Payroll and social declarations manager
Produce accurate payslips and meet Cameroonian social security obligations.
- Block code
- FINA-PAIE
The format
Three months, two hours a day.
- Certificate programme · 128 h
- Two hours a day
- 250,000 F — the same fee for all sixty
- All in the same format, at the same fee.
The qualification
A CQP under MINEFOP accreditation.
- Leads to the CQP — Certificat de Qualification Professionnelle, which the ministry used to call the AQP.
- Awarded under MINEFOP accreditation.
- The full programme for the same profession remains open to anyone aiming for the complete qualification.
Sessions
A new session opens every quarter.
Next intake: Monday 5 October, with enrolment open until 2 October. The following one starts on 4 January 2027.
- First-quarter intake — enrolment closes on 2 October5 Oct.
- Second-quarter intake — 20274 Jan.
Objectives
What you will be able to do.
Apply Cameroonian labour law: contracts, working hours, leave, termination
Calculate overtime, absences, paid leave and allowances
Build a complete payslip and justify it line by line
Calculate CNPS contributions: bases, rates, ceilings
Calculate the tax on wages and salaries and the related levies
Produce social and tax declarations and keep to the calendar
Set up payroll software and run a complete monthly cycle
Programme
Four modules.
Module 0132 h Module 0232 h Building a payslip
Module 0332 h Declarations and relations with the relevant bodies
Module 0432 h Payroll software and personnel administration
Who it is for
Who it is aimed at.
- Rigorous beginners. Some knowledge of accounting helps but is not required; the block starts from Cameroonian labour law as applied to payroll.
Afterwards
Where it leads.
- Payroll manager, human resources assistant, payroll accountant. It is a job with a permanent skills shortage, and it is well paid.
Method
How it works.
Systematic alternation between short theory sessions and practical work, with most of the time spent on practice
Progression from simple to complex: each module builds on what was learnt in the previous one
Realistic role-plays drawn from Cameroonian business cases
Considered use of generative AI as a working tool, in line with the common core
Regular formative assessments and a final integrative project drawing on all four modules
Assessment
How you are assessed.
Formative assessment at the end of each module (graded role-play and practical exercises)
Practical work assessed against competency sheets
Final integrative project, presented and defended before the trainer
One graded assignment per module in the online course space
Tools
What you work with.
Payroll software configurable for the Cameroonian context
Spreadsheet for payroll checks and reconciliation
Up-to-date Cameroonian Labour Code and CNPS texts
Templates for contracts, amendments and final settlement statements
CNPS and tax declaration forms
Keep exploring
In the same field.
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