CAREER SUMMARY
A visionary, dynamic, goal-and-business-oriented executive with over 20 years of
global experience in IT management, project management of various IT projects &
IT operations such as ERP projects, data center operations, change management,
cloud projects, SLA management, IT security, etc., and special experience in finance,
planning, managing, and conducting IT audits, financial audits, internal audits,
fraud investigations, tax audits, and forensic analysis. Excellent communication and
leadership skills based on the experience of managing teams and stakeholders.
 
WORK EXPERIENCE
Senior Technical Software Manager
March 2022-Current
Employer industry
● Establishing and managing a SAP team providing support to global projects in Germany for ABAP and SAP EWM (Extended Warehouse Management);
● Providing support to projects in BMW, Daimler AG, KRM (Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH & Co KG), and KION Group Projects;
● Supporting the Bayer Global CRM Project CFO

October 2019-November 2021
Food Industry
● Developing business strategies;
● Managing treasury and banking operations, overseeing AR&AP operations, warehouse controls, inventory counts and controls, SKU profitability, and cost accounting;
● Reporting, manufacturing conversion cost analysis and controls, financial accounting and reporting (due to IFRS), managerial accounting and reporting, consolidation reporting, commercial and sales reporting, internal control, risk and compliance, tax accounting and management, budgeting and budget controls, CAPEX&OPEX, fixed asset management, insurance management, IT operations, OPEX/CAPEX, and ERP management, and supply chain and procurement support.
● Comprehensive analysis of the finance organization's efficiency and restructured the department from scratch, including producing all finance SOPs, closing control gaps, redesigning authorization controls, and organizing and coordinating the development of other department SOPs.
● Improved communication between the finance department and other departments and redesigned all controls and reporting, fixed ERP (Oracle JDE) and reporting issues, and implemented new modules such as Budgeting and WM on ERP;
● implemented the company's ERM (Enterprise Risk Management) framework, which involved coordinating the development of BCDR (Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery), Crisis Response Plans, and Risk Register.
 
IT Audit Director
April 2018-October 2019
Food Industry
● Conducting various types of audits, including Financial Audits, Process Audits, Tax Audits, Production Audits, and IT Audits.
● Establishing and leading the IT Audit team;
● Managing the IT audit cycle, which included developing and implementing policies, procedures, and guidelines for IT audits.
● Reporting directly to the Yildiz Audit President and collaborating with the senior management team;
● Identifying areas of risk and create strategies to mitigate them;
● Ensuring compliance with laws, regulations, and company policies;
● Providing recommendations for improving internal controls, processes, and procedures;
● Managing audit plans, schedules, and budgets and supervising a team of auditors to ensure that all audit activities were completed efficiently and effectively.
 
Freelance Consultant
July 2017-April 2018
Telecommunications service provider
● Establishment of Internal Audit Function in Saudi Telecom;
● Development of Project and Portfolio Management in Oman Telecom;
● Giving training and consultancy to various customers about: Business Strategy, Internal Audit, Compliance Management (NOCLAR, US FCPA, UKBA, Bribery, Fraud), Project and Portfolio Management, Budgeting, Costing and Cost Accounting, SAP S/4HANA Migration Project Management, Building Finance and Accounting Departments, Developing Finance and Accounting
SOPs, Finance and Accounting, Telecom Billing;
 
CTO
June 2015-July 2017
Financial Services, Asset Management
● Orchestrating IT management, digital transformation, governance, and coordination of Automotive Group, Retail Group, and Industrial Group companies and other holding companies reporting to the Anadolu Group CEO;
● Developing a budget and reporting framework for OPEX and CAPEX and producing standards and SOPs for all group companies;
● Chairing IT Steering Committee Meetings, ensuring coordination between group companies, and managing group-wise projects;
● Optimizing Microsoft and SAP licenses, resulting in a 20% reduction in license costs;
● Performing cost cutting of approximately 1 million USD annually through the IBM M&A project;
● Performing cost cutting of approximately 1.5 million USD annually through the group-wise IT purchasing optimization project;
● Leading and coordinating various projects, including SAP HR carve-out project, SAP HANA project, Anadolu Medical Center 2 HIS purchasing project, Anadolu Group Financial Consolidation Project, Information Security Project, Data Privacy Project, and coordination of IT Audit;
● Managing the contractual and legal part of the M&A deal with IBM, including the transfer of all IT services of the group companies to IBM Turkey and the transition of IT services to IBM, including Infrastructure and Application Support;