A FINANCE COORDINATOR Needed at Première Urgence Internationale

As part of its humanitarian activities,
the French association Première Urgence Internationale is looking for:
A FINANCE COORDINATOR

Context:
Première Urgence Internationale (PUI) is a
non-profit, apolitical and secular Non-Governmental Organization of international solidarity. Its objective is to meet all the basic needs of
civilian victims endangered, marginalized or excluded by the effects of natural disasters, wars and
situations of economic collapse. PUI is present in 22 countries, in Africa, Asia, the Middle East,
the Caucasus and the Caribbean, and intervenes in the areas of food security, health, nutrition,
infrastructure rehabilitation, water and sanitation and economic recovery.
PUI has been present in Cameroon since 2008, first on the Eastern front / Adamaoua then in the Far North
(EN) in 2014/2015, via its base in Maroua. It carries out emergency and recovery activities in Water, Hygiene
and Sanitation (WASH), Nutritional Food Security and Livelihoods (NFSLM),
Essential Household Items (EH&S)/Shelter. Since 2017, PUI has expanded into Logone-et-Chari (LC) from its base in Kousseri
where teams carry out projects in WASH, WASH, and NFS Shelter as part of the Rapid Response Mechanism
(RRM).
As part of the implementation of projects and programs, PUI is recruiting a Finance Coordinator.
Overall objective:
The Finance Coordinator is responsible for the sound financial, accounting and budgetary management of the
mission. He/She is the point of contact for the mission both internally and externally (donors, authorities,
NGOs, etc.)
.

Responsibilities and scope of action

1. Financial, budgetary and accounting management: He/She is responsible for all aspects relating to
finances, including budgetary and accounting elements, as well as the mission’s treasury.
2. Representation: He/She represents the association with partners, authorities and various
local stakeholders involved in the financial, administrative and legal areas of the mission.
3. Coordination: He/She centralizes and disseminates information within the mission and at headquarters for everything
concerning the financial areas of the mission and consolidates internal and external reporting in these
same areas.

Specific objectives and activities to be carried out
1. ENSURE THE GOOD FINANCIAL, BUDGETARY AND ACCOUNTING MANAGEMENT OF THE MISSION
a. Financial
 He/She develops and updates dashboards to ensure the financial balance of the mission
and prevent risks. He/She analyzes financial information and shares his/her findings with
the coordination team, the relevant base and technical managers, as well as with
the management controller at headquarters.
 He/She ensures the implementation and proper use of financial,
accounting and budgetary management procedures and tools across the entire mission. He/She is responsible for briefing new
expatriates and national employees on these rules and organizes ad hoc training as needed.
 He/She ensures, among other things, compliance with the expenditure commitment procedure and sets up
an internal control system. He/She also participates in the validation of purchasing files.
 He/She guarantees the compliance of the allocation and reporting of each shared cost in accordance with the
PUI procedure.
 He/She is in charge of financial audits on the mission.
b. Budgetary
 He/She leads the development of the mission’s budgetary framework for the year and monitors/revises it at
regular intervals, as defined with the management controller at headquarters.
 He/She develops project budgets within the framework of operational proposals (including
budget narrative) in compliance with the procedures of each donor, in coordination with the
coordination team and the relevant field managers. He/She then ensures the coverage of costs
strictly related to the proposed programs but also the fair distribution of
the mission’s operating costs over the duration of each project.
 He/She carries out budgetary monitoring of each project every month, which he/she communicates to the stakeholders
concerned on the mission and to headquarters in compliance with the PUI financial calendar, and analyzes with them any
discrepancies between forecast and actual.

 He/She carries out budget projections at regular intervals in order to ensure the optimization
of budgetary resources in compliance with the eligibility and flexibility rules of each donor
. He/She makes proposals for budgetary adjustments, if necessary, which may involve requests
for contractual amendments. He/She takes into account the contractual deadline required for the presentation of an
amendment and ensures that all documents are sent to headquarters in good time.
 He/She ensures, throughout each project, the correct allocation of funds and compliance with the framework
contractual in terms of eligibility rules (date, nature and purchasing procedures) and
reporting deadlines.
 He/She prepares external financial reports for donors which he/she transmits to the Head
of Mission for transmission to headquarters with all the documents constituting the contractual report.
c. Accounting
 He/She supervises the accounting allocation of entries, ensures the correct allocation of expenses and
carries out the monthly accounting closure after having carried out all the required checks and
transmits the monthly accounting to headquarters in accordance with the PUI accounting closure procedure.
 He/She is responsible for the correct archiving of accounting documents according to the rules established by headquarters.
d. Treasury
 He/She establishes the cash flow forecast with the teams and transmits transfer requests to headquarters
. He/She ensures that the amount of cash on the mission is sufficient to meet the needs of the
field over the period, taking into account any donor payments made locally in
his/her transfer requests to headquarters.3
 He/She is responsible for the bank accounts and cash registers, the balances of which he/she regularly checks, and
he/she organizes the movement of funds on the mission with a constant concern for the security of the
funds transferred and stored.
 He/She ensures that payment requests to donors are made in compliance with the
contractual conditions, whether it is a collection at headquarters or in the field.
 He/She ensures compliance with the procedures concerning the funds transfer channels used by the mission.
 He/She validates the funds security policy with the CdM.

2. ENSURE THE FLOW OF INFORMATION, COORDINATION AND
REPRESENTATION ON “FINANCIAL” MATTERS
 He/She ensures the efficient flow of information to the field, capital and headquarters teams.
 He/She drafts or participates in drafting internal activity reports for everything related to the
financial, budgetary and accounting management of the mission.
 He/She ensures financial coordination at the mission level through regular visits to bases,
controls, monitoring, etc.
 Externally, he/she represents PUI with the tax authorities (Tax Directorate,
collecting bodies, etc.). He/She also develops and maintains relationships with partner entities,
particularly within the framework of the NGO coordination forum with regard to finances and donors.
3. SUPERVISE AND SUPERVISE THE “ADMIN” TEAMS
 He/She supervises the entire admin team, directly or indirectly. He/She writes or validates
financial job profiles and conducts or delegates appraisal interviews. He/She leads working meetings,
arbitrates potential conflicts, defines priorities and activity schedules.
 He/She participates in the recruitment of admin team members.
 He/She ensures and/or supervises ongoing training in PUI procedures and tools for national
and international members of the admin team, in the capital and on the bases.
 He/She supports the Base Manager(s) in the conduct of their admin activities, in a
functional and non-hierarchical relationship.
 He/She develops the action plan for the admin department based on the objectives defined in the
annual mission schedule.
Desired profile:
 Bac+5 in financial management, accounting, administration or any other
related field.
 Required Professional Experience:
– Minimum 02 years of successful experience in a similar position in an INGO.
 Required knowledge and skills
– Excellent skills and abilities in budget preparation;
– Knowledge and skills in financial reporting;
– Knowledge of donor procedures (ECHO, CDCS, CIAA, UN agencies);
– Proficiency in SAGA software;
– Proficiency in Office Pack (Excel).4
 Expected personal characteristics
– Good stress management
– Resistance to pressure
– Analytical skills
– Organization and method
– Reliability
– Sense of responsibility
– Great listening skills, empathy
– Adaptability, priority management and pragmatism
– Diplomacy and negotiation skills
– Good communication

– Honesty and rigor.
Conditions
 Position based in Yaoundé, Central Region.
 Fixed-term contract.
 Salary defined according to the PUI salary scale.
 Start date ASAP.
 Female applications are strongly encouraged.5

THE CANDIDATE MUST COMPLETE THE QUESTIONNAIRE ONLINE VIA THE PUBLISHED LINK
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=K-qPwVmLHEikU3LK3T1ufTV7SuMnUmJKmqcYFWUagBFUQUU2NENLTkZWR0FaRzlaVzFYVVZIUkFXUC4u
You can also access the link by phone by filming the QR code:
IN THE MINAJOBS JOB OFFER PUBLICATION SITE THEN SEND YOUR FILE (ONLY
COVER LETTER AND CV), TO THE EMAIL ADDRESS recrutement@premiere-urgence-cmr.org
BY MENTIONING “THEIR NAME + FINANCE COORDINATOR” IN THE SUBJECT.
THE FILES PROVIDED WILL NOT BE RETURNED TO THE CANDIDATES.
1- THE CANDIDATE MUST EXPLICITLY SPECIFY THE POSITION FOR WHICH THEY ARE APPLYING.
2- DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING FILES: MONDAY, APRIL 21, 2025.
3- ONLY PRESELECTED CANDIDATES WILL BE CONTACTED PERSONALLY.
AT NO STAGE OF ITS RECRUITMENT PROCESS DOES PREMIERE URGENCE INTERNATIONALE
CHARGE A SELECTION OR HIRING FEES. THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS IS FREE. CURRENTLY, PREMIERE URGENCE INTERNATIONALE
WILL NOT ASK CANDIDATES TO PROVIDE THEIR BANK DETAILS DURING THE
RECRUITMENT PROCESS.

Done in Yaoundé, April 4, 2025
The Head of Mission
Jonathan ITEGWA