1. GÜRKAN SÜREN
CPA (TÜRMOB-İSMMO)
Levazım Mh., Besiktas, Istanbul, Turkey
Tel: +90 530 345 40 65
E-mail: gurkan1968@gmail.com
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
GENX CONGRESS ORGANISATION & TOURISM ..............October 2013-Today
(Specialized on organizing medical congresses and serving pharmaceutical
companies)
Finance & Accounting Manager
• Responsible for accounting activities (bookkeeping, tax declarations, )
• Handling all procedures with tax offices, social security offices, Chamber of
Commerce etc.
• Financial issues such as payments, collections, cash flow, relations with banks,
• Reconciliations with accounts of large contracts (hotels and medical foundations),
• Supporting to prepare tenders for the contracts of congresses and other
organizations of medical associations, foundations and companies,
• Developing accounting system and procedures for better financial analysis of both
every contract and the company in general,
• Preparing, analyzing and presenting accurate financial statements on monthly basis,
BAHCESEHIR SERVICE GROUP....................................July 2009-September 2013
(A catering company serves 35.000 meal/day with 600 employees in 94 profit centers
(kitchens))
Finance & Accounting Manager
• Established the accounting department,
• Structured and managed the accounting system from which necessary financial
data to be skimmed for legal and managerial parties by using Logo Tiger Plus (an
ERP based accounting program) and Navigator,
• Consolidated budgets of all sites of the company,
• Made and monitored cash flow plans according to financial strategies and budgets,
• Prepared monthly consolidated financial statements including subsidiaries, made
profitability analysis of all sites of company by comparing monthly actual financial
statements according to their monthly budgets,
• Managed and reported daily cash flow,
• Monitored and managed collections and payments,
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2. • Coordinated relations with financial institutes,
• Led a team of six,
• Reported to General Manager.
SOFRA YEMEK ÜRETİM VE HİZMET AŞ.................From Dec 1999 to July 2009
(A subsidiary of Compass Group PLC, largest catering company in Turkey)
Finance Manager
• Made cash flow plans and controlling according to consolidated budget,
• Managed and reported daily cash flow operations,
• Controlled payments and collections,
• Coordinated relations with financial institutes,
• Prepared financial reports on actual results (monthly, quarterly and year-end) along
with forecasts and budgets according to IFRS rules for Compass Group PLC by
using Hyperion Financial Management tools and IBM AS400 reporting system),
• Led a team of eight,
• Reported to Chief Financial Officer.
ISOT CONSTRUCTION CO. (An Okan Holding subsidiary)...March 1998-March
1999
Finance Specialist
• Managed cash flows of the company,
• Made payments to subcontractors and to sellers according to contracts,
• Managed day-today operations with banks, (bank loans, LC payments, repo, EFT
instructions),
• Prepared daily, weekly and monthly payment reports etc.
SAHINLER HOLDING CO...................................................July 1996 to March 1998
Asst. to Chairman Deputy-Finance
• Searched for new funding opportunities offered by banks or other financial
institutions (factoring, forfeiting, leasing),
• Prepared bureaucratic procedures of banks for short term and middle term credit
facilities,
• Analyzed financial statements from the point of view of banks,
• Audited of and reported on financial operations in BILKONT Foreign Trade Co.
which was the largest textile export company in Turkey.
SAHINLER HOLDING CO.....................................................January 1995-July 1996
Internal Auditor
To audit of & to report on all kinds of fiscal and production operations of companies
belong to SAHINLER Holding Co.
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3. YÖNTEK MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY LTD......January 1991-August 1993
Assistant Management Consultant
Assisted management consultancy projects, seminars & recruitment projects.
EDUCATION
ISTANBUL CHAMBER OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
CPA Licence May 2013-Jun 2016
ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
MBA (In English)................................................................................................1989-1993
ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT FACULTY
Management Engineering...................................................................................1985-1989
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Fluent in English
COMPUTER SKILLS
Good command of programs such as MS Office, Excel, Word, Powerpoint, AS 400,
Hyperion Financial Management, LOGO Tiger Plus, Logo Navigator
COURSES
Intensive English Classes in the UTEP, El Paso, Texas, USA .......March 1999- Oct. 1999
SEMINARS ATTENDED
Managing For Value Internal Training (ROCE Analysis)............27.01.2007 - 28.01.2007
IFRS in Details, Deloitte Academy.............................................. 27.11.2006 - 29.11.2006
IFRS in Details-I, Deloitte ...........................................................02.12.2005 - 03.12.2005
IFRS in Details-II, Deloitte ..........................................................08.12.2005 - 10.12.2005
Consolidation of Financial Reports, PWC ....................................22.11.2005 - 22.11.2005
Hyperion Financial Management for End-User.............................27.05.2005 - 29.05.2005
IFRS in General, PWC................................................................. 28.01.2005 - 28.01.2005
Inflation Accounting and Effects on Tax, PWC ...........................19.08.2004 - 20.08.2004
Training of the Trainer, Karya.....................................................23.02.2003 - 24.02.2003
Managing People, Dynergie .........................................................24.12.2003 - 25.12.2003
Developing the Coaching Skills, Karya........................................18.05.2002 - 20.05.2002
Getting ready for the future, Karya...............................................28.01.2002 - 29.01.2002
IAS 39-Financial Instruments, PWC ............................................14.11.2001 - 14.11.2001
INSTITUTIONS
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4. ICCPA (Istanbul Chamber of Certified Public Accountants) ...Intern (to be completed in
May 2012)
INTERESTS
Aikido, windsurf, ski
PERSONAL DATA
Birth Place and Date : Samsun, Turkey 15/03/1968
Military Obligation : 1995 as Lt.
Marital Status : Married
Driving License : B (1987)
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