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DAIDirector of Finance And Operations
Mar. 2024 - Jul. 2025Jordan, AmmanKEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Lead the finance team, human resources (HR) and administrative team, and procurement and grants
teams to achieve Objectives and ensure compliance in all matters.
Serve as part of the program’s senior management team and provide tools and information that the
technical teams need to conduct their work (including, but not limited to budgeting, tracking, financial
progress reporting, and higher-level analysis of data produced by the Finance and Procurement sub-
teams).
Act as the primary point of contact for DAI home office Project Manager on all home office requests
related to finance and operations.
Supervise the Finance team in preparation of the monthly financial field reports, bank reconciliations,
and other project finance tasks.
Take the lead on the preparation and submission of quarterly financial reports and other reports
required under the contract.
Work with the Chief of Party to review and analyze budget estimates for allowability, allocability,
reasonableness, and consistency.
Establish and maintain compliant financial reporting records per record management policy and field
manual.
Provide oversight of all procurement processes, including determining procurement requirements, to
identify and ensure the most appropriate procurement methods to ensure transparent processes are
utilized.
Oversee overall program grant implementation to ensure proposal and budget feasibility and grant
activity schedule, equipment and material procurement standards are upheld as outlined in the PFMA
grants manual and Field Operations Manual (FOM).
Review all grant and procurement activities for compliance with program policies and USAID
regulations.
Oversee the final review and close out of grant and procurement activities.
Ensures use of the grants and procurements management system (in TAMIS).
Establish project administrative policies in accordance with USAID rules and regulations, DAI policy,
and Jordanian law, and train PFMA staff
Oversee all administrative matters, including the recruitment and management of operational,
procurement, finance, and administrative staff.
Oversee the HR coordinator to ensure compliance with DAI policies, the PFMA contract, and U.S.
Government requirements for personnel management.
Provide mentorship and capacity building to the operations team members.
Other duties as requested by the Chief of Party.
Senior
DAIActing Director
Jun. 2023 - Mar. 2024Jordan, AmmanKEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Management:
Responsible for providing training, guidance and direction to project Accounting/Finance staff
Responsible for gaining comprehensive knowledge of project’s Field Operations Manual (FOM),
implementing financial management systems in compliance with the FOM, and conducting regular
on-going review of project policies, procedures and/or practices to identify any inconsistencies with
the FOM, and to provide Director of Finance and Operations with options and recommendations for
resolution.
Responsible for providing training to staff on finance procedures and documentation
requirement.
Financial Reporting:
Oversees status of financial management activities (i.e. monthly and quarterly reporting in
conjunction with DAI’s Home Office support team)
Responsible for ensuring that any/all contractual financial reporting requirements are identified and
complied in a timely and accurate manner.
Oversees all tax reporting procedures and submissions
Reviews monthly reconciliation reports
Develops and submits other project reports necessary and based on registration requirements to local
authorities
Reviews partner/vendor payment schedules and obligations
Provides annual budgets of expenditure as well as quarterly forecasts against budget statements
(accruals, pipelines, etc.) as applicable
Audit:
Manages preparation of internal and external audits, in coordination with Bethesda/W Internal Audit
Department
Supports responses and actions to internal audit comments
Conducts ongoing review of backup documentation to ensure completeness, accuracy, and full
compliance with all regulations and the Field Operations Manual (FOM)
Ensures adequate backup documentation is uploaded to relevant system according to set deadlines
Ensure compliance with local and national laws on registration, annual reporting, and statutory
requirements (tax remittances, social security contributions, etc.)
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JACK ODEH HADDAD
Mobile: +962 0792818001 ▪ E-mail: [email protected] Nationality: Jordanian
Policies & Procedures:
Ensures that accounting policies and practices are carried out in accordance with GAAP standards;
project internal controls are established and implemented in accordance with DAI policies, USAID
rules/regulations and the terms of the contract.
General Accounting/Financial Management:
Reviews wire requests for field project implementation
Conducts regular cash flow analyses to ensure availability of funds and the accurate maintaining of
bank balances.
Oversees the timely processing of invoice.
Oversees and checks the Petty Cash process.
Ensures proper segregation of duties within the Finance/Accounting Department
Manages banking relationships and coordinates periodic updates for checking account signers
Reviews and approves bank reconciliations performed by the field accountant
Reviews project cost data prior to submitting Oracle data reports to DAI Washington
Establishes guidelines for maintaining sub-grant and other partnership files and activities as
applicable.
Ensures non-billable expenses are thoroughly reviewed and are kept to a minimum, also educates staff
on the principals of allowable vs. unallowable costs.
Ensures that foreign taxes paid, if any, are tracked, recorded, and reported to USAID in accordance
with ADS guidelines.
Reviews and oversees all petty cash accounts and/or bank accounts.
Travel Advances & Reimbursements:
Follows and maintains procedures to ensure accurate and timely payment of travel advances,
reimbursements for staff and partner travel
Maintains procedures to ensure accurate and timely reconciliation of travel advances
Reviews outstanding advances and aging reports for accuracy
Payroll:
Oversees the overall payroll process.
Serves as backup for payroll processing when applicable.
Analyzes taxes and ensures appropriate withholding of taxes from payroll.
Financial Systems:
Oversee and monitor use of field accounting system (FAS), cloud software for backup documentation,
DAI’s operations system (TAMIS), etc.
Communicates with home office system support teams on system or operations troubleshooting
technical issues.
Trains finance staff in any financial system knowledge gap
Overseas the process that the voucher files are scanned and uploaded to DAI’s System for the
Electronic Archival of Financial Documentation – Share point.
Supervisory Duties:
Trains, supervises, and mentors employees.
Plans, assigns, and directs work; appraises performance, addresses, and resolves proble
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