• Reviews  Syria transactions booked by all the CO finance team including Request for payments, staff liquidations, partner liquidations, staff and partner advances and work with the appropriate teams to address issues, if any 
   
• · Work with the Head of Finance to ensure that accounting entries are correct, and adhering to 's accounting policies, procedures, GAAP, and donor requirements 
   
• · Run the pay cycle twice a week and ensure that vendors are paid on time, accounting entries are made timely, and supporting documentations are complete and accurate 
   
• · Maintain accounting records for all the CO and ensure accuracy and completeness of these records 
   
• ·  Ensure compliance with the org and Donor requirements pertaining to disbursements 
   
• · Leads the process of financial analysis review with the Shared Service center every month, delegates and instructs Finance team members to pass adjustment entries if needed and ensures timely response on trial balance queries raised by the SSC   
   
• · Ensure proper recording of vendor withholding taxes and timely payment to the income tax authority in all locations 
   

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• · Coordinate and supervise the collection of contractual and miscellaneous receivables from all stakeholders 
   
• · Prepares property reconciliation for CO office on quarterly basis, reviews the reconciliation received from each office, consolidates and sends it to the RMU 
   
• · Reviews the payroll register for the CO national staff and instructs the finance team to book the payroll and special accrual transaction 
   

Leads the month closure process for the CO: 
 

• · Circulates month closure guidelines to all staff at the end of each month and follow-up daily progress 
   
• · Tracks time entry preparation for all CO staff and provides instructions to Finance and HR focal points to process needed adjustments to staff time entries 
   
• · Prepares an offline analysis for major accounts in the trial balance e.g., Prepayments, accruals, liabilities, provident fund and submits these reports to the Head of Finance for review and discussion and implements actions needed.  
   
• · Prepare the health insurance schedule and reconcile the balance with the vendor on quarterly basis 
   
• · Supervises the preparation of national leave accrual schedule and All  Syria international Leave accrual Schedule and reconcile the Schedules with the balance in the system.  
   
• · Instructs the finance team to book adjustments in the financial software based on the review of accounts. 
   
• · Prepare cost pool allocation schedules and submit them for review to the Head of Finance  
   
• · Gather all signed documents related to month closure from hubs and send a copy to the shared service center as well as keeping another copy in the CO 
   

Support in managing Money transfer agent accounts and treasury and cash functions in the CO: 
 

• · Acts as the main focal point between the CO and the money transfer agent by receiving instructions from different hubs finance focal points, preparing cash request, approving it from CD, and submitting it to the agent 
   
• · Reviews money transfer agent reconciliation prepared by the Senior finance officer and provides support and instructions to clear any reconciling items. 
   
• · Coordinate banking operations and maintain liaison with CO bankers as delegated by the Head of Finance 
   
• · Prepare cash flow analysis and quarterly cash needs budget/forecast and instruct Senior Finance officer to prepare Interbank transfers accordingly 
   

Local statutory compliance, audit support, and internal control: 
 

• · Updates Head of Finance with any changes to Local tax or regulations that impacts our operation and acts as the focal point in communications with the CO tax advisor 
   
• · Ensures that that all local taxes are calculated, paid and reported correctly, and  meets ALL local statutory requirements 
   
• · Facilitates external and internal audits for the country office (e.g., donor audits, internal audits, financial statement audits …etc.) 
   
• · Assists the Head of Finance in the implementation of improvements to finance processes based on audit findings and develop training requirements for CO staff 
   
• · Assists the Head of Finance in reviewing Finance processes to identify control weaknesses and update SOPs to ensure such gaps are covered and controls are enforced. 
   

Managing CO workflow and user access: 
 

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• · Supports the Head of Finance in managing user access to Peoplesoft by regularly activating new staffs’ access and deactivating user access for staff that left. 
   
• · Prepare Quarterly CO user verification report and submit it back to the Shared service center 
   
• · Assist the Head of Finance in regularly reviewing the CO workflow for different modules and ensure it is updated based on latest budget holders’ changes 
   
• · Acts as the focal point to correct or change any issues related to user access of workflow between the CO and the SSC 
   

OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES AS ASSIGNED: 
 

• · Provides functional and direct supervision and regularly works on increasing the capacity and skills of the finance team  
   
• · Mentor, coach, train, and support all finance staff working in different hubs on accounting functions 
   
• · Develops yearly performance plans and objectives for direct reports  
   
• · Ensures regular and timely Performance management & Assessment (APAA) is carried out for direct reports 
   
• · Facilitating and providing basic training, technical support and guidance to the program staff, particularly budget holders, for skills improvement in the areas of budget approval, reporting, and internal controls 
   
• · S/he will be a member of the CO procurement committee 
   
• · Assist in activities such as partners' assessment, financial review, and other financial & management functions related to partners' capacity building 
   
• · Covers gaps in the accounting team and performs other duties if requested