Accounting Unit Manager

Syria

Finances/Accountancy

Finished or Exempted (For male)

Essential Responsibilities and Duties
Operational Roles and Responsibilities
1. Ensure the implementation of adequate internal control parameters designed to safeguard the
assets of the Society and ensure the validity and accuracy of the Organization’s financial
information.
2. Ensure preparation of cheques according to policies and procedures, and maintenance of
cheques within internal control parameters.
3. Monitor compliance of financial accounting activities with national and international accounting
standards.
4. Supervise operations generated in accounts payable and accounts receivable and highlight
any identified or potential risk.
5. Post, finalize and update accounting transactions in the Journal.
6. Ensure SARC’s cash flow is adequate to allow effective operations through scheduling process
payment dates and approving payment vouchers.
7. Review and post transactions to clear interim account.
8. Generate “Audit Trail” reports for the period.
9. Supervise the physical inventory count activity and handle identified discrepancies.
10. Review, investigate, and correct errors including petty cash discrepancies as well as
inconsistencies in financial entries, documents, and reports received.
11. Supervise the Fixed Assets purchase and management process for accuracy.
12. Review and ensure timely and accurate payroll activity and liaise with Human Resources to
clarify and/or resolve potential payroll issues.
13. Review, finalize and post accruals, provisions and reserves transactions.
14. Review and update Chart of Accounts to ensure accurate recording of transactions.
15. Review and approve all transactions to be posted to the General Ledger directly while
identifying amendments when needed.
16. Close the General Ledger at period end.
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17. Review and analyze financial statements and management reports; amend if necessary.
People Management Roles and Responsibilities
1. Provide leadership and direction to Accountants towards the achievement of goals and
objectives.
2. Guide, motivate, and evaluate Accountants on their performance, productivity and progress,
while identifying training needs of team members.
3. Ensure that team members acquire the required skills and knowledge through appropriate
training programs.

Accounting Unit Manager is responsible for supervising and leading the processing of transactional
finance accounting for SARC. The Chief Accountant will ensure the implementation of accounting
activities, policies and procedures.

The Syrian Arab Red Crescent is an independent humanitarian organization of public utility, and it’s permanent and continuous, and it has a legal entity and enjoys financial and administrative independence.

Syrian Arab Red Crescent was founded in 1942 according to the decree No/540/ 1942 and the decree No/117/ 1966 that regulating the Organization’s work.

Syrian Arab Red Crescent has been recognized by the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva (ICRC) in 1946, SARC is committed to Geneva Conventions and the seven basic principles of the International Movement of Red Cross and Red Crescent.

SARC has a headquarters in Damascus and fourteen branches in the fourteen governorates of Syria, and 75 of sub branches.

Jan 15, 2023

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