About us

Mission

We increase people's employability opportunities through education. We open doors to better future. At Barattson, our mission is to help professionals and students achieve their objectives in education and career.

Vision

Our goal is to be the best training organization in Azerbaijan in the near future and turn into a global player in professional education in the long run.

Valuation

Righteousness - we practice high ethical standards in all our dealings Professionalism - we provide expert knowledge to our clients Possibility - we help reach global opportunities in education and career Assistance - we give any support you need to reach your objectives Success - we are happy when you succeed

Company Profile

Barattson started its operations in 2014 as a professional education provider, preparing professionals for international accounting and finance qualification exams, helping large and medium sized entities raise capabilities and competences of their management and staff

personnel through counseling, couching and training tailored to their specific needs. Barattson is also specialized in English language teaching and preparation for standardized language and subject tests.

We can split our training services into four distinct areas:

Preparation for Finance & Accounting Qualifications Exams;
Short-term Corporate Business & Soft Skills Training;
Computer Skills Training;
English Language Teaching & Preparation for Standardized Test.

Among Finance & Accounting Qualifications we prepare for exams of such internationally recognized qualifications as ACCA, CIMA, CFA, DipIFR (Rus/Eng/Az), CIMA.

In the area of Business & Soft Skills Training we offer over 120 diverse training in HR, Sales & Marketing, Career Development, Internet Marketing, Management & Supervision, Small Business Management & Entrepreneurship, Train-the-trainer, and Workplace Essentials.

Under Language Qualification we teach General English as well as Business English and prepare for standardized tests such as IELTS, TOEFL, KET, PET, GMAT, GRE, and SAT.

Our Accreditations

ACCA Gold ALP

Barattson is Gold Approved Learning Partner of ACCA. Barattson is the first and the only

company in the world that acquired Gold ALP status in its first year of operation.

ACCA CBE Center

Barattson is Computer Based Exam (CBE) Centre for ACCA in Azerbaijan.

IELTS Test Centre

Barattson is official IELTS Test Centre with test centre number of AZ018. IELTS is recognized by 9,000 organizations including government, academic and

employment institutions around the world as a trusted indicator of English skills. IELTS, the International English Language Testing System, is designed to assess the

language ability of candidates who need to study or work where English is the language of communication.

PEARSON VUE Test Center

Barattson is official Pearson Vue Test Center. Pearson Vue provides computer based testing for information technology, academic, government, and professional testing programs around the world.

CIMA GLP

Barattson is Global Learning Partner of CIMA.

KAPLAN International English

Barattson is the official reseller agent of Kaplan International English in Azerbaijan, provides training on IELTS, TOEFL, GRE, GMAT, SAT, Academic English,

Business English courses in the United Kingdom, Ireland, USA, Canada, Australian, New Zealand, Malta and Singapore.

BPP

Barattson is an authorized distributor of BPP LM as Learning Media Stockiest and is offering hundreds of learning materials at a discount.

Elshan Rahimov

We place our client relationships front and centre. At Barattson, we strive to build and maintain long-term relationships with each and every client based on trust, integrity and professionalism.

The COB of Barattson” is ELSHAN RAHIMOFF – a graduate of Cairo University (Egypt) with a degree in Accountancy, a Master in Business Administration from Georgia State University’s affiliate program at State Oil Academy, who later was a visiting faculty in J. Mack Robinson College of Business in Atlanta, USA. Prior to establishing “Barattson School of Business & Finance”, in 2004 Elshan co-founded GRBS (originally was named G&R Business Services) in partnership with BINCO (Baku Investment Company) and until 2013 was a Managing Partner in GRBS, where the first letter stood for Guliyev - BINCO president's family name and the second letter stood for Rahimoff, Elshan's family name.

Elshan personally gave this name to GRBS putting "G" first and "R" second as a token of high respect to his previous business partner Mr. Guliyev, who was Elshan's former employer and mentor. It should be noted that success of GRBS was mainly due to Elshan’s interpersonal, business and financial management skills, as well as his profound multilingual communication abilities and unmatchable teaching skills in the areas including but not limited to Financial Accounting, Management Accounting, Financial Management, Performance Management, Tax Accounting, Corporate Reporting and especially IFRS. Elshan was even recognized by GRBS staff as a nominee for the Efficiency and Frugality of the Year Award. Elshan also played tremendous role in implementation of IFRS in Azerbaijan. He was a leading local consultant at Ministry of Finance of Republic of Azerbaijan in IFRS implementation project. He is co-author of National Accounting Standards of Republic of Azerbaijan. Elshan Rahimoff is deservedly recognized a leading specialist in IFRS in Azerbaijan since he taught thousands of professionals for the last 10 years. He is also a constant visitor of international conferences organized by IASB, ACCA and other world leading professional organizations. Elshan is also an adjunct professor at leading universities of Azerbaijan, such as State Oil Academy, Odlar Yurdu University, ADA University, and Qafqaz University. He is a holder of ACCA Diploma in International Financial Reporting and CIMA Diploma in Management Accounting. He is also a Certified Islamic Finance Executive by Ethica Institute of Islamic Finance. At Barattson Elshan Rahimoff teaches ACCA, CIMA, DipIFR, CMGA and Islamic Finance qualifications. Having established Barattson, Elshan set a target of becoming a leading professional business education provider in the region in the short to medium term, and a world quality education provider in the long run. Realizing well that business education cannot succeed without professional and talented people, Elshan’s idea was to bring together the brightest minds and build strong team of qualified teachers and professional staff. Elshan used his patronymic when naming the company and by doing so he gives personal guarantee on quality of teaching of any programs offered by Barattson. Elshan always seeks opportunities to collaborate with world leading professional education providers in order to always bring fresh ideas and he follows global trends to provide valuable education opportunities to professionals in Azerbaijan.

Barattson provides the following four guarantees:

1) Guarantee of quality of teaching. This is achieved by hiring only qualified tutors. What ever training course you choose to attend with us, you will find instructors with relevant education background and experience who are professionals of their fields. We believe that quality education is mostly dependent on professional tutors who possess knowledge proven by relevant qualifications.

2) Guarantee of up-to-date and original study materials. We ensure that students are provided with the latest and original study resources of world leading publishers such as BPP LM, Kaplan, Becker-ATC, Pearson, Velsoft and so on. All the study materials are provided in learning processes without charging additional fee for them.

3) Guarantee of passing an exam at the first attempt. For any exam preparation course you decide to study with us, Barattson guarantees that you can pass your exam at the first attempt if you strictly follow Barattson's procedures on successful exam preparation. Subject to complete attendance, without missing any class and scoring minimum pass mark in progess tests and mock exams, Barattson guarantees that you will succeed in your exam at the first attempt. If not, then Barattson will allow you to retake the preparatory course and Barattson will pay for your next resit exam fee.

4) Guarantee of the best price. Barattson guarantees that you get the best price for any of our education services and products. We offer discounted prices for study materials and do not charge extra fees for delivery over their original delivery invoice amount. We set special promotional discounts of 5 to 25 percent depending on the number additional people you can advise to attend or bring with you to the same course.