Finance Manager Syria
Norwegian Refugee Council
- Location:
- Damascus, Syrian Arab Republic
- Grade:
- Grade 9
- Category:
- Professional Staff
Posted Oct 22, 2026Apply by Nov 5, 2026 (14d left)
See your match score & applyThe Finance Manager will be responsible for the financial setup according to NRC standards and support programme/project implementation in Syria. The role involves ensuring compliance with financial policies, managing budgets and cash flow, training staff, and providing financial reporting and analysis.
Responsibilities
- Ensure compliance and adherence to Financial Handbook, NRC policies, donor and auditor requirements.
- Implement financial systems, routines, and procedures.
- Maintain and monitor budget control and cashflow.
- Line manage finance staff.
- Train staff with financial responsibilities.
- Provide financial reporting and analysis.
- Implement anti-corruption policy.
Requirements
- Senior financial management experience in a humanitarian/recovery context.
- Expertise in cash-based interventions and financial service provider assessments.
- Track record in financial systems and structures development, especially during change management processes.
- Proficiency in computer software and modern accounting systems.
- Exposure to start-up, change management, exit, or emergency response contexts.
- Knowledge of the Syria context.
- Experience working in complex and volatile contexts.
- Fluency in English, both written and verbal.
Skills
- Finance Management
- Humanitarian Financing
- Cash-Based Interventions
- Financial Service Provider Assessment
- Financial Systems
- Change Management
- Accounting systems
- Budget Management
- Cash Flow Management
- Financial Reporting
- Financial Analysis
- Staff Training
- Emergency Response Finance
- Start-Up Finance
- Exit Strategy Finance
- Complex Context Finance
- Volatile Context Finance
Languages
English