Presentation of CARE France
Founded in 1945, CARE is one of the world’s largest non-political and non-denominational humanitarian networks. Our mission is to fight extreme poverty. CARE implements projects of’urgency and development in complementary fields: education, food security, drinking water health, etc, developing’ income-generating activities by involving communities and collaborating with local partners. CARE advocates for women’s rights and supports their empowerment. In 2023, CARE France worked in 51 countries and is the managing director of CARE International country offices in Lebanon, Cameroon and Madagascar. The annual volume of resources is 67 M€. The’team brings together 75 employees based at Headquarters and twenty’expatriate.e.s. To learn more about : www.carefrance.org
Description of the mission
Attached to the Head of Finance department, the/the field accounting control officer in CDD comes in support of the field accounting control officer stationed in order to cope with the additional activity related to the reorganization of the financial department and the transfer of two country offices to another member of the CARE network.
He/she is in charge of the control of the accounting of the country offices. He/She is the’interface between the Finance department of Headquarters and the chief accountants field.fe. He/She is also the’interface, when needed, with the Shared Services Center (SSC) for the maintenance of the’ management tool, PeopleSoft, and country offices. He/She facilitates the’ improvement of the accounting efficiency and the’analysis of accounts.
1.Monthly closing: bring expertise and accounting support to the’accounting team
- Send debit (NDD), credit (NDC) and transfer (NDT) notes and supporting documents to country offices
- S’s ensure that NDD/NDC/NDT have been properly accounted for and correspond to what was sent at the beginning of the month
- Support and make the’interface between country offices and SSC for the’ establishment of bank reconciliations
- Monitor the proper accounting of accounting data and their consistency with the supporting documents transmitted by the country offices
- Monitor the proper application of CARE France (Headquarters) internal accounting procedures, consistent with /between country offices
- S’ ensure that the charges have been properly allocated to ongoing projects in country offices in relation to Management Control and/or Programmes
- Feedback on these controls (corrections ; remarks ; questions) to country offices and exchange with them on these topics to improve the processes and consistency of the entries
- Organize regular meetings with country office finance teams
2. Ensure regular accounting and track results
- Ensure compliance with and follow-up to the country office schedule
- Monitor the financial monitoring of country offices
- Monitor the financial risks of country offices via the’analysis of accounts
3. Carry out the annual closing
- Analyze the balance sheet accounts by reviewing the entries and by reviewing the supporting documents
- Analyze the consistency of expense and income accounts by the review of entries
- Accounting for PCA/PAR entries
- Calculate and account for conversion differences – Balance sheet (latent)
- Reconciliation of liaison accounts and regularization of discrepancies in relation to country offices
- Participate in the preparation and justification of balance sheets and income statements
4. Contribute to the maintenance and continuous improvement of the’management tool (PeopleSoft)
- Sharing of good practices of’ use
- Strength of proposal in the implementation of operating models
Key responsibilities include :
- The implementation of the necessary processes to the’improvement of the quality of the accounting of the country offices
- The reliability of accounting entries and the proper use of the’management tool
Relationships
- Hierarchical connection to the finance department manager and functional link with the field accounting officer in post
- Close collaboration with the’ set of financial services of the head office including management control
- Privileged working relationship with the accounting departments of the country offices
- PeopleSoft Shared Services Centre (SSC) in Manila (Philippines)
- The/The PeopleSoft technical reference (head office and /or CARE USA)
Profile sought
Training and experiences :
- Degree level bac + 3 (DCG) in management or accounting
- 1st significant experience in a similar context and /or 3 to 5 years in a company
- Experience in an accounting firm would be a plus
Technical skills :
- Mastery of general accounting
- Knowledge in financial analysis
- An interest and skills in ERP management are necessary; functional and technical mastery of’at least one essential ERP.
- Understanding of cost accounting in order to adapt it to the legal states and needs of’analysis internal managers and operational.le.s
- Mastery of’Excel (advanced formulas, TCD). Macro control is a plus.
- English essential
- Good willingness to work within’a matrix organization
Qualities appreciated :
- Quality research in his work: rigor, taste for numbers, analytical skills
- Concern for’efficiency and sense of result : autonomy, organization
- Transversal communication and with the different hierarchical levels: teamwork, ability to operate and’ adapt to various interlocutors in an international environment
Conditions and terms of application
Contract : 9 Months CDD, renewable
Status : Employee
Working time : 39h/week (23 days of RTT per year)
Desired start date : as soon as possible (thanks to’indicate your availability)
Salary : between 35,5k € and 39,7k€ gross annual, depending on profile
Advantages : mutual support 100% by CARE France ; tickets-restaurant d’a face value of 9€, including 5€ supported by CARE France ; reimbursement up to 75% subscriptions to the public transport network or sustainable mobility package ; telework charter (from the 3rd week of the contract, package of 40 or 80 days of telework per year ; 120 Days from’un an d’s seniority)
Place of work : 71 rue Archereau – 75 019 Paris. Occasional field missions.
How to apply
How to apply ?
Interested candidates must send their curriculum vitae and a cover letter in French to’ address: recrutement@carefrance.org
Thank you to’indicate the reference : Responsible for field accounting control
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CARE encourages diversity in its recruitment. With equal skills, CARE studies the applications of women and men in an equitable manner.
CARE France applies zero tolerance to the’ exploitation, sexual abuse and abuse of women and children and mobilizes all its employees in the implementation of its overall policy.