General Accountant M/F At Doctors Without Borders

Médecins Sans Frontières, an international humanitarian medical association created in 1971, provides medical assistance to populations whose lives are threatened: mainly in the event of armed conflicts, but also epidemics, pandemics, natural disasters or even exclusion from care. The French section is present in around thirty countries.

As part of the renewal of its accounting and financial information management system, MSF is looking for a General Accountant M/F

The General Accountant’s mission is to ensure the accounting and monitoring of all flows of the MSF Association.

Missions:

Under the hierarchical responsibility of the assistant accounting manager, you are in charge of:

Activity 1–Accountkeeping:

Validate and record accounting documents issued and received.
Order supplier and third party payments outside of payroll.
Issue invoices.
Participate in the production of year-end financial statements.
Prepare tax and social security declarations and fulfill the inherent obligations.
Produce bank reconciliations.

Activity 2 – Review of accounts

Analyze the accounts and carry out the framing with upstream information (donations, payroll, etc.) according to the frequency defined by the head of the accounting and treasury department.
Participate in closing accounts: justification of accounts, inventory entries, documentation of the closing file, etc.

Activity 3 – Updating accounting procedures

Updates the accounting procedures relating to its mission, its tools, its contacts.

Required profile :

Training:

DUT / BTS Accounting-Management or a BEP or CAP and professional BAC type training accompanied by experience in accounting.
Mastery of the principles of general accounting.
Proficiency in general accounting software (ARCOLE/ERP would be a plus).
Excellent command of common office software, particularly Excel.
Associative/humanitarian experience is an asset.

Required qualities :

You are organized, versatile, rigorous and conscientious.

You have good interpersonal skills, enjoy teamwork and adapting (many contacts and information channels)

You are comfortable using Excel, and know how to prioritize and plan your activities.

Status: 5-month full-time fixed-term contract. Executive position, based in Paris.

Terms :

€40k gross annual over 13 months. 22 RTT days per year. Supplementary health care 100% covered by Médecins Sans Frontières. Restaurant vouchers with a face value of €11 (60% covered by Médecins Sans Frontières). 50% coverage of public transport fare.

Recruitment process: