Finance Officer (NOC) Damascus VA016-2026

Overview

The Finance Officer provides senior oversight for financial and resource management across the Country Office and Area/Field Offices, ensuring sound stewardship through effective budgeting, accounting, reporting, financial closures, and cash and bank management.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the Country Office's financial and resource management strategies.
• Lead the implementation of finance, budgeting, and resource management operations.
• Carry out regular visits to Area/Field Offices.
• Lead the delivery of accurate financial reporting and analyses.
• Provide financial assessments of partners, service providers, and other entities.
• Design, implement, monitor, and analyze budgets for new and ongoing projects.
• Consolidate and analyze financial data.
• Ensure that bank reconciliations, disbursements, receivable clearance, overall cash management, and monthly financial closures are performed regularly.
• Monitor and analyze financial and accounting data.
• Identify and develop enhancements to policies, systems, and procedures.
• Coordinate and provide financial controls and insights into WFP performance.
• Lead the CO finance team.
• Represent the unit/CO at internal meetings, external meetings, and events.
• Contribute to preparedness activities.
• Act as a technical focal point for financial negotiations and coordination with government entities and the Central Bank.

Required Experience

A minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible professional experience in finance, accounting, or related fields is required with a master’s degree; or seven (7) years of relevant experience with a first university degree. Has experience in specialized finance area in a country office. Has developed financial policies and procedures. Proven experience in liaising with government financial institutions or central banks, specifically in managing complex currency exchange mechanisms, regulatory reporting, or high-level financial diplomacy within a sanctioned or volatile economic environment.

Qualifications

Master’s degree in Finance, Business Administration, Accounting or related fields, or First University Degree plus membership in an international recognized professional accountancy body such as Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), Institute of Certified Public Accounts (ICPA) or equivalent.

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