1. Roland Gilbert
Bahçelievler / Istanbul
00-90-531-9759066 (mobile)
rolandgilbert17@gmail.com
P E R S O N A L I N F O R M A T I O N
 Born in Istanbul/ Turkey, 8th April 1960
 Married
 Military service completed in Burdur / Turkey, 1990
W O R K E X P E R I E N C E
10/ 2011 – 08/2014 Mühlbauer Kart Sistemleri A.S. Istanbul / Turkey
Director of Operations, Turkey
 Managed all aspects ofcompany operations in Turkey, including sales,finance, and human resources
 Performed financial analysis and created weekly, monthly financial reports
 Prepared invoices, communicated to customers, and followed up invoices, payment agreements with customers
 Managed all personnelin Turkey, including hiring, termination, review and approval of expense reports and
compensation analysis
 Organized Board of Directors meetings, and prepared reports for the Board of Directors, identified, followed up, and
drove Board of Directors action items to conclusion
 Worked with the tax consultant to prepare and file taxes, social security and payroll reports for the business operations
in Turkey
 Communicated and reported to all government and municipal agencies as required by Turkish regulations
 Corresponded daily with the main office in Germany and provided business and financial information
 Consulted with lawyers to discuss and resolve company related legal issues
 Followed up and finalized all import and export related activites, including sending,receiving of machinery and spare
parts, and clearing the customs
 Managed all IT related operations in Turkey in cooperation with the main IT office in Germany
02/ 2008 – 11/ 2009 Premdor Kapi San. ve Tic. A.S. (Masonite Corporation) Istanbul / Turkey
Financial Controller
 Managed all accounting and finance issues,established the budget and managed costs
 Prepared weekly statutory reports,provided monthly managerial balance sheets and reported to the CEEME Finance
Center in Budapest; prepared monthly year to date forecasts,provided variance analysis to plan figures/actual results
 Managed and tracked human resource issues,oversaw the adherence of company rules, procedures
 Legal issues – worked in close cooperation with company lawyers on collections, contacted local tax authorities,
auditors, and associations to work on and resolve specific issues or problems; arranged all documents required by
state,local or other governmental agencies; made certain that all legal requirements were met; checked, revised and
renegotiated agreements to meet legal standards
 Determined, communicated and implemented corrective actions with all internal customers to prevent recurring
errors; improved the processes and outcomes; worked in close cooperation with the sales department on resolving
finance and sales issues
 Was directly in charge of the company’s administrational operations and IT department
05/2006 – 05/2007 Hatko Teknik Donanimlar Mümessillik ve Tic. A.S.,Istanbul / Turkey
Controller
 Advised the General Manager on financial and economic impacts of decisions and projects
 Prepared monthly commercial balance sheet and profit and loss statement
 Informed the management with a true and fair view of the financial situation of the company
 Organized the accounting department and increased the overall productivity of this department

2.  Started the effort to put the cost accounting into practice
 Planned the migration to an ERP system,oversaw the implementation of corporate accounting in the ERP system
 Established and tracked the Budget Planning Process
 Resolved the discrepancies between the production and administrative units and put process and procedures in place
 Reviewed all legal issues,revised and renegotiated agreements to meet legal standards
04/2004 – 02/ 2006 BVCPS Test Laboratuvarlari Ltd. Sti., Istanbul / Turkey
Finance & Accounting Manager
 Managed the company in all the financial, administrational and personnelaspects
 Prepared monthly reports for the finance centers in Hong-Kong and Paris, worked on the budget
 Supervised and managed the accounting activities of the company
 Managed all purchasing activities
 Managed all legal issues of the company
08/1998 – 12/2003 Rumeli Holding A.S.,Istanbul / Turkey
Finance & Accounting Manager
 Managed all financial aspects ofthe business
 Prepared and followed up monthly budgets
 Created weekly and monthly financial reports
 Supervised accounting activities
 Managed debit/credit accounts,settlements with sistercompanies
12/1997 - 07/1998 Rehau Polimeri Kimya San. A. S., Istanbul / Turkey
Finance/Controlling Consultant
 Supervised the installation and initial implementation phase of IBS AS/400 system.
 Generated problem reports and recommended solutions. Advised the company on customizing the software to match
the company’s accounting needs
 Kept inventory of capital equipment
 Reconciled inter-company accounts
07/1992 - 06/1996 Panasonic-RNW,Wr. Neudorf / Austria
Assistant Controller
 Prepared monthly statutory financial reports and analysis of three national and four foreign sistercompanies.
 Audited and supervised the four foreign sister companies located in the Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Hungary
and Bulgaria.
 Worked on implementation and maintenance of a Management Information System in the company
 Correspondence and preparation of monthly settlements with the main supplier Matsushita in Japan
 Established and tracked the budgets ofthe national sistercompanies
 Established monthly billing and liquidity calculations
01/1991 - 06/1992 SWG Steuerberatungs- und WirtschaftstreuhandgesmbH ,
Vienna / Austria
Accountant
 Managed the accounting procedures of twenty companies
10/1989 - 06/ 1990 Hermes Wirtschaftstreuhand- und RevisionsgesmbH,
Vienna / Austria
Assistant Auditor
 Worked on preparation of the annual reports of Elin AG
 Electronic Data Processing based input of audit results
 Performed comparisons, analyses and appraisals
E D U C A T I O N
 Bachelor of Business Administration and Informatics in German with emphasis in Marketing, 1997, Marmara
University, Istanbul / Turkey
 Undergraduate and Graduate classes in Business Administration, 1981 – 1986, Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, Vienna /
Austria
 St. Georg’s Kolleg Handelsakademie - Austrian Commercial High School, 1981 Istanbul/Turkey

3. S K I L L S
 Personal Skills:
 Ability to reason in an analytical, holistic, and entrepreneurial way
 Ability to lead, to motivate and to showinitiative
 Willingness to take over responsibility
 No restriction for travelling at home and abroad
 Member of USIUD (Uluslararasi Suistimal İnceleme Uzmanlari Dernegi) and Avusturya Liseliler Dernegi
 Professional skills:
 Specialization: Finance & Accounting,Revision, Controlling
 Several years of work experience in international companies
 High level of fluency in German, English, conversationallevel in French
 Excellent knowledge of Turkish fiscal and commerce law
 Experience with computer skills: MS Office Tools, Financial Accounting,Open Trading, Reporting,
MIS-systems