Finance Intern/ Stagiaire aux finances

This internship offers a unique opportunity to gain practical experience in finance within an organization, contributing to strengthening financial management and effective decision-making in a professional context in Yaounde, Cameroon. The Finance Intern will provide specialized finance, accounting, and secretarial functions related to project accounting, budgeting, and financial reporting under supervision.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the preparation and analysis of reports on financial data.
• Extract and consolidate payment supporting documents and other requested financial information.
• Process financial documentation and maintain an internal control system ensuring vouchers processed comply with procedures and transactions are correctly recorded and displayed in oneUnops.
• Provide support to the finance unit in management assistance and payment verification.
• Communicate with colleagues regarding corrections and verifications concerning various periodic transactions.
• Enter and extract data from various UNOPS automated systems related to human resources, finance, procurement, and missions.
• Verify the accuracy of data extracted from the system and files.
• Participate in the preparation and analysis of financial reports.
• Maintain the Finance dashboard and an effective filing system for financial documents and records.
• Review and update supporting documents for audit preparation.
• Support inventory and physical verification of assets at the office and implemented projects.
• Perform other related tasks as assigned.

Requirements

• Be a student or holder of a Bachelor's degree (BAC+3), Master's or PhD (preferably in economics, finance, accounting, or management), with the degree obtained no more than 3 years ago.
• Have an idea of computer use and office software (MS Office 2003, Google Sheets and/or newer versions).
• Prior knowledge of spreadsheets and databases, as well as handling web-based management systems.
• Fluent in French.
• Fluent in English.

Skills

• Finance Management
• Project Accounting
• Budgeting
• Financial Reporting
• Accounting
• Spreadsheet Management
• Database Handling
• Web-based Management Systems
• Microsoft Office Suite
• Google Sheets

Languages

French, English