Desired start date: September 2025
Duration: 12 to 24 month apprenticeship
Location: Solidarités International Headquarters, Clichy
SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL (SI) is an international humanitarian aid association that, for over 40 years, has been providing relief to populations affected by armed conflicts and natural disasters by meeting their basic needs, such as food, water, and shelter. Particularly committed to combating diseases linked to unsafe water, the world’s leading cause of death, SI’s interventions leverage expertise in the areas of access to drinking water, sanitation, and hygiene promotion, as well as in the essential area of food security and livelihoods. Present in 26 countries, SI’s teams—a total of 3,200 people, including expatriates, national employees, permanent staff at headquarters, and a few volunteers—operate with professionalism and commitment while respecting cultures.
Context
The assistant reports to the Accounting Department Manager and works closely with the four field accounting officers (FCOs) and the head office accountant. He/she will support the four field accounting officers in carrying out monthly and annual accounting work. More specifically, he/she will work on the following tasks:
Carry out preliminary processing in order to limit the latency time before the missions can regain control of their accounting data
Support the field accounting managers in order to cope with the workload noticeable in the absence of a team member and at the end of the year due to the upcoming accounting closure
Support for field accounting managers
Reception and recording of accounting packs on the server
Verification of documents transmitted by the missions (inventories, bank reconciliation, incident report, exchange rates, etc.)
Integration into the SAGA software of backups containing the mission’s accounting data for verification of balances and accounting entries
Carrying out modifications requested by the mission under the control of the CCTs
Accounting verifications using automated verification tools
Verifications of certain accounts: depreciation, deposit, subsidies received in the field in order to facilitate processing by the CCTs in the NAV software (centralized software)
Other tasks left to the discretion of the CCTs
According to profile,
Support for third-party account reconciliation work in SAGA and NAV
Handling of the full accounting processing of certain missions
POSITIONING
Under the hierarchical responsibility of: Accounting department manager
In functional contact with: the 4 field accounting managers
Qualifying training in accounting/management (Bac +2 minimum)
Mastery of IT tools, particularly Excel and accounting software
Mastery of English (oral and written would be a plus)
SAGA and NAV software training provided
Knowledge of accounting principles
Autonomy and rigor
Alternation based within the headquarters of SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL in Clichy (92), metro Mairie de Clichy
Possibility of teleworking 4 days per month, in accordance with the teleworking charter in force and the manager
Apprenticeship contract in alternation of 12 or 24 months
Remuneration according to regulations in force
Mutual covered at 80%
Public transport covered at 50% by SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL
Meal vouchers at €8.90 with participation of SOLIDARITES INTERNATIONAL at 60%
Leave: 2.0833 CP/month