Location: Damas, Yaoundé, Cameroon | Employment: Full-time, on-site | Reports to: Operations Director / Administrator

About Serenity Medical Center

Serenity Medical Center is a 24-hour multidisciplinary healthcare facility in Damas, Yaoundé. We seek a technically strong, ethical and proactive professional to support the Administrator in finance, internal controls, people coordination, service efficiency and institutional growth.

Position summary and reporting relationship

The Assistant Administrator – Finance & Administration is a hands-on deputy to the Administrator. The role consolidates the clinic’s accounting and financial-control functions and adds delegated supervision of non-clinical administration, the General Supervisor and Medical Secretary will report administratively to this position.

Core duties and responsibilities

·       Accounting and reporting: Maintain journals, ledgers, bank/cash records, receivables/payables, monthly closing, budgets, forecasts and management reports.

·       Revenue assurance and cash controls: Reconcile each patient’s reception/EMR/service registers to invoices, receipts, cash, MTN MoMo, Orange Money, bank deposits and insurance claims; investigate discrepancies.

·       Internal controls and integrity: Enforce documented approvals, exception tracking, stock checks, expenditure controls, fraud-risk escalation and financial transactions.

·       Assistant Administrator leadership: Coordinate day-to-day non-clinical activities under the Administrator; supervise the General Supervisor and Medical Secretary, set action plans and follow up service issues.

·       Patient experience and service continuity: Monitor reception, patient flow, shift coverage, facilities, hygiene, resource readiness, complaints and corrective actions with clinical teams.

·       Human resources and compliance: Support recruitment, staff files, attendance, payroll preparation, training, performance follow-up and applicable tax/CNPS/statutory filing.

·       Insurance, purchasing and partnerships: Coordinate insurer claims/collections, supplier documentation, expenditure plans, outreach, corporate partnerships and verified marketing performance.

·       Technology, stock and assets: Oversee EMR/paper register accuracy, secure Excel dashboards, pharmacy/lab stock reconciliation, fixed assets and controlled records.

NB: Clinical decisions remain with licensed practitioners; major HR and financial approvals remain with the Administrator/CEO; material financial records and reconciliations will be reviewed by Administrator/CEO and independent/external auditors.

Minimum qualifications and essential experience

·       Bachelor’s degree (Licence/Bac+3 or equivalent) in Accounting, Finance, Audit, Management, Business Administration or a closely related field.

·       At least three years of hands-on accounting/finance experience, including reconciliations, cash/bank controls, ledger management, expense verification and financial reporting; demonstrated staff or cross-functional coordination.

·       Working knowledge of double-entry bookkeeping, SYSCOHADA/OHADA accounting principles and basic payroll, tax and CNPS administrative processes.

·       Strong Microsoft Excel competency (advanced formulas, lookups, pivot tables and reconciliations) and aptitude for accounting software and electronic patient/billing systems.

·       Demonstrated integrity, confidentiality, managerial judgment, leadership, clear reporting, attention to detail and ability to investigate exceptions.

·       Good professional/Functional French and English, written and spoken

Preferred qualifications and added advantages

·       Master’s degree or recognized professional accounting certification (completed or in progress); five or more years of relevant experience and at least one year of staff/team supervision.

·       Healthcare, clinic, laboratory, pharmacy, insurer, corporate receivables or multi-service financial operations experience.

·       Experience with Electronic Medical Record (EMR), Sage, Odoo, QuickBooks, Power BI, mobile-money reconciliation, inventory management, internal controls or supervisory SOPs.

·       Experience overseeing patient service quality, staff coordination, budgets, insurer claims, commercial outreach and process improvement.

Selection process

Shortlisted candidates may complete a practical Excel/accounting and patient-revenue reconciliation exercise, a supervisory case study and a competency-based interview. Professional references and qualifications may be verified. Applications will be assessed against the requirements of the role.

How to apply

Interested candidates should email the following documents to serenitymedc@gmail.com

Email subject: Application – Assistant Administrator (Finance & Administration).

1.     An up-to-date CV containing the contact details of at least TWO professional references.

2.     A Letter of Motivation explaining relevant finance, administrative and supervisory experience.

3.     Copies of academic certificates/diplomas and relevant professional certificates (if applicable).

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Friday, 13 November 2026.