Accounts Assistant - WFP Project

The Organisation

Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that advances children’s rights and equality for girls. We believe in the power and potential of every child but know this is often suppressed by poverty, violence, exclusion and discrimination. And it is girls who are most affected.

Working together with children, young people, supporters and partners, we strive for a just world, tackling the root causes of the challenges girls and vulnerable children face. We support children’s rights from birth until they reach adulthood and we enable children to prepare for and respond to crises and adversity. We drive changes in practice and policy at local, national and global levels using our reach, experience and knowledge.

For over 85 years, we have rallied other determined optimists to transform the lives of all children in more than 80 countries.

We won’t stop until we are all equal.

The Opportunity

The Accountant Assistant will support the efficient and compliant financial management of the WFP Project in line with Plan International’s financial procedures, donor requirements, and local regulations.

As Accountant Assistant for WFP Project, you will work under the direct supervision of the Emergency Response Finance Manager/Project Coordinator and has no direct reports.You will be responsible for processing and recording daily financial transactions, ensuring that all expenditures are properly documented, authorized, and coded to the correct budget lines.

Your role contributes to timely and accurate financial reporting, including monthly expenditure reconciliations, cash forecasts, and budget monitoring. You will supports internal and external audits by ensuring that all project financial records are properly filed and easily retrievable.

Your position requires close collaboration with project implementation teams, logistics, procurement, and administration staff to ensure compliance with Plan International and WFP financial standards.

As Accountant Assistant for WFP Project, you will maintain effective relationships with the Country Office Finance Department for consolidation, reporting, and cash management. External interactions include vendors, service providers, and financial institutions to facilitate payments and ensure appropriate documentation.

Your role supports the management of the project’s financial resources, ensuring transparency, accountability, and value for money in all financial operations.

The Individual

We are looking for someone with a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related discipline. As an Accountant Assistant, you must have solid experience in accounting, financial management, or project finance—preferably within an international NGO or donor-funded project (WFP experience is an asset). You need to have a solid understanding of financial principles, accounting standards, and internal control systems. Proven experience in budget monitoring, cash management, and financial reporting.

Plan International Cameroon reserves the right to close the vacancy before the date mentioned if a candidate is successfully recruited.

Please follow this link for a full role profile: Job description - Account Assistant WFP - Oct 2025.pdf

Location: Maroua 

Type of Role:  Service Conctract

Reports to: Emergency Finance Manager

Closing Date:30th October 2025

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the very heart of everything that Plan International stands for.

We want Plan International to reflect the diversity of the communities we work with, offering equal opportunities to everyone regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Plan International is based on a culture of inclusivity and we strive to create a workplace environment that ensures every team, in every office, in every country, is rich in diverse people, thoughts, and ideas.

We foster an organisational culture that embraces our commitment to racial justice, gender equality, girls’ rights and inclusion.

Plan International believes that in a world where children face so many threats of harm, it is our duty to ensure that we, as an organisation, do everything we can to keep children safe. This means that we have particular responsibilities to children that we come into contact with and we must not contribute in any way to harming or placing children at risk.

A range of pre-employment checks will be undertaken in conformity with Plan International's Safeguarding Children and Young People policy. Plan International also participates in the Inter Agency Misconduct Disclosure Scheme. In line with this scheme we will request information from applicants previous employers about any findings of sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and/or sexual harassment during employment, or incidents under investigation when the applicant left employment. By submitting an application, the job applicant confirms their understanding of these recruitment procedures.

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