Finance Director

We are looking for a finance professional on behalf of our business partner, a global company in the manufacturing sector. The company has approximately 450 employees and operates in Türkiye and the CCA region (Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Armenia), with its headquarters in Istanbul. This role will be based in Silivri and will be responsible for ensuring that financial reporting and systems are managed professionally and in a timely manner. The position will be a key part of the Türkiye and CCA leadership team.

Responsibilities:

• To be a true business partner to VP Türkiye and CCA
• To manage financial and administration area
• To prepare the budgets and forecasts in line with the company’s rule and within the deadlines
• To oversee short and long-term budgetary planning and costs management in alignment with divisional strategic plans, potential acquisitions and collaborations with other company’s units
• To ensure quality and in time reporting and analysis of financial and operational trends, provide regular analysis of KPI´s and initiate improvements
• To consolidate reports from operational units
• To maintain the integrity of the financial results and balance sheet accounts
• To ensure consistency with, and fulfilling of Group and Divisional internal reporting requirements.
• To make ERP roadmap and make necessary plans and implementations
• To coordinate and control cost controlling and pricing strategy in line with company methodology
• To analyze and monitor investment process
• To manage the relationship and ensure financial compliance with external authorities (Auditors, tax authorities,..) in all Turkiye Group locations
• To drive cash flow and debt management together with optimization of working capital
• To effectively manage the team
• To be the Compliance Officer for the Turkiye Group with specific responsibilities for Export Control, Anti Trust and Anti Bribery compliance issues
• To be responsible for all Legal Issues within the Turkiye Group including the cooperation and coordination with Legal Counsel

Qualifications:

• University degree in financial management.
• A minimum of 10 years broad-based experience with at least 5 years experience in a senior finance role. Specific experience working with multinational teams in Eastern Europe is desired.
• Experience in finance management and controlling in manufacturing companies.
• Experience in managing international team.
• Self-organized, accountable, structured and target driven approach
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, including Power Point, MS Excel.
• Excellent computer skills including Microsoft Windows Office.
• Prepared to travel extensively within the region and occasionally outside of it.
• Excellent English and native Turkish. Any other East European language is a plus.