Kareem Shaddad is a highly motivated Jordanian accountant seeking a position that allows him to utilize his analytical skills and attention to detail. He has over 5 years of professional experience working for NGOs in finance and accounting roles. His experience includes preparing budgets and financial reports, managing cash flow, processing payroll, and ensuring compliance with regulations. He is proficient in accounting software, financial analysis, and both Arabic and English.

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KKaarreeeemm SShhaaddddaadd
9 September 1990  Jordanian  PO Box 17946, 11195, Amman, Jordan  Tel. +962 79 5572299
kareemshaddad@hotmail.com
Professional Objective
A highly motivated accountant with strong analytical skills, believing in compliance to local and internal systems,
combined with dynamic thinking and in-depth analysis to details, I find myself excelling in my field and managed
to enrich my experience in a relatively short time.
I look forward to further expand my experience by settling in a reputable organization where I can execute my
collected experience and develop within, to further climb up the ladder of my career.
Core Competences
 Critical Thinker
 Excellent communications &
collaboration skills
 Meticulous to Detail
 Strong Analyst
 Compliant to Regulations
 Persistent
 Focused
 Creative
Education
UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN – Amman, Jordan
Bachelor of Accounting, June 2012
AMMAN BAPTIST SCHOOL – Amman, Jordan
Tawjihi (High School Degree), June 2008
 IT Stream
Professional Experience
Actionaid Arab Regional Initiative – Amman, Jordan
Danish Non-Governmental Organization – Refugees, Civil Society & Education
Finance & Administration Officer, May 2016 – Present
Reporting directly to Copenhagen/Denmark Accountancy Headquarters for 2 projects, while reporting the remaining 4
projects to the Head of Finance in Amman/Jordan.
Key Contributions:
 Headquarters - Denmark
 Prepare monthly budgets for 2 projects making sure that they are harmonized with the yearly budget.
 Process all necessary transactions between Jordan’s office and headquarters in Denmark for all the employees’ expenses
through official claims, invoices and credit notes.
 Supervise and process the funds transfers, for the 2 projects, from Denmark to Jordan, through the compliance
regulations within our organization.

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 Create and submit monthly financial report to headquarters in Denmark.
 Approve the annual budget by the Regional Delegated Manager and the Head of Finance.
 International Partners - Lebanon
 Responsible for funds transfers to our partners in Lebanon after verifying them according to the signed agreements.
 Perform full audit to their monthly reports according to their submitted invoices. Full tracking for each report line is
performed and validated according to the budgeted figures.
 Local Accountancy – Amman/ Jordan
 Record all bookings using a double entry system (International Accounting System – SUN).
 Prepare and process all advances for field and regions employees on a weekly basis and ensure proper closure for each
advance.
 Execute payroll, including social security, income tax and final settlements for the employees.
 Execute all banking cheque notes and cash payments.
 Manage and control the cash flow within the organization to ensure safe execution of the forecasted annual plan.
 Overview the expenditures for the remaining 4 projects in line with the yearly budget.
 Supervise the proceedings with the official auditors.
 Administration
Direct involvement in all administration tasks that are related to finance (summarized below), and replacing the dedicated
administration officer during his absence.
 Collect 3 offers for any purchased valued more than JOD 500.00.
 Perform operational, assets and expenditure field audits.
 Full management of organization’s car pool.
Konrad Adenauer Stiftung – Amman, Jordan
German Non-Governmental Organization – Politics and Civil Development & Education
EU Project Accountant (European & International Cooperation), February 2013 – April 2016
Key Contributions: Reporting directly to Brussels/Belgium Accountancy Headquarters for the EU projects, I
essential duties are as follows:
 International Accountancy
 Collaborate with Section Heads to conclude the fixed costs, variable costs and visibility actions for the coming year.
 Perform full financial analysis on the collected data and forecast an annual budget for the coming year.
 Forecast a cash flow analysis on each of the costs category.
 Breakdown the forecasted annual budget into quarterly and monthly budgets depending on the cash flow needs.
 Approve the annual budget by the Regional Delegated Manager.
 Communicate the approved annual budget with Brussels Accountancy Headquarters and outsource funds for the coming
year.
 Follow up and ensure safe and prompt monthly funds transactions.
 Communicate financial reports on a monthly basis with Brussels Accountancy Headquarters.
 Conclude a yearly financial report and communicate it with Brussels Accountancy Headquarters by the end of each
financial year (after confirming its number by the official auditors).
 Local Accountancy
 Record all the booking using a double entry system (PASTIS/FAVROIT; a German online internal system for the
organization).
 Obtain the Tax Exemption Letter by following the local and governmental procedure with EU Delegation, Ministry of
Planning, and Income & Sales Tax Department.
 Manage and control the cash flow within the organization to ensure safe execution of the forecasted annual plan.

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 Supervise the proceedings with the official auditors.
 Logistics
 Acquire and negotiate price equations for venues, hotels, car rentals, IT equipment, office supplies…etc.
 Supervise operations of events, conferences, trainings…etc.
 Facilitate various transportations such as airport, field visits for guests and staff.
 Manage and purchase airline tickets for staff and guests travels.
UHY Arab Auditors – Amman, Jordan
External/Internal Official Auditors and Tax Consultants
Junior Auditor, July 2012 to January 2013
Key Contributions:
 External Audit
 Collect all necessary documents from clients, i.e. balance sheets, invoices, banking statements, letter of credits, accounts
receivables, accounts payables…etc.
 Analyze and match all the collected data and detect deficits.
 Generate an audit report to conclude all the notes and deficits.
 Communicate the report with the clients and follow up their executions.
 Move on to the next audit period.
 Prepare the final financial statements for the client after ensuring that all the records are correct.
 Internal Audit
 Collect all necessary documents from clients, i.e. cash accounts, internal processes system, inventory list…etc.
 Match cash account with present cash.
 Perform a live audit on the internal processes system.
 Evaluate the current applicable financial security system by ensuring a well separation of pass-codes for all critical cash
dispensers and/or systems.
 Conclude an audit report and communicate with client.
 Follow up the amendments according to the audit report.
 Tax Consultancy
 Point out all of the tax exempted products before starting the audit (according to the activity of the client).
 Audit the sales tax of all the invoices.
 Prepare the Sales Tax Declaration report.
Computing & Other Skills
Software: MS Office (Word, Project, Excel, PowerPoint)
Languages: Arabic–Fluent (spoken & written), English–Fluent (spoken & written)
References available upon request