Finance & Administration Manager

Location

Cameroon

Employment

Full-time | Finance & administration

Reports to

Executive Director

Sector

Higher education | Finance | Administration

Build the systems an institution runs on.

BOLO IT is seeking a Finance & Administration Manager to establish its financial and administrative operations from the ground up: accounting, budgeting, payroll, procurement, student fee collection, statutory compliance and the records practice supporting all of it.

The institution

BOLO Institute of Technology is a higher-education institution in Cameroon, architected around three pathways — Higher National Diploma, Bachelor's and Master's — and being developed to prepare professionals, innovators, researchers and entrepreneurs across science, technology, health, agriculture, business and the applied professions, for opportunities in Cameroon, across Africa and internationally.

BOLO IT is being built around a distinctive educational model: rigorous academics combined with hands-on laboratories, real-world projects, internships, professional certifications, mentorship and instruction shaped by experienced technology practitioners. The institution is intentionally globally oriented, AI-enabled and Silicon Valley-inspired.

A student educated at BOLO IT in Cameroon should leave with the academic foundation, practical capability, AI fluency, professional exposure and confidence to compete with technology talent anywhere in the world.

The opportunity

This role builds the administrative machinery of a new institution rather than operating an existing one. Before launch: chart of accounts, bookkeeping, payroll, procurement practice, supplier contracts and statutory registrations. After launch it adds student fee billing and collection, budget monitoring and the reporting the Executive Director and Board rely on.

Leadership mandate

• Establish financial records and controls appropriate to an institution handling family money.
• Run payroll and statutory obligations accurately and on time, from the first month.
• Build a procurement practice that is competitive, documented and resistant to informal pressure.
• Give leadership a monthly picture of where the institution stands against budget.

Core responsibilities

Required qualifications

• Master's degree minimum in accounting, finance, business administration or a related field.
• Practical accounting and payroll experience, ideally without a large finance team behind you.
• Working knowledge of Cameroonian tax, payroll and statutory reporting obligations.
• Competent with accounting software and spreadsheets to a level that supports monthly reporting.
• Working ability in both English and French; suppliers, staff and authorities use both.

The leader we are looking for

This role suits someone who takes quiet satisfaction in records that reconcile, and who will hold a process in place when it would be easier not to.

Integrity under pressure

Applies the control even when the person asking is senior or in a hurry.

Accuracy

Would rather find the discrepancy than round past it.

Systems thinking

Builds a process that survives their own absence rather than holding it personally.

Discretion

Handles salary, fee arrears and family circumstances confidentially.