- Job Title: Finance Officer
- Location: Damascus/ Syria.
- Vacancy Code: SYR-FIN 0226
- Closing Date: 03rd March 2026
- Contract status Full-time
- Contracting Conditions:
- The successful applicant will be offered a fixed-term contract, extendable based on funding and performance.
- The Contract duration will be from 01.04.2026 till 31.12.2026
- Salary and conditions will be offered according to the LDHR salary scale.
- ABOUT LDHR:
Lawyers and Doctors for Human Rights is a non-governmental organisation that supports civilians during crises and dedicates the time and resources to provide help to stop human rights violations, aiding the people in need to be effective community members.
- POSITION SUMMARY:
The Finance Officer will lead the management of day-to-day finance and accounting functions for all LDHR programs and Projects, as well as ensure compliance with donors and LDHR regulations.
- RESPONSIBILITIES AND TASKS
- Checking payments and making sure it complies with donor/Organization policies.
- Register payment on a daily basis.
- Working closely with the HR department related to the suppliers and staff salaries.
- Review payroll and prepare the legally required document for the staff, suppliers, and service providers.
- Review draft contracts to ensure payment terms, billing, penalties, and all financial liability are addressed properly.
- Ensure maintenance of a proper documentation filing system for all financial activities.
- Handling the Cashbook and doing the weekly cash count
- Review the facility staff timesheet, signature against the contract. If there are any discrepancies.
- Prepares payment order for total facility staff and sends it to Finance to process.
- Record the transaction on the Projects Transaction List.
- Update transactions list daily basis.
- Update the donor payment tracker.
- Receives all the procurement expenses documents and reimburses the expenses issued after reviewing the submitted documents.
- Prepare Payment requests.
- Provides the needed data that is related to their work, to the Project Finance team to issue the Budget.
- Review major procurement transactions and bid analysis forms, and ensure the coherence of the awarding process.
- Ensure maintenance of a proper documentation filing system for all financial activities.
- Assist in further refinement of LDHR financial procedures and guidelines, and ensure it is updated according to donors and Turkish national regulations.
- Ensure compliance with all financial procedures following LDHR and donors’ guidelines.
- Supervises the archiving of accounting documents in the LDHR HQ Office.
- Ensure the accuracy of the financial information.
- Participate in developing financial systems, templates, and control mechanisms.
- Facilitate any donor visit, external or internal audit, review, and organise audit samples.
- Assist in drafting management responses and corrective action plans.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS, EXPERIENCE, AND ATTRIBUTES:
This position demands a dynamic individual with a demonstrated ability to achieve results in a demanding and fast-paced environment.
- Education: at least a bachelor’s Degree in Business, Accounting or Economics, and/or other relevant fields.
- Work Experience: Minimum of three years of experience, preferably in an INGO/ NGO, in a similar role/with similar responsibilities.
- Skills/knowledge: High proficiency, Knowledge of MS Excel and experience in archiving Systems and inexperience in using accounting software
- Language Skills: Fluency in Arabic and English (written & spoken) is ESSENTIAL, Turkish is a plus.
- Demonstrated experience and skills with budget preparation and analysis, financial reporting preparation and presentation and the proven ability to translate technical financial data into informative reports.
- Strong accounting skills and experience, including management of general ledger, journal entries, payroll, payables and balance sheet.
- Approachable and willing to listen and assist finance and non-finance colleagues.
- Ability to occasionally conduct training of staff within the financial management area.
- A problem-solving and solution-oriented attitude; be methodical and adaptable
- Planning skills and attention to detail
- Ability to work under minimal supervision and deliver on set objectives within given
- deadlines
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively as part of a team or independently.
- Female candidates are encouraged to apply.
- Have a Ptt Account / Able to open a PTT account.
- Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
- The announcement will be monitored on a rolling basis. We intend to review applications continuously and close the vacancy as soon as a suitable candidate is identified
- HOW TO APPLY:
Interested candidates may please fill required information at the following link: https://forms.gle/u9EqVXJqNFPyzTqu8