Sinan S. Abbadi(Dr)

Amman – Jordan.

Mobile: +962(0) 798 22 44 77

E-mail:

Personal Details:

Nationality: Jordanian

Gender: Male

Education:

  1. 2006-2009: University of Durham, Durham, England

PhD in Accounting and Finance -DurhamBusinessSchool:Doctoral thesis title: Information Content and Interrelationships of Multiple Performance Measures;

  1. 1996-1999: University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan

(MBA) Master Degree in Business Administration - Accounting - Rating: Very Good.

  1. 1992-1996:University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan

Bachelor Degree in Business Administration - Accounting - Rating: Good - 1996.

  1. 1992: Shahed FaisalHigh School – Amman, Jordan

General Secondary Education Certificate - Scientific Stream - Rating: 78.6% - 1992.

Workingexperience:

- Since September 2009

Assistant professor in Accounting and Finance at Al- Balqa’ Applied University-Jordan

Subjects taught:

International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS); Accounting Information Systems (AIS); Accounting Theory; Computer applications in Accounting; Research Methods in Business Studies; Financial Statements Analysis; Intermediate Accounting; Advanced Accounting; Managerial Accounting; Cost Accounting; Accounting for Taxes; Accounting Principles.

- February 2010 – February 2011

Part Time Lecturer at the GermanJordanianUniversity-Amman

Subjects Taught:Advanced Accounting and Financial Statements Analysis.

- October 2007- September 2009

Part time teaching assistant at DurhamBusinessSchool - England

Subjects taught:

  • Theory of finance (MA and MSc students).
  • Financial Statements Analyses (MA and MSc students).
  • Business, accounting, and Finance (undergraduate students).
  • Management accounting (undergraduate students)
  • Financial Planning and Control (MA students)

I also worked as a college tutor for DurhamUniversity. My role as a tutor entails academic and non-academic support for a group of 24 students for the last two years.

- October 2003 – September 2006

Full-Time Lecturer at Al-Balqa' Applied University - Faculty of Planning and Business - Accounting Information Systems Department.

- June 2004– September 2006

Part time lecturer at The Arab Academy for Banking and Financial Sciences/Accounting Department

Subjects taught:

  • Intermediate Accounting.
  • Accounting for banks and financial institutions.

- September 2002 - October 2003

Part-Time Lecturer at the University of Jordan - Faculty of Business Administration/Accounting Department

Subjects Taught:

  • Accounting for taxes.
  • Accounting for non-profit organizations and governmental accounting.

- October 1998 - October 2003

Tax Assessor & Financial Auditor at the Income Tax Department - Ministry of Finance-Jordan.

- May 1996 - October 1998

Financial accountant at the Royal Automobile Club of Jordan

Training courses:

-Teaching Induction for Postgraduates/University of Durham.

-Advanced excel/ University of Durham.

-Multiple regression workshop/ University of Durham.

-Multi-level Modelling using SPSS/ SheffieldUniversity.

-Scale construction: EFA, CFA and reliability analysis/ SheffieldUniversity.

-An introduction to SPSS for Windows/University of Durham.

-SAS training course/ University of Durham.

-Introduction to Nvivo/ University of Durham.

-Managing research projects/ University of Durham.

-Oral presentation skills/ University of Durham.

-Customer Relations/ Jordan Public Management Institute.

-Communication Skills / Jordan Public Management Institute.

-Income Tax & Tax Accounting Law/ Jordan Public Management Institute.

References:

-Professor Rob Dixon, Dean, DurhamBusinessSchool. Email:.

-Mrs. Anne Woodhead, MBA program director, DurhamBusinessSchool. Email:

Documents available upon request