation working in Cameroon since 1996. We promote equal opportunity employment and pay special consideration to female candidates. Plan is a children’s organization with primary concerns on children 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 Cameroon is looking for suitable candidates for one year renewable contract to fulfill the following positions; 1) Title: Grant Accountant (1) Duty Station: Yaoundé MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES: Under the authority of the Grant Support Manager, the Grant Accountant will among many other tasks: • Provide support for overall management and monitoring of Grants budget spending and follow up individual Grants issues and updates in systems; • Reallocation of Grants budget by Program Unit; • Prepare Grants related financial reports and track grants expenditure regularly and issues/problems; identified are reported to Management appropriately and on a timely manner; • Manage Grants information systems. QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE: • University degree in Accounting or equivalent, • At least 3 (three) years’ experience in a similar position or an equivalent accounting role, • Knowledge of local finance system, • Good experience and knowledge of accounting and grant funds management regulations and procedures; 2) Title: Project Accountant (1) Duty Station: Yaoundé Main Duties and Responsibilities: Under the authority of the Business Analyst, the Project Accountant will among other tasks perform the following: • Participates in the budgeting process and ensures that the budget to be recovered from grants is highlighted and insert in the grant portion of the budget; • Participate in the review of the grant proposal to ensure that part of the budget is allocated to cover regular Plan expenditures (salaries, rent, utilities...); • Review all grants Project Outline (PO) to ensure that the overhead in the proposal has been inserted in an account line; • Ensure that journal entries have been prepared in a monthly basis for the salary cost recovery; • Ensure that the overhead budget has been consumed in a monthly basis through payment and journal vouchers; • Prepare a Budget Versus Actual for overhead budget in a monthly basis; • Prepare the cost recovery report in a monthly basis based on the approved budget before recording to the General Ledger( Accounting system); • Be ready to support the Program Unit (PU) when the Finance Coordinator is on leave or not available to perform the job; QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE: • University degree in Accounting/Finance/Management • At least 3 years’ experience in a similar role or in grants management • Fair knowledge of project management • Good experience and knowledge of accounting and grant funds management regulations and procedures; • Good experience and knowledge on internal financial controls and procedures. SKILLS & BEHAVIORS: • Good team player (ability to work in a team) • Proficient in Microsoft applications especially spread sheets (e.g. excel ) • Good communication skills both oral and written • Ability to work under pressure and deliver to tight deadlines • Self-starter and innovative • Good English and French is an asset Applications procedure: All applications should include: 1 Cover letter; 2 Comprehensive CV; Interested applicants should submit their applications no later than January 24th, 2015 at 17 o’clock preferably in soft copies and by e-mail to the address: [email protected] with a subject title: Application for (the position desired). Only shortlisted candidates shall be contacted. The candidate finally selected should comply with the Child Protection Policy applied in the Organization. NB: No application shall be admitted after the closing hour mentioned above
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