Finance Officer

The Opportunity

As Finance Officer, you will play a key role in ensuring strong financial management, compliance, and accountability across a portfolio of humanitarian and development projects. Working closely with the Finance Coordinator, you will support project teams and partners to deliver high-quality programmes while maintaining robust financial controls and donor compliance.

In this role, you will:

• Review partner financial reports and supporting documentation to ensure compliance with organisational and donor requirements
• Support financial reviews during project and partner kick-off meetings
• Prepare internal financial reports, budget templates, and consolidated project financial reports
• Monitor project budgets and support monthly and quarterly forecasting processes
• Work closely with Project Managers to ensure accurate budget allocation and expenditure tracking
• Attend programme and project review meetings to provide financial insights and support decision-making
• Prepare partner verification reports and participate in partner spot-check visits
• Support partner organisations to strengthen their financial management systems and practices
• Validate partner payments and ensure all required documentation is complete and compliant
• Maintain accurate contract records and update financial tracking tools
• Support the Syria programme through monthly reviews of financial documentation and payments
• Conduct regular field visits to Syria to review office and partner financial records and compliance
• Prepare accounting entries, including payroll, rent allocations, shared costs, and partner expenses
• Reconcile partner balances and maintain accurate accounting records
• Prepare donor financial reports and support project closure processes
• Contribute to internal and external audits by ensuring financial records are complete, accurate, and accessible

About You

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• A Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related Business degree (CPA/ACCA qualification is an added advantage).
• At least 3–5 years' experience in accounting and finance
• Experience working with grants and donor-funded projects
• Experience preparing financial reports, reconciliations, forecasts, and journal entries
• Strong knowledge of financial controls, compliance requirements, and risk management principles
• Experience reviewing financial reports and supporting documentation and identifying potential risks or discrepancies
• Knowledge of local financial regulations, including taxation and social security requirements
• Understanding of donor regulations and compliance requirements within the humanitarian or development sector
• Experience working with NGOs, INGOs, or non-profit organisations
• Experience supporting or building the financial capacity of teams or partner organisations
• Strong analytical, numerical, and problem-solving skills
• Excellent attention to detail and commitment to accuracy
• Ability to manage competing priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Strong organisational and record-keeping skills
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
• Fluency in written and spoken English and Arabic
• Knowledge of SAP or other ERP/accounting systems (desirable)
• Professional accounting qualifications such as CPA or ACCA (desirable)
• Understanding of the civil society landscape in Lebanon and the wider humanitarian context
• Commitment to safeguarding, accountability, gender equality, and humanitarian principles, including a "do no harm" approach

Plan International’s Values in Practice

We are open and accountable

We create a climate of trust inside and outside the organization by being open, honest and transparent. We hold ourselves and others to account for the decisions we make and for our impact on others, while doing what we say we will do.

We strive for lasting impact

We strive to achieve significant and lasting impact on the lives of children and young people, and to secure equality for girls. We challenge ourselves to be bold, courageous, responsive, focused and innovative.

We work well together

We succeed by working effectively with others, inside and outside the organization, including our sponsors and donors. We actively support our colleagues, helping them to achieve their goals. We come together to create and implement solutions in our teams, across Plan International, with children, girls, young people, communities and our implementing partners.

We are inclusive and empowering

We respect people, appreciate challenge in our programmes and our workplace. We support children, girls and young people to increase their confidence and to change their own lives. We empower our staff to give their best and develop their potential.

Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the very heart of everything that Plan International stands for.

Please note that Plan International will never send unsolicited emails requesting payment from candidates.