Essam Barakat, Chief Operating Officer (COO)

Essam Barakat

Chief Operating Officer (COO)

Generations for Peace

Location
Jordan
Education
Bachelor's degree, Accounting
Experience
24 years, 10 Months

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Total years of experience :24 years, 10 Months

Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Generations for Peace
  • Jordan - Amman
  • My current job since October 2018

• Works closely with the CEO and serves a wide variety of high-level functions - Deputy CEO when needed.
• Managing Finance, grants and all other operations functions
• Overseeing internal control policies and procedures
• Producing required reports for donors, management and auditors
• Liaising across departments to ensure effective execution, quality, and compliance with GFP’s policies and standards and donors’ requirements and expectations.
• Serve as member of Senior Team Committee.

Director of Shared Services at Palladium Group
  • Jordan - Amman
  • March 2017 to September 2018

Managed seven departments: Finance, HR, Operations, IT, Security and Transport, Communications and Grants.

Deputy Regional Director ME at International Youth Foundation
  • Jordan - Amman
  • November 2009 to February 2017

IYF is an American NGO that located in Washington, United States and it has offices in 37 countries in the world. Youth: Work Jordan is the name of the project that IYF manages here in Jordan and it’s a $30 Million Dollars USAID funded project in coordination with Jordan Ministry of Social Development.
I’m working as the Senior Finance & Admin Manager; my responsibilities are to manage all the accounting, admin, IT, HR, Grants, operations & financial issues. Preparing monthly and yearly financial reports and do required reports for the head office in Washington taking in consideration our budget & USAID regulations. Moreover, I do manage and supervise 20 Employees.
www.iyfnet.org

Director of Finance & Admin at Royal Health Awareness Society
  • Jordan - Amman
  • June 2008 to November 2009

Royal Health Awareness Society is an NGO that was established in 2005 under Her Majesty Queen Rania ALAbdulah patronage to work in the health awareness Projects which supported from many donors and many governmental bodies.
I was working as the Director of Finance & Admin; my responsibilities were to manage six different projects from all the accounting and financial sides, preparing monthly financial reports which include income statements, balance sheets, and statements of cash flows, making necessary JVs, prepare monthly bank reconciliations, check and review daily data (JVs, PVs, and RVs), sign and control cheques prepared for vendors and suppliers, control account payables and receivables balances, monthly salaries with employees income tax and social security, monitor and compare budgeted figures with actual and present variances report to the management and Board of Trustees and in the present of Her Majesty Queen Rania AL-Abdullah, manage seven employees, and do reporting for management, board of directors and the society’s donors. Moreover, I have managed everything related to HR, admin and office! I was also responsible for making contracts and implementing new polices and make sure we are applying Jordanian labor law. I was also a member in the purchasing committee.
www.rhas.org.jo

Financial and Operations Manager at ECODIT, Inc.
  • Jordan
  • September 2004 to January 2007

My responsibilities were to manage all the accounting and financial issues. Preparing monthly financial reports, making necessary JVs and prepare monthly bank reconciliations. And do required reporting for the head office in Washington taking in consideration our budget and USAID regulations. Moreover, I have managed every thing related to the admin department like implementing necessary admin forms and supervising the following: getting bids, ordering supplies, hotel reservations, handling office files and supervising two Employees.

Financial Consultant / Part Time at State University of New York , SUNY
  • Jordan
  • April 2005 to March 2006

My responsibilities were to prepare the monthly financial reports, making necessary JVs and payments, preparing the necessary monthly reports and prepare monthly bank reconciliations.

Financial Manager / Part Time at American Bar Association
  • Jordan
  • September 2004 to March 2005

My responsibilities were to prepare the monthly financial reports, making necessary JVs and payments, preparing the necessary monthly reports and prepare monthly bank reconciliations.

Office and Financial Manager at American Bar Association
  • Jordan
  • June 2003 to September 2004

My responsibilities were managing all the admin, accounting and financial issues. Preparing monthly financial reports, making necessary JVs and prepare monthly bank reconciliations. And do required reports for the head office in Washington taking in consideration our budget. Moreover, I managed every thing related to the office, getting bids, order supplies, hotel reservations, handling office files & supervising one Employee (Administrative Assistant).

Chief Accountant, Acting Financial Manager at Jordan River Foundation
  • Jordan
  • February 1999 to January 2003

I worked as a Chief Accountant acting Financial Manager; my responsibilities were to manage nine different projects from all the accounting and financial sides, preparing monthly financial reports which include income statement, balance sheet, and statement of cash flow, making necessary JVs, prepare monthly bank reconciliations, check and review daily data (JVs, PVs, and RVs), sign and control cheques prepared for vendors and suppliers, control the account payables and receivables balances, monthly salaries with employees income tax and social security, monitor and compare budgeted figures with actual and present variances report, manage four employees, and do reporting for management, board of directors and the foundation’s donors.
I was a member in the purchasing committee.

Financial Consultant Assistant at Allied Business Advisors
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • October 1999 to March 2001

Special Experience. I assisted Jordan River Foundation’s financial consultant in preparing a new financial and administration system for the Foundation that included designing new chart of accounts, costing system, budgeting system, documentation system, new accounting circle of operation, founding a salary scale system and new form for the yearly plan. Moreover, I worked with him in many other projects in Jordan & Saudi Arabia.

Accountant at Red Rose Hotel Suites
  • Jordan
  • March 1998 to February 1999

I have worked as an Accountant and I did all the accounting and financial issues related to hotels accounting system and I was responsible for the following:
-Make the necessary Journal Vouchers, Payment Vouchers, and Receipt Vouchers that related to our daily operations.
-Preparing the monthly closing JVs and presents the monthly reports to the Director.
-Preparing the necessary bank reconciliations and JVs.
-Hotel Store keeping and I was responsible to do (IN - OUT) for the store items and according to the store keeping system and vouchers, and doing the yearly stock take.
-Checking the daily report that was presented from the front office department and prepare the necessary reports to the general director accordingly.
-All other things that related to the accounting department work, like handling the petty cash, writing the necessary financial memos and letters, social security and income tax reports and following up.

Accountant at General Engineering Maintenance CO
  • Jordan
  • November 1997 to March 1998

I have worked as an Accountant; my responsibilities were the payment arrangements and account receivables matters by:
-Receive the Daily invoices and do the sales sheets that indicate the cash and the credit sales along with a receipt voucher.
-Follow up the account receivables settlements with costumers.
-Receive the Vendors invoices and arrange the payments according to the receivables collection and the bank statement.
-Do the vendors checks and sign it from the Director, deliver these checks to vendors with the regular procedures.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Accounting
  • at Applied Science University
  • November 1997

I finished my bachelor degree of accounting from ASU.

Diploma, Scientific
  • at Kaled Bin Waled High School
  • June 1993

I finished my high school degree, scientific section in 1993 from Khaled Bin Waled High School.

Specialties & Skills

Presentation Skills
Grants Administration
Daily Operations
Cash Flow Management
Microsoft Office
MS Excel, and Word
Power Point Presentation
Accounting Computer Systems

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

Training course on Business Report Writing (Training)
Training Institute:
AMIDEAST - Amman
Date Attended:
April 2002
Techniques of Successful Management (Training)
Training Institute:
SHUA’A
Date Attended:
November 2002
Computer Based Practical Financial Analysis Course (Training)
Training Institute:
Joint Efforts Group
Date Attended:
July 2001
Certified Management Accountant (CMA) (Training)
Training Institute:
Becker Center
Date Attended:
May 1999
Stratiegic Plan & Budgeting Course (Training)
Training Institute:
Interaction for Consulting
Date Attended:
September 2000
Certified Public Accountant (CPA) course (Training)
Training Institute:
Roger Philip
Date Attended:
August 2003
USAID & NGOs finance, grants and human resources. (Training)
Training Institute:
Inside NGO
Date Attended:
December 2011