Accountability and Complexity

• Provide senior-level financial leadership for RI Syria, ensuring strong financial stewardship, compliance, and fiduciary risk management in a high-risk country environment.
• Lead development and implementation of financial strategies, systems, policies, controls and tools to ensure high-quality financial management across multiple operational hubs.
• Ensure robust internal controls, cash management, financial reporting, donor compliance, tax compliance and audit readiness.
• Act as the key financial advisor to the Country Director and SMT, providing scenario analysis, financial risk projections, and strategic recommendations.
• Ensure cross-border finance functions (NES/NWS/Amman) operate under unified standards and consistent financial oversight.

Financial Accounting & Internal Control

• Oversee countrywide financial accounting systems, ensuring accuracy, integrity and timely documentation in line with RI, donor and audit requirements.
• Ensure strong cash management and cash-flow forecasting for all operating locations, including remote and cross-border hubs.
• Maintain and strengthen internal control systems to prevent fraud, mismanagement and compliance breaches.
• Ensure monthly closing timely, account reconciliations, and archiving financial records to cloud-based systems.
• Ensure full adherence to procurement, cost allocation, inventory, and documentation procedures, with clear segregation of duties.

Financial Reporting, Compliance & Audit Management

• Lead preparation, review and quality assurance of donor financial reports, ensuring accuracy, timeliness and compliance.
• Produce monthly financial statements for CD and Global Finance review; ensure variance analysis, cost allocation accuracy and corrective actions.
• Coordinate internal and external audits, ensuring audit readiness, complete documentation and timely resolution of findings.
• Ensure full compliance with local tax laws, regulatory reporting, and statutory requirements in coordination with global and regional finance teams.
• Strengthen program team capacity to interpret BVA reports and proactively manage budgets.

Budgeting, Forecasting & Financial Planning

• Lead country annual budgeting and financial operational planning with the Country Director and SMT.
• Oversee budget development for proposals and revisions; ensure alignment with donor rules and operational realities.
• Provide financial analysis and forecasting to inform strategic decision-making, cost efficiency and resource allocation.
• Support strong financial collaboration across departments, building a culture of transparency and joint planning.
• Guide finance teams in projecting spending patterns, managing burn rates and ensuring real-time monitoring.

Management and Leadership

• Lead, mentor, and develop the Syria finance team across multiple locations, ensuring high technical standards and continuous capacity strengthening.
• Identify systemic weaknesses and drive improvements in financial processes, tools, workflows and financial literacy across the mission.
• Promote a culture of accountability, ethical conduct, data integrity and professional excellence.
• Provide technical guidance to cross-border finance teams with dotted-line oversight to the role.
• Represent RI in high-level financial discussions with donors, partners and external stakeholders as required.

Behavior and Conduct

• Will ensure the highest standards of behavior inside and outside of work promotes the values in RI’s code of conduct and safeguarding policies
• Will be a model for ethical conduct standards for other team members
• Will ensure own actions and the actions of the teams members they manage do not impact the safety of the RI team and the vulnerable communities we serve
• Will ensure external stakeholders are aware of RI conduct and reporting mechanisms
• Report any concerns