Job ID
46850
Job Title
SENIOR FINANCE OFFICER
To work for
Oxfam Syria
Country
Syria
City
Der Al Zour
Field of Work
Finances/Accountancy
Job Type
Full time
Minimum Education Level
Bachelor/ License Degree
Responsibilities
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES (Technical, Leadership, People and Resource management)
- Prepare project’s budgets and monitoring them in coordination with Area manager and finance manager
- Prepare the financial reports and submit them relevant Coordinators and Managers.
- Prepare information required by auditors.
- Conduct audits of projects and partners.
- prepare the yearly council budgets for the hub
- Provide reports to the Area Manager and Finance Manager on the status of beneficiary/partner accounts
- To ensure that Oxfam financial procedures are followed
- To train finance staff and partner’s staff in the hub in Oxfam agreed procedures and basic accounting procedures and bookkeeping.
- Check monthly accounts in PeopleSoft as per set up deadlines
- Check monthly accounts for submission to Regional Centre and ensure that they are properly authorized, print PeopleSoft reports.
- Check the balance sheet accounts: Accruals, prepayments, creditors and debtors’ accounts to ensure they are balanced and correct
- Managing finance unit at the hub level, and ensure that team has there objective, appraisal, and capacity building plan is set up and follow up on implementation.
- Revise, audit, and process payments assuring it includes all the supporting doc’s: invoices, receipts, proof of payment, procurement doc’s, and or contracts, etc. This will require seeking appropriate authorization and insuring that all supporting documents are appropriately filed.
- Any other reasonable duties that may reasonably be requires, and in support of capacity building in the role.
- Prepare project’s budgets and monitoring them in coordination with Area manager and finance manager
- Prepare the financial reports and submit them relevant Coordinators and Managers.
- Prepare information required by auditors.
- Conduct audits of projects and partners.
- prepare the yearly council budgets for the hub
- Provide reports to the Area Manager and Finance Manager on the status of beneficiary/partner accounts
- To ensure that Oxfam financial procedures are followed
- To train finance staff and partner’s staff in the hub in Oxfam agreed procedures and basic accounting procedures and bookkeeping.
- Check monthly accounts in PeopleSoft as per set up deadlines
- Check monthly accounts for submission to Regional Centre and ensure that they are properly authorized, print PeopleSoft reports.
- Check the balance sheet accounts: Accruals, prepayments, creditors and debtors’ accounts to ensure they are balanced and correct
- Managing finance unit at the hub level, and ensure that team has there objective, appraisal, and capacity building plan is set up and follow up on implementation.
- Revise, audit, and process payments assuring it includes all the supporting doc’s: invoices, receipts, proof of payment, procurement doc’s, and or contracts, etc. This will require seeking appropriate authorization and insuring that all supporting documents are appropriately filed.
- Any other reasonable duties that may reasonably be requires, and in support of capacity building in the role.
Qualifications
ESSENTIAL
- Sound judgement
- Listening
- Self-Awareness
- Decisiveness
In addition:
- University Degree in Finance or Accountancy qualifications/significant relevant years of experience at this level with International Agencies or NGOs.
- Minimum 4 to 5 years of relevant experience
- Demonstrated experience of Team management and capacity building of teams
- Competency in use of relevant technology systems (MS Office suite, financial accounting, and
accuracy skills)
- Fluency in Arabic and English (written and verbal)
- Management of budgets
- Strong influencing and networking
- Good planning skills to include flexibility and adaptability
- Excellent follow up skills
Desirable
- Recommends, influences and implements improvements
- Previous experience of People soft database
- Proactive in anticipating problems
- CMA is an advantage
- Sound judgement
- Listening
- Self-Awareness
- Decisiveness
In addition:
- University Degree in Finance or Accountancy qualifications/significant relevant years of experience at this level with International Agencies or NGOs.
- Minimum 4 to 5 years of relevant experience
- Demonstrated experience of Team management and capacity building of teams
- Competency in use of relevant technology systems (MS Office suite, financial accounting, and
accuracy skills)
- Fluency in Arabic and English (written and verbal)
- Management of budgets
- Strong influencing and networking
- Good planning skills to include flexibility and adaptability
- Excellent follow up skills
Desirable
- Recommends, influences and implements improvements
- Previous experience of People soft database
- Proactive in anticipating problems
- CMA is an advantage
Salary and Benefits
as per Oxfam salary scale
Required employees number
1
Posted On
Feb 10, 2026
Expiry Date
Feb 25, 2026
CV Language
English