CEMİL ÖZKAN
Internal Audit
İstanbul,34
Summary
- An internal auditor professional with extensive knowledge and more than 25 years experiences in almost all areas of audit functions in the banking sector. - Extensive experience advising and collaborating with executive management and business leaders to identify key business drivers that impact the risk and control environment.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
1999
1999
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Language
Work History
Head of Internal Audit Department
Burgan Bank
01.2013 - Current
- IAD has been deemed worthy of QAR since June 2014.
- (KIPCO Group) (
- )
- (33 branches and 2 subsidiaries: leasing and brokerage companies)
Head of Internal Audit
Eurobank Tekfen
07.2012 - 01.2013
- Responsibilities:
- - Reports to EVP, Audit Committee and BoD.
- - Mainly responsible for all business audits including subsidiaries (leasing and brokerage companies), branch and IT audits, special investigations, annual planning and QAR.
- - Coordinate communication with supervisory authorities, external audit companies, group internal audit functions, Audit Committee, and other third parties.
- - Implementation of IIA standards and professional best practices in the department.
- - Provide consultancy services to the related managements, senior and top management.
- - Taking active role in the BoD, Audit and Risk Committees and other related Management Committees.
- - Branch audits are mostly performed through the automated tools also benefiting from UiPath (robotic process automation). In detail, the sampling for credit and operational transactions of branches is fully automated by using Oracle BI and credit transactions executed through branches are automatically reviewed by using UiPath. The operational transactions of branches are also reviewed based on the pre-defined automated scenarios.
- (EFG Group)
- (60 branches and 3 subs: leasing, asset management and brokerage companies)
Deputy Head of Internal Audit
Eurobank Tekfen
05.2010 - 07.2012
- Responsibilities:
- - Reports to EVP, Audit Committee and BoD.
- - Mainly responsible for all business audits including subsidiaries (leasing and brokerage companies), branch and IT audits, special investigations, annual planning and QAR.
- - Coordinate communication with supervisory authorities, external audit companies, group internal audit functions, Audit Committee, and other third parties.
- - Implementation of IIA standards and professional best practices in the department.
- - Provide consultancy services to the related managements, senior and top management.
- - Taking active role in the BoD, Audit and Risk Committees and other related Management Committees.
- - Branch audits are mostly performed through the automated tools also benefiting from UiPath (robotic process automation). In detail, the sampling for credit and operational transactions of branches is fully automated by using Oracle BI and credit transactions executed through branches are automatically reviewed by using UiPath. The operational transactions of branches are also reviewed based on the pre-defined automated scenarios.
- (
- ) Reporting to the Executive Vice President responsible for Internal Systems
Branch Manager
Yapı ve Kredi Bankası
12.2009 - 05.2010
- IAD has been deemed worthy of QAR since July 2007.
- - Reports to Deputy Head of Internal Audit.
- - Leading and performing business audits in commercial, corporate and retail banking areas (sales, credit allocation, credit monitoring, non-performing loans, project management, leasing, factoring, credit cards and consumer loans).
- (UniCredit Group), (More than 800 branches)
Senior Auditor in Credit Risk Audit Section
Yapı ve Kredi Bankası
04.2006 - 12.2009
- IAD has been deemed worthy of QAR since July 2007.
- - Reports to Deputy Head of Internal Audit.
- - Leading and performing business audits in commercial, corporate and retail banking areas (sales, credit allocation, credit monitoring, non-performing loans, project management, leasing, factoring, credit cards and consumer loans).
- (UniCredit Group), Senior Auditor in Credit Risk Audit Section (UniCredit Group)
Senior Auditor, Operational Risk Audit Section
Yapı ve Kredi Bankası
05.2003 - 04.2006
- - Reports to Deputy Head of Internal Audit.
- - Leading and performing business audits in accounting, procurement, insurance, real estate and administrative affairs, advertisement and corporate communication, training, human resource areas.
- (UniCredit Group), Internal Audit Department
Branch Auditor
Bank Ekspres
10.1999 - 05.2003
- - Reports to Deputy Head of Internal Audit.
- - Performing and leading branch audits and investigating specific fraud and embezzlement cases.
- (30 branches), Internal Audit Department
Education
Economics
Hacettepe University
Skills
- Ethics Committee member of Local Institute Internal Auditors between 2014 -2020
- Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) since April 2009
- Certification in Risk Management Assurance (CRMA) since May 2012
- Certifications from the regulator of Capital Market Board of Turkey: (i) Advance Level Certification (ii) Corporate Governance Rating Certification (iii) Credit Rating Certification (iv) Derivative Transactions Certification
- Certification from Harvard Business School “Stepping Up to Management” Program in 2011
- Commercial Law Program in Ankara University in 1999
Timeline
Head of Internal Audit Department
Burgan Bank
01.2013 - Current
Head of Internal Audit
Eurobank Tekfen
07.2012 - 01.2013
Deputy Head of Internal Audit
Eurobank Tekfen
05.2010 - 07.2012
Branch Manager
Yapı ve Kredi Bankası
12.2009 - 05.2010
Senior Auditor in Credit Risk Audit Section
Yapı ve Kredi Bankası
04.2006 - 12.2009
Senior Auditor, Operational Risk Audit Section
Yapı ve Kredi Bankası
05.2003 - 04.2006
Branch Auditor
Bank Ekspres
10.1999 - 05.2003
Economics
Hacettepe University