Finance Project Manager

Starting Date / Initial Contract Details

September 2026, 24 months maximum

Role Summary

The Finance Project Manager (FPM) oversees the financial management of the country programme, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and strong stewardship of resources. The FPM supports decision-making by providing timely financial insights and ensures donor and organisational requirements are met. The role reports to the Programme Development Coordinator (PDC), who is part of the Country Senior Leadership Team, ensuring close alignment between financial management and programme strategy.

Project Overview

The Lebanon programme works across the country, including in the Bekaa Valley and Beirut Mount Lebanon. Medair supports both Syrian refugees and Lebanese communities with projects in Health, Mental Health, Shelter, Basic Assistance and GIS Mapping.

Workplace & Conditions

Field based position in Beirut, Lebanon. Take a look at Medair’s work in Lebanon.

Responsibilities:

• Manage finance and accounting functions for the country programme, ensuring appropriate transaction processing, financial liquidity, budget adherence, transparent processes, and compliance with Medair and donor guidelines. Understand programme needs and ensure timely support to facilitate achievement of programme objectives
• Support budget holders in preparation and development of budgets, spend forecasting and ongoing grant monitoring. Provide training to staff on Finance systems and processes.
• Ensure financial activities and processes are implemented in line with Medair, donor, country, and international regulations and procedures. Review, develop and implement systems to improve transparency. Ensure adequate anti-fraud procedures are in place to detect and prevent loss or fraud. Carry-out regular inspections and spot-checks to ensure appropriate use of resources.
• Line-manage designated team members; ensure effective communication, performance management, capacity building, and a supportive, transparent and inclusive work environment. Support the team to work together effectively, modelling Medair’s values. Provide matrix management to field finance staff.
• Ensure compliance with host government tax requirements, submitting any related required reporting. Prepare for, manage and support internal and external field financial audits, providing all information.

Qualifications, Experience & Technical Competencies:

• University degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration or a related field
• Professional certification in accounting or finance (e.g. ACCA, CPA, CIMA or equivalent)
• Proficient in English (spoken and written); Arabic desirable
• Relevant professional experience in financial management, including budgeting, reporting and accounting

Behavioural Skills

• Strong servant leadership skills with a consultative management style
• Creative, open-minded, flexible, self-learner, with good understanding of cross-cultural issues
• Capacity to work under pressure and manage personal stress levels, self-motivated, proactive
• Able to oversee multiple tasks, prioritizing, delegating, and seeking advice as required
• Attention to detail and clear communication that establishes clarity to leadership and the wider team on budgets, procedures, and other matters.

Team Spiritual Life

Reflect the values of Medair with team members, local staff, people we serve, and external contacts. Work, live, and pray together in our Christian faith-based teams. Fully contribute to a rich spiritual team life, including team devotion, prayer, and words of encouragement.

Before you apply

Please ensure you are fully aware of the:

1. Medair organisational values.
2. Medair is committed to safeguarding the protection of beneficiaries, volunteers, staff and partners, and particularly children. Therefore, we do not employ staff whose background we understand to be unsuitable for working with children. Medair staff are required to give the utmost respect to, and comply with,Medair’s accountability policies and best practices.
3. Medair Relief & Recovery Orientation Course (ROC) (which forms part of the recruitment selection process for field positions).