Treasury Service Intern Finance Department – Senegal – M/F At ALIMA

ALIMA PRESENTATION

THE ALIMA SPIRIT: ALIMA’s purpose is to save lives and care for the most vulnerable populations, without any discrimination based on identity, religion or politics, through actions based on proximity, innovation and the alliance of organizations and individuals. We act with humanity, impartiality and respect for universal medical ethics . To access patients, we are committed to intervening in a neutral and independent manner.

THE VALUES and PRINCIPLES of our action, included in our CHARTER:

1. Patient First
2. Revolutionizing humanitarian medicine
3. Responsibility and freedom
4. Improving the quality of our actions
5. Trust
6. Collective intelligence
7. Environmental responsibility

CARE – INNOVATE – TOGETHER: Since its creation in 2009, ALIMA has treated more than 13 million patients, and today deploys its operations in 12 African countries and Haiti. In 2023, we have developed more than 64 humanitarian medical response projects to meet the needs of populations affected by conflicts, epidemics and extreme poverty. All of these projects are carried out in support of national health authorities through health structures (including hospitals). We work in partnership, in particular with local NGOs, whenever possible to ensure that our patients benefit from expertise wherever it is, whether in their country or in the rest of the world. In addition, to improve the humanitarian response, we are conducting operational and clinical research projects, particularly to combat malnutrition and viral hemorrhagic fevers.

OUR PROJECT THEMES: Malnutrition, Maternal Health, Primary Health, Pediatrics, Malaria, Epidemics (Ebola, Cholera, Measles, Coronavirus, Lassa Fever), Research, Hospitalization, Emergencies, Gender-Based Violence, vaccinations, mental health, etc.

THE ALIMA TEAM: Nearly 2,000 people currently work for ALIMA. The field teams, closest to the patients, receive their support from the coordination teams, generally based in the capitals of the countries of intervention. These receive support from the 3 desk teams and the emergency and opening service teams based and the medical service at the operational headquarters in Dakar, Senegal. The Paris and New York teams actively work on fundraising as well as representing ALIMA. The rest of the ALIMA Galaxy includes individuals and partner teams who work on behalf of other organizations such as the medical NGOs BEFEN, Alerte Santé, SOS Médecins Burkina Faso, KEOOGO, AMCP-SP, Demtou Humanitaire, the research organizations PAC-CI, Inserm, the Universities of Bordeaux or Copenhagen, the NGO Solidarités International and many others.

OUR COUNTRIES OF INTERVENTION: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Chad, Haiti, Ethiopia.

ALIMA promotes and defends the principles of fundamental human rights. ALIMA has a zero-tolerance approach towards those guilty of acts of gender-based and sexual violence as well as towards inaction in the face of alleged or proven acts of violence. The protection of those benefiting from and impacted by our intervention is our top priority in everything we do. Anyone collaborating with ALIMA commits to:

• Respect the charter, the code of conduct, institutional policies including the policy of protection against abuse of power and sexist and sexual violence, the policy of prevention of corruption and fraud;
• Report any violation of policies, documents, framework and procedures to a superior, a superior, a referent, a referent

PROTECTION OF BENEFICIARIES AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS

Level 1: The post holder will not have contact with children and/or vulnerable adults or access to personal data concerning them in the course of their work; therefore, a criminal record check will not be mandatory for this post, unless the content of the post changes, in which case the level of protection of vulnerable populations will have to be reviewed.

CONTEXT

ALIMA is looking for a treasury intern to support the treasury manager in the smooth running of the department and respond to internal and external requests.

JOB LOCATION: Dakar, Senegal

FUNCTIONAL AND HIERARCHICAL LINKS

Reporting to : Treasury Manager

Technical contact : Treasury Manager

Staff under his hierarchical responsibility : NA

He (she) collaborates with : The accounting department, personnel administrative office, CORH, COFIN

MAIN ACTIVITIES

● Cash and banking operations

● Responsible for the proper maintenance of the head office cash register and its weekly control with

the treasury manager (cash flow, open advances, etc.).

● Responsible for supplying the cash register and anticipating potential cash flow gaps

● Prepare and analyze the import file for head office cash register operations (EUR-USD-XOF)

in ODOO

● Carry out an inventory in the event of a cash register service transfer

● Putting third-party transfers online

● Creation of beneficiaries on the various banking platforms upon receipt of the

bank details (new employees, new suppliers)

● Preparation of check payments

● Ensures the monitoring of payments made and provision of proof of payments

SKILLS and EXPERIENCES

Level of study

You have a BAC+4 level diploma in Accounting or Finance.

Experiences

You have more or less 1 year of professional experience and have a good knowledge of software and computer tools: Excel (TDC – macro), Word, Google solutions (Drive). You are rigorous and flexible. You have good communication skills, both orally and in writing, and you have team spirit and interpersonal skills. You are proactive and demonstrate creativity, curiosity, initiative and innovation. You are attentive to new trends. You have good time and stress management skills.

Language skills

• French and good level of English desired

Other knowledge

Knowledge of humanitarian projects and donor requirements (ECHO – DUE – AFD – BHA) is an asset.

TERMS

• Duration of the internship contract: 4 months
• Start date: As soon as possible
• Salary: Internship allowance according to the head office salary scale