Serving in the holding company headquarters and responsible for creating, consolidating, and managing the budget sets, financial planning & analysis of the sectoral sub-holdings and their affiliated companies.✔ Conducts and presents the completed company full-year budget and year-end forecast studies, and short/long-term financial planning & analysis with modeling to the management, on a company, sectoral, and consolidated basis.✔ Oversees consolidation efforts of 7 business… Show more Serving in the holding company headquarters and responsible for creating, consolidating, and managing the budget sets, financial planning & analysis of the sectoral sub-holdings and their affiliated companies.✔ Conducts and presents the completed company full-year budget and year-end forecast studies, and short/long-term financial planning & analysis with modeling to the management, on a company, sectoral, and consolidated basis.✔ Oversees consolidation efforts of 7 business sectors' global financial reports monthly.✔ Provides analytical support, guidance, and training to the group companies to ensure conformity and compliance with corporate-level budgeting and planning practices across the group.✔ Harnesses all the processes and systems related to the budget and short/long-term modeling data and analytics while working with all the business units within the group.✔ Regularly performs unit cost analyses on a sectoral and company basis and supports the management and sales teams on cost analysis issues.✔ Analyses the central resources, distributes them according to the sectoral needs based on preserving the financial sustainability with sectoral success, and monitors their usage.✔ Establishes a structure that will enable the active control of the progress and cost information of all the investments being made and will be made within the Yıldırım Group of Companies and ensures its continuity.✔ Ensures the presentation of quarterly cash flow and debt figures, in detail of the sub-holdings and their affiliated companies. Show less

Responsible for all processes, policies, and issues related to the Budget and Reporting Directorate and the Koc University Consolidated Budget and Long-Term Plan (LTP).✔ Informed Vehbi Koc Foundation, the Board of Trustees, and senior management to help them make decisions by creating periodic and tailored/strategic financial and operational activity reports.✔ Generated analytical forecasting models that support resource allocation and efficiency decisions.✔ Spearheaded… Show more Responsible for all processes, policies, and issues related to the Budget and Reporting Directorate and the Koc University Consolidated Budget and Long-Term Plan (LTP).✔ Informed Vehbi Koc Foundation, the Board of Trustees, and senior management to help them make decisions by creating periodic and tailored/strategic financial and operational activity reports.✔ Generated analytical forecasting models that support resource allocation and efficiency decisions.✔ Spearheaded the development of university financial policies and guided university budget planning to proactively plan against macroeconomic issues that higher education faces.✔ Ensured that the financial records of the Academic Project grants received by Koc University were made by the laws, regulations, and contracts of both local and donor institutions.✔ Provided a platform, resource, and environment for creating and managing necessary budgeting at every functional unit and level within the university.✔ Achieved a 25% reduction in expenditure by successfully implementing Zero-Based Budgeting (ZBB) by conducting thorough cost analyses.✔ Utilized successful practices to use the budget to promote a balance of strong financial management, financial sustainability, and academic achievement across the University.✔ Increased the accuracy of financial forecasts by 20% by adopting advanced business analytics and forecasting models. Show less

Launched a management consulting practice that became a provider of business analytics, P&L management, cost reduction, due diligence, debt financing, management reporting, and consolidations to small to large-sized firms.My goal is to help stakeholders and investors make choices that positively shift P&L outcomes. Many of my clients are managed by PE firms and face a variety of challenges. The as-is financial infrastructures cannot handle scalable solutions and I supply the business… Show more Launched a management consulting practice that became a provider of business analytics, P&L management, cost reduction, due diligence, debt financing, management reporting, and consolidations to small to large-sized firms.My goal is to help stakeholders and investors make choices that positively shift P&L outcomes. Many of my clients are managed by PE firms and face a variety of challenges. The as-is financial infrastructures cannot handle scalable solutions and I supply the business intelligence and astute analyses needed via automated solutions. Highlights of my accomplishments include:✔ INTERIM CFO: I led an $800M IT solutions and consulting services company through a very significant financial transformation after a private equity purchase as Interim CFO which resulted in an outstanding financial and operational performance in just over 8 months. ✔ STRATEGIC CONSULTING: I provided financial consulting services and support to a $7B premier developer and publisher of an entertainment software company for a strategic budgeting and forecasting project.✔ COST REDUCTION: I identified and executed $3M+ of annual cost savings at a $100M consumer electronics company by lowering operating and direct expenses through non-value adding processes, positions and systems elimination, process automation, and vendor cost-downs.✔ TRANSACTION ADVISORY: Creating the 5-year model, coordinating Quality of Earnings diligence and other diligence efforts, and preparing the data room, I successfully provided Transaction Advisory Services to a mid-size consumer products company.✔ SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION: Rolling out Cognos BI, I shifted understanding of product performance, which refocused engineering, sales, and operations teams, boosting margins by 2%.✔ MANAGEMENT REPORTING: Taking a quickly growing $2M consumer goods client from QuickBooks to a full-scale, real-time reporting tool with proforma analyses, I helped owners find opportunities that grew income by 45%. Show less

$300M consumer electronics company; a subsidiary of $5B private equity firm (Charlesbank Capital Partners); the parent company of Sound United and Directed Electronics.Served as the key strategic business partner to the CEO and Board of Directors and the central relationship manager with PE firm and creditors. - CFO & SVP | 2013–2014- SVP/VP OF Finance & IT | 2011–2013- Sr. Director of Finance IT | 2011- Director of Corporate Performance Solutions | 2010–2011-… Show more $300M consumer electronics company; a subsidiary of $5B private equity firm (Charlesbank Capital Partners); the parent company of Sound United and Directed Electronics.Served as the key strategic business partner to the CEO and Board of Directors and the central relationship manager with PE firm and creditors. - CFO & SVP | 2013–2014- SVP/VP OF Finance & IT | 2011–2013- Sr. Director of Finance IT | 2011- Director of Corporate Performance Solutions | 2010–2011- FP&A Manager / Sr.Financial Analyst / Financial Analyst | 2007–2010✔ Oversaw financial reporting, treasury, tax, audit, and compliance. Shaped team of 21 with 4 direct reports and a $5M direct budget.✔ Advocated for and achieved unprecedented stakeholder ROI with $47M dividend recapitalization, $5M of cost reductions, and process efficiencies via automation.✔ Unleashed potential of resources with the implementation of the single business analytics dashboarding platform across the company.✔ Enabled the creation of reliable, timely budgets, strategic plans, and predictive forecasts across global geographic areas, eliminating inconsistencies. Reduced month-end closing cycle by 15 days.✔ Structured the new debt metrics (EBITDA add-backs, interest rates) for PE firm and Board as part of a $175M new credit agreement.✔ Saved $8M in 4 years and secured interest rate reduction after completing two debt refinancing transactions.✔ Coordinated financial modeling, due diligence, and negotiations for divestiture of brands, launches of joint ventures, and valuations of 3 M&A transactions.✔ Negotiated $3M in product cost savings using consolidated purchasing power and new rebate programs with the new and existing vendors.✔ Initiated process reengineering that improved working capital by 25%, leading to higher YOY cash generation.✔ Simplified legal structure, uncovering $500K in annual tax savings and cutting audit fees $1M+ in 3 years. Show less