Gulbin Naz Ihtiyar
Summary
Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Head of Controlling
Senergia AB
Stockholm
10.2022 - Current
- Provide comprehensive financial updates to senior managers by evaluating, analyzing, and reporting appropriate data points
- Guide financial decisions by applying company policies and procedures to current economic landscape
- Develop, implement, and maintain financial controls and guidelines
- Achieve budgeting goals with proper scheduling, analysis, and corrective actions
- Help develop and support short- and long-term operational strategies
- Maintain internal safeguards for revenue receipts, costs, and team and organizational budgets and actual expenditures
- Establish (in coordination with CFO) financial and operating benchmarks, budgets, program monitoring, and reporting standards on biweekly, monthly, and annual basis.
Budget and Business Controlling Manager
Yilport Holding
Stockholm
12.2015 - 09.2022
- Develop and prepare financial plans and budgets and interpret financial reports
- Prepare balance sheet of Yilport Nordics companies and ensure effectiveness of process
- Conduct analysis of standard business and financial decision to contribute to a better business awareness
- Manage financial activities including the controlling of monthly books closing, expense forecasting, expense allocations and budget activities
- Analyze variances, trends, risks, opportunities and performance against budget/forecast/targets, in order to highlight operational performance issues and recommend actions
- Prepare reports to fulfill the need for financial follow up, business planning and business control within the organization
- Review all financial operating process and analyze results and ensure compliance with GAAP.
Plant Controller
Autoliv
Istanbul
06.2014 - 07.2015
- Prepare financial management information and provide proactive support to finance department
- Prepare periodical regional and management reports/Hyperion reports
- Prepare various analysis and reports to management information
- Actively responsible from preparation of budget and analysis of budget variances
- Monitor actual against KPI's and forecasting accuracy
- Perform month end closing activities for monthly closing
- Responsible for preparation of financial statements in order to ensure that they are prepared in accordance with US GAAP reporting requirements
- Prepare cost analysis reports for selling price and transfer price review
- Follow up the Group updates on accounting policies and assess the effects on our financials, communicate those effects to related departments.
Financial Planning & Analysis Manager
PepsiCo
Istanbul
11.2013 - 06.2014
- Oversee the preparation and roll-up of the company budget and forecast and provide monthly variance analysis to identify areas of concern
- Identify, manage and appropriately communicate risks and opportunities in the company's monthly financial forecasts
- Develop KPIs and trend analyses with recommendations to assist in improving cost efficiencies within the operation
- Create variance and ad hoc analyses for financial results
- Generate ideas and implementation of plans for process improvements throughout the operation
- Lead the preparation of weekly / monthly reports & presentation to regional level top management
- Serve as HFM master user in the department
Commercial Planning Specialist
PepsiCo
Istanbul
09.2011 - 09.2013
- Preparation and management of annual budgeting, interim reforecasting and long-term business planning processes with the Commercial Team
- Perform detailed budget variance analysis vs Plan/forecast/YAG with explanation and commentary
- Preparation of channel based reports and reporting/tracking the business KPI's, for the purpose of establishing channel strategies
- During month-end closing transactions; work directly with the accounting, sales and other departments to ensure that various processes are properly interacting with financial accounting
- Respond to inquiries for financial information by collecting, interpreting, and summarizing data
- Support management and commercial teams by compiling special information and analyses; preparing recommendations
- Pre & post evaluation of business activities.
Sales Administrator
Volvo CE
Istanbul
07.2008 - 06.2010
- Back office coordination of Sales, Remarketing & Rental Departments with other departments such as logistics, import & export, customer support, accounting and sub dealers
- Preparing weekly sales performance analysis, total market analysis and weekly sales finance analysis
- Assisting sales director in reporting KPIs (Opex Analysis, P&L Analysis) & follow up routine
- Key User of Remarketing and Rental systems which are used to control and follow up of stocks & sales
- ISO process responsible of Construction Equipment Division
- Key user and member of CRM implementation team.
Education
Master's Degree - Business & Management Faculty – M.Sc. International Marketing
Mälardalen University
01.2011
Bachelor - Economics & Managerial Sciences Faculty – B.Sc. Business Administration
Marmara University
01.2008
Skills
- Budgeting & Forecasting
- Financial Planning
- Financial Modeling
- Cash Flow Management
- MS Office
- Oracle
- SAP
- BI
- Organization and Time Management
- Team Management
Languages
Turkish
Native language
English
Proficient
C2
Swedish
Intermediate
B1
Timeline
Head of Controlling
Senergia AB
10.2022 - Current
Budget and Business Controlling Manager
Yilport Holding
12.2015 - 09.2022
Plant Controller
Autoliv
06.2014 - 07.2015
Financial Planning & Analysis Manager
PepsiCo
11.2013 - 06.2014
Commercial Planning Specialist
PepsiCo
09.2011 - 09.2013
Sales Administrator
Volvo CE
07.2008 - 06.2010
Master's Degree - Business & Management Faculty – M.Sc. International Marketing
Mälardalen University
Bachelor - Economics & Managerial Sciences Faculty – B.Sc. Business Administration
Marmara University
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