PROFILE OF THE EMPLOYEE

I work as an Internal Audit Manager at Akfen Holding. All of our activities are planned annually and conducted before the Audit Committee. I carry out the auditing of the subsidiary companies or shareholdings that are within the scope of Akfen, along with my co-workers. Alongside the audit activities that are planned in the Annual Audit Programme, we also carry out the unforeseen and unplanned audit activities according to the instructions of the Board of Directors or the Audit Committee. We conduct the Internal Audit Activities within the frame of International Audit Standards. Among the most important rules of working in the Internal Auditing Unit is to have a good knowledge of regulations and evaluating the precedent cases analytically.

Audit Activities depend entirely on teamwork. Therefore, a compatible teamwork and our co-workers’ ability to upgrade their professional standards behold vital importance. While auditing, primarily, the risks and their degree of impact are detected. We use the audit techniques that are present in the standards to detect these risks. In order to resolve the risks that are detected as findings within the corporation, we do not only do a due diligence but also find alternative solutions to the risks by sharing the alternative action plans with the relevant process directors.

I have to say that I have gained many different experiences, as Akfen beholds a variety of sectors in its structure and I have been in all of their audit activities. Every sector has its own risks. Therefore, we detect the risks by applying different audit techniques. The acquisitions and the added-value I have gained have a huge impact on me. Moreover, seeing that the risks which were stated in the Audit Reports we have published so far are minimized by the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee increases our motivation and makes us feel as a part of Akfen.

I feel lucky to be able to use my professional experience and parallel to that, to seize the opportunity to improve myself by putting this added value that I have gained in Akfen, upon this experience.

I’m working in the Finance department as the Finance Manager of Akfen Construction. As department, we manage cash and risk in line with the market conditions. My responsibilities involve, preparing reports to finance coordinator and senior management; relationship management with banking associates in the processes of creating credit lines;  providing financial resources and channeling for proper usage; obtaining cash credit, drawdown and following through; obtaining non cash credit, issuance and follow up; assignment and management of credit collaterals; management and control of cash and cash equivalents, following up for maturities of time deposits; managing and reporting daily payments to subcontractors and other service providers; controlling cash inflows; safekeeping and reporting of commercial instruments given to us; reporting of bonds and checks given; keeping up with the developments in financial markets and legislations; subsidizing project and tender offering preparations; preparation of data for budgeting; and providing information to CMB’s quarterly financial reports and annual reports.

I start the day by reviewing market news and preparing the reports for senior management. My daily routine consists of controlling cash and other liquid assets, management of cash and non-cash risk, planning of payments to subcontractors and other service providers, and end of the day reporting of cash and risk position to management.

As a METU Business Administration graduate, I have always planned a career in Finance. I have developed the skills and competencies required to work at Akfen not only through my college internships at international investment banks in London and Paris but also by valuable experiences in two major firms I have worked before joining Akfen 8 years ago.

In Akfen, I am surrounded with people of fascinating intelligence and determination and I appreciate it a lot. I also enjoy being involved in the process of new employee selection and training them. I’m planning to continue my career in Akfen.

As “Budget Reporting and Risk Management Specialist”, I’m responsible under the direction of Budget Reporting and Risk Management Coordinator to coordinate and consolidate budget studies on behalf of Akfen’s Board of Administrators to manage the local and foreign activities of the companies which are created under Akfen Holding as per the plan and to evaluate the resources in the best way. Managing reporting activities and to comment on the results together with the General manager of the relating company, to report to the CFO and to the Executive Board.

To sum up a business month, we’re monitoring budget studies and evaluating deviations from budgeted amount of Akfen Holding and its subsidiaries and also make ready presentations to report the CFO and to the Executive Board. Furthermore, audited financials of Akfen Groups companies are reviewed and also we prepare some works for financials analyst who ask for getting more information to Investor Relations. Moreover, we’re also preparing dashboards to evaluate monthly cash flows and making analyze for deviations from budgeted amount and also finalize audited financials reports of “Akfensu” which is subsidiaries of Akfen.

I have graduated from Bilkent University,Faculty of Business Administration with merit scholarship in 2007 and then worked as “Auditor” at Deloitte for 4 years. After July 2011, I have started to work at Akfen Holding. Here, both the experience I have gained from my colleagues and my work’s contribution to the development of the holding has increased by motivation and my commitment. Additionally, working close with the upper management, having the chance to see how their business approach, their decision making criteria is a unique opportunity for my career. Hence, I believe that I am very lucky, for having the chance to work for a company that grows together with its employees.

I am working as a specialist at Akfen Holding Business Development Department. Our job description has a very wide range. In brief; we evaluate the job opportunities from various different sectors but especially in infrastructure sector, we conduct research about these sectors, we examine the investment decisions of our subsidiaries and report about their operations. Other than these, we also deal with the management’s questions and requests due to close working environment with the upper management office.

Generally speaking; on a normal work day, we are monitoring the documentation of current interested business opportunities, preparing the financial model and presentation of the projects that helps us to express the important points to the management easily.

Before working at Akfen Holding, I worked at Project Monitoring department in Finansbank for about 2.5 years. At that time, I was accepted at the Finance Engineering doctorate programme of Yeditepe University. The financial analysis & modeling experience from Finansbank and academic knowledge from the university were the main drivers that I obtained my job at Akfen Holding. Currently, I am continuing with the doctorate program and beginning to write my thesis soon.

Following the nine months I spent here I realized that it was the right decision to choose to work at Akfen Holding. Here, both the experience I have gained from my colleagues and my work’s contribution to the development of the holding has increased by motivation and my commitment. Additionally, working close with the upper management, having the chance to see how their business approach, their decision making criteria is a unique opportunity for my career. Hence, I believe that I am very lucky, for having the chance to work for a company that grows together with its employees.

I am working as Director of Information Technologies at Akfen. I can say that summary description of my task is; services within the scope of computing processes, ensuring the continuous running of infrastructure maintenance/control, controlling errors on computing infrastructure and finally resolving the user problems.

Generally, my day begins with examining the periodic reports and by continuing to work within the scope of the program. Afterwards, my day continues with troubleshooting, periodic maintenance and improvements of the user system.

I have previously taught in different educational institutions. So, I have caught the opportunity to apply my developing experience at Akfen. I feel so lucky for the disciplined and professional work that Akfen provided for me.

I am working in the department of law at Akfen Holding as an attorney at law. I can say that I got to sit on the other side of the table. By that, I mean while I was working in a law office which provides legal services to the companies, now I am working for one of those companies, a big one. Thus, I get the chance to rapidly experience how theorical information transforms into the implementation, for instance how resolutions concerning the management of the company, registrations to be made before public institutions and processes of tenders, as well as processes of contracts actualize in “the reality” due to Akfen Holding’s dynamic and diversified sectorial structure.