WATAN is looking for a highly motivated individual, graduated from university, who would be interested in joining us for a valuable experience in the Syria Response as Finance Officer.

The purpose of Finance Officer is to ensure achievement of shared services outcomes and strategy in the field of financial reporting and analysis, to implement financial policies in such areas as, but not limited to: budget, cash management and forecasting, recording and documentation, project auditing, monthly financial reporting and local resource acquisition; being cognizant of WATAN financial policies.

• Bachelor’s degree \ Master’s degree in Accounting & Banking or equivalent or Related specialization.
• Proficiency in written and spoken English and Arabic, Turkish is preferred.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in Financing position with medium business/medium NGO/government agency.
• Experience with humanitarian aid in-country is a plus.
• Experience in major donor regulations (US, UK, , GOG, EC/ECHO, UN agencies) is a plus.
• Solid knowledge of accounting principles, financial systems, budget/cash flow monitoring and internal accounting controls.
• Solid working knowledge of computerized accounting systems, must be computer literate in Microsoft Office programs.
• Good oral/written and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work on a cross-cultural environment with a multi-national staff.

Child Protection Policy
Child abuse in all forms is unacceptable to WATAN, which recognizes its responsibility to protect children from harm in all areas of its work. WATAN is committed to ensuring a child-safe environment and is applying a zero-tolerance approach towards any kind of child abuse and exploitation.

Discrimination, Abuse and Harassment Policy
WATAN expressly prohibits and will not tolerate any form of discrimination, abuse, harassment (sexual or otherwise), based upon race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, gender, age, sexual orientation, marital status, citizenship status, disability, or military status. WATAN employees and related personnel must under no circumstances take part in any form of discrimination, harassment, or abuse (physical, sexual or verbal), intimidation or exploitation, or in any other way infringe the rights of others inside or outside WATAN.

Applications are strongly encouraged from female candidate

• Prepare monthly financial reports and share it with donors.
• Follow up the terms of the agreement with donors and ensure that our team does not exceed the terms of the agreement.
• Preparing the projections with project manager and monitoring it on monthly basis.
• Review the matching between documentation files and tracking spreadsheets. 
• Assists the Finance Manager in responding to Auditors’ inquiries and requests for financial information. 
• Assists in preparation of monthly cash flow projections.
• Follow-up financial payments with Donor.
• Receive and respond to the donors’ comments
• Match the approved financial reports by donors with the financial reports generated by  accounting software. 
• Follow up the financial payments of the project with the accountants and the fund secretary until the payment reaches to supplier
• Ensure preparation of FFR (Field financial reports), external reports and internal management reports in compliance with respective requirements.
• Ensure accurate and timely review of financial data for completeness and correctness