Fareed Haddad
**** ***** **** **. **** Worth Texas 76137
Ph. No.: 817-***-**** ************@*****.***
Direct and Indirect Taxes/Accountancy / Management / Human Resources / Training
A creative, multi-lingual professional with an excellent education in Accounting and Business Administration. Experienced in management, accounting, training, and auditing. Background includes preparing financial statements and making consolidations according to company methods, planning strategies and developing successful operational controls, setting company vision with effective goals and objectives, and developing and implement training programs to ensure staff meets the demands of the current marketplace. Personally committed to continuing to increase professional abilities and have a positive impact on an organization through diligence, sound business judgment and teamwork.
Key Strengths:
Recording and Posting Financial Transactions. Preparation, Reporting of Financial Statements according to GAAP and Communication of Financial Information. Implementation of Accounting Consolidation. Conducting Financial Analysis. Leadership Skills Team Building Personnel Management Training & Development Recruiting / Staffing Problem Solving Analytical Skills Communication Presentation Skills Interpersonal Skills Quality Control Strategic Planning Organizational Skills Policy & Procedures Planning / Coordinating Computer Applications
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Japan Tobacco International (Jordan) and Japan Tobacco Manufacturing (The Biggest T. P. Jordan);
Tax Manager: 1/8/2017 – 31/10/2022
1- Drive, manage and maintain direct and indirect tax compliance, manage the completion of tax returns. Actively manage tax audits (GST, SST, CIT, WHT and NCT and any other taxes) and any other requests received from the tax authorities
2-Ensure accurate filing of all tax returns and WHT taxes according to their tax periods and timely tax liability payment and try to reduce tax liability through informed tax laws’ provisions.
3-Provide an immediate internal tax advisory services and support when requested to finance and all different Departments in the company.
4-Provide the necessary consultancy on going and future customs cases by providing technical support and recommendation to ensure the progress toward their successful solutions.
5-Manage all kinds of tax audit from either tax advisor or authorities; and provide all necessary supporting documents upon request.
6-On an ongoing basis, manage, monitor the direct and indirect tax compliance according to tax laws and their instructions, and inform the global direct and indirect tax directors about any changes in these laws promptly.
7-Monitor changes in external tax environment and operating environment and perform impact assessment of changes on ongoing tax compliance.
8-Assign the tax codes for all local and imported goods and service.
Income & Sales Tax of Jordan: Division Head of Policies and Studies 1/7/2013-31/7/2017
Forecast tax revenues, develop, and recommend tax policies to upper-level management.
Training new recruits.
Assess the financial impact of the expected law amendments on future revenues,
Reply to all taxpayers oral or written tax inquiries,
Conduct all kind of tax relevant studies to enable the higher management to take decisions.
A T & T Account manager: 2011-7/6/2013
Functioned in sales, Interviewing, Recruiting and Training.
Educational Pursuits 2007-2010
Manpower: Special Assignment with Motorola – Quality Assurance / Process Auditor 2005-2006
Pack lines, shipping and materials.
General Sales Tax Department, Amman, Jordan: 1994-2004
Acting Director of Planning and Policies (2004-2004)
Supervised and coordinated activities in areas concerned with Policies and Knowledge Management section; Studies and Quality Conformance section; and Public Relations and Tax Awareness section.
Division Head of Quality Control (2003-2004)
Determined and controlled operations in G.S.T.D., forecast general sales tax revenues, prepared monthly tax revenue statistical reports and developed the annual “Taxpayers’ Awareness Strategies”.
Division Head of Studies and Policies (2002-2003)
Division Head of Development and Training (2000-2002)
Assessed training needs for employees, developed and implemented training programs.
Determined objectives and activities of all departments and recommended development procedures.
General Sales Tax Auditor (1994-2000)
Jordan Customs Department (1987-1994) (Jobs: Inspector, Classifier, verifier, valuator).
Notable Achievements: (Being one of the top first five sales reps several times nationwide and in the south east region in USA for AT&T) Promoted 3 times in 4 years (Division Head, Director Assistant, and Director), in the General Sales Tax of Jordan (G.S.T.) Nominated by the General Director of the G.S.T. in 2002 to receive the Tax Analysis and Revenue Forecasting Training Course at Duke University & as the Department’s representative in The Revenue Committee of the Ministry of Finance of Jordan. Nominated by the Steering Committee of the G.S.T. Dept. for Training in The Arab Institute of Planning in Kuwait in 2003. Prepared the Leadership Factor of King Abdullah Excellence Award for G.S.T. in 2003. Identified major tax evasion cases through auditing various taxpayer’s financial records. Received numerous letters of recognition from the General Director of G.S.T. Dept. for exceptional Performance.
EDUCATION
University of Texas at Arlington (USA) – MBA with Emphasis on Accounting 2010
Relevant courses: Intermediate Accounting 1 & 2, Advanced Accounting (Consolidation Accounting), Accounting Information Systems, Individual Income tax, Accounting Research, Managerial Accounting, and Financial Accounting.
Yarmouk University, Ibrid, Jordan – Masters in Business Administration
Yarmouk University, Ibrid, Jordan – B.S. In Administrative Sciences with Emphasis on Accounting
Yarmouk University, Ibrid, Jordan – Diploma in Education
Certification: CPA Candidate, preparing for the FAR section.
Languages: Arabic, English and French
Technical Skills: Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Accomplishments: MBA Theses “Work Teams in Jordanian Business Organizations: A Field Study from the Perspective of the Concerned Managers” Published an article addressing Team Work in Jordanian business organizations.