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FINANCE OPERATIONS REFERENT EMERGENCY-CELL
Organization Médecins Sans FrontièresLocation Côte d'IvoireType FULL TIMEPosted 21 May 2026Deadline 3 Jun 2026
Administration/Finance
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**Médecins Sans Frontières,** founded in 1971, is an international medical humanitarian organization that provides emergency medical assistance to people affected by conflict, epidemics, disasters or exclusion from health care. Our teams are made up of tens of thousands of medical professionals, logistics, administrative and various other professions, all guided by our medical ethics and our principles of impartiality, independence and neutrality.
**MSF WaCA,** created in 2019, is the first MSF headquarters in Africa, and responds to the desire to reinvent the MSF movement after 50 years of humanitarian actions in the world, for more access to care, more reactivity and proactivity for greater medical coverage of affected populations in the world.
**Why join us?**
You are preparing to become a member of the MSF family, with over 50 years of emergency medical action that earned the Nobel Peace Prize in 1999.
We are an inclusive organization that considers social and professional well-being a right for all and provides an environment that takes into account the diversity of each member.
MSF WaCA claims an African anchorage that considers the local expertise with which it contributes in the implementation of its activities and makes each member, a key actor of the new dynamics of the humanitarian action in the world.
**Diversity, Inclusion & Safe Recruitment**
MSF offers equal recruitment and development opportunities without any form of discrimination based on gender, religion, sexual orientation, ethnicity, geographical origin, physical disability or any other discriminatory ground.
**Female candidates who meet the requirements are strongly encouraged to apply.**
**MSF is committed to applying Safe Recruitment principles, ensuring transparent, fair, and respectful recruitment processes that protect candidates, the organization, and its beneficiaries.**
**We Are Looking for: FINANCE OPERATIONS REFERENT EMERGENCY-CELL**
**Department: Operations**
**Direct Manager: Program Responsible E-Cell**
**Functional Manager: Head of Finance Operations**
**Working %: 100%**
**Position Based in: Abidjan, HQ**
**Mobility: All WaCA’s Interventions Zones**
**Type of Contract: Fixed-Term Contract under Ivorian law; Renewable**
**Position to be filled: As Soon As Possible**
**Objectives**
§ He/she works within the emergency unit and is a member of the Finance Operations (FinOp) department, comprising all financial officers and their manager.
§ The Emergency Financial Officer is responsible for the financial management of missions where emergency interventions are deployed.
§ He/she reports to both the Head of the Emergency Unit and the Head of FinOp and represents the finance department seconded to operations to assist the Emergency Unit in all its mission support activities in terms of administrative and financial management.
§ He/she contributes to the financial strategy in the field, supports FINCO/COFIHR, and ensures that tools and procedures are consistent with the finance department’s strategy.
§ At this stage of the emergency unit’s development, he/she is expected to define and develop financial guidelines, policies and procedures for the financial management of emergency responses.
§ He/she plays a primarily technical role, but his/her extensive experience is an asset for operations management.
He/she participates in the implementation and adaptation of financial policies and is responsible for the sound budgetary and accounting management of resources (HR, finance, medicines, stocks, etc.) on the missions for which he/she is responsible.
**Main responsibilities**
Reporting to the Emergency Unit Program Manager and functionally to the Head of FinOp, he/she will be responsible for:
**As a member of the Emergency Unit:**
- Participate in the development of field program strategies and operational strategy by ensuring budget realism and compliance with financial constraints;
- Be involved in cross-cutting projects;
- Be in contact with other MSF sections to share local information and best practices;
- Participate actively in the dynamic of the emergency unit;
- Conduct field visits or provide short term interims as needed;
- Participate in the identification and support of the members (finance) of the Emergency Pool.
**Design and Implementation of the financial policy:**
- Actively participate in the creation, design of policies, financial management tools for emergencies and ensure their dissemination, compliance and necessary updates ;
- Ensure the application of financial procedures, norms and quality standards defined by the organization in terms of financial management;
- Ensure the application of financial fundamentals/basics;
- Be responsible for the completeness and quality of the unit's program accounting;
- Monitor the proper financial management of his/her area of responsibility;
- Analyze and transmit to the Finance Coordinators (FinCo) or Finance and Human Resources Coordinat
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