Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural disasters and exclusion from healthcare. Médecins Sans Frontières aids populations in distress, to victims of natural or man-made disasters and to victims of armed conflict. They do so irrespective of race, religion, creed or political convictions.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Accountant
Location: kebbi
Contract Period: Fixed Term (Subject to extension)
Main Purpose
- Controlling the daily cash/check management, supporting the project accounting staff, overseeing and preparing the projects books in accordance with the Finance Manager’s instructions and MSF protocols, standards and procedures to provide accurate, reliable and updated financial information.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
- Controlling the daily cash and check management and ensuring that all receipts and documentation meet MSF requirements (procedures, deadlines, information, signatures …). Tracking bills/vouchers, invoices and other running costs and analyzing the related information (costs, service contracts …) in order to give reliable and updated information.
- Controlling cash advances and cashbook movements for each petty cash box, recording all IN and Out transactions, ensuring that cashbox balances always reflect the actual amount of money kept in the cashboxes and investigating any discrepancy. Ensuring strict compliance with cash control procedures for each cashbox / currency (daily cash control, weekly cash inventory and reconciliations)
- Ensuring monthly accounts report in accordance with MSF procedures, checking individual entries and preparing the necessary administrative documents (originals) as a basis for justification and explanation of payments and receipts made.
- Preparing the timely payment of taxes.
- Being responsible for the processing of accounting software peripheral accounting (project and capital) including checking the quality of the mission accounting allocations and their conformity (correct encoding of salaries, following up and matching of internal transfers and advances in the mission, checking invoices and their allocations, preparing payment order documents to be sent to HQ). Analyzing the problems of the cash box discrepancies and giving technical help to find solutions.
- Being responsible for filing accounting documents and their annexes, preparing documents for audits, organizing the scanning of documents and archiving mission financial documents
- Informing supervisors of any issues / problems that may arise in their job performance.
MSF Section/Context Specific Accountabilities:
- In this role, the candidate will be responsible for cash management and the entry of accounting documents, whilst maintaining good relations with banks and government bodies regarding tax matters
- The candidate will work in a dynamic environment, which requires them to adapt effectively to both routine tasks and any urgent matters that may arise; furthermore, they must be able to act as a back-up for their colleague, ensuring that the department’s day-to-day financial operations continue smoothly.
- Controlling the daily cash and check management and ensuring that all receipts and documentation meet MSF requirements (procedures, deadlines, information, signature). Tracking bills/vouchers, invoices and other running costs and analyzing the related information (costs, service contracts) to give reliable and updated information.
- Ensuring a monthly account report and in accordance with MSF procedures, checking individual entries and preparing the necessary administrative documents (originals) as a basis for justification and explanation of payments and receipts made.
- Check invoices and receipts for completeness and accuracy before processing payment.
- Ensuring withholding taxes are correctly deducted and remitted according to the tax law.
- Encoding in Unified all invoices in the respective registers (cash, bank, etc.), respecting the MSF chart accounts, Mission validating table, and project budget allocation (BUDGET LINES), Cash transactions must be encoded immediately.
- Ensure close and proper follow-up of all advances to suppliers and staff
- Perform cashier duties (opening and closing of cash advances) respecting project money security guidelines and rules.
- Ensure proper filling of all accounting vouchers and documents.
- Scan monthly accounting vouchers and upload them to the one Drive share point.
- Carry out weekly and monthly bank and cash reconciliation
- Be the person of contact for accounting and payments questions from other departments
- Follow up on the bank statements and check outstanding payments to suppliers together in collaboration with other departments.
- Handle contract management: Ensuring that all leases, purchases frameworks, service agreements, and other MSF contracts are scanned, kept and updated in a share point for reference and follow up
- Ensure a proper follow-up of social contribution WHT, pensions funds and PAYE
- Enusre timely receipt generation and archiving all social contribution, paper work and vouchers.
- Be in charge of the proper closure of any cash advance.
- Any other administrative task delegated by the Accounting Manager
- Ensuring the filing of accounting documents and their annexes, preparing documents for audits, organizing the scanning of documents and archiving project financial documents.
- Any other administrative task delegated by the finance Manager
Minimum Required Skills and Qualifications
Education:
- Essential: BSC in Accounting / Finance or BusinessAdministration.
- A master’s degree or professional certification is an added advantage.
- Good knowledge of accounting principles, cash management, financial reporting, and reconciliation procedures.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, especially Excel, and familiarity with accounting software.
- Ability to meet deadlines, follow established procedures, and work effectively within a team.
Experience:
- Minimum 2 years of relevant professional experience in accounting, finance, cash management, or a related field.
- Experience in processing payments, managing invoices, receipts, vouchers, and cash advances.
- Experience in preparing monthly financial reports, checking accounting entries, and monitoring operational expenses.
- Experience in financial documentation, filing, archiving, and preparing supporting documents for audits.
- Experience with accounting software and Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel.
- Knowledge of financial procedures, internal controls, tax payments, and currency exchange operations is an advantage.
Skills:
- Results and Quality Orientation
- Team work and Cooperation
- Behavioural Flexibility
- Commitment to MSF Principles
- Stress Management
Application Deadline
3rd November, 2026.
METHOD OF APPLICATION
Interested and qualified candidates should use link below to apply.
Click here to apply online
Note:
- Only short-listed candidates will be notified and invited for interview; MSF Belgium takes this opportunity to thank all potential candidates for their application.
- In the body of the mail, please indicate the following in the format as seen below:
- Qualification(s)
- Current location
- Languages you speak
- Years of relevant experience
Important:
- MSF upholds a zero-tolerance policy towards bribery, corruption, and the solicitation or payment of money in exchange for recruitment, ensuring a fair, transparent, and merit-based recruitment process.
- Dual Employment is considered as a gross misconduct, as per MSF Belgium Internal Regulations (IR) and hence not acceptable.
- Applications should be sent through the indicated channel (online application form) containing the right subject, meeting all requirements, otherwise application will not be entertained.
- Only short-listed candidates will be contacted for the next recruitment steps.
- MSF reserves the right to cancel any step or whole of the process at any stage
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