Deniz ÖZOĞLU
Financial Controller
Lyon
Summary
Financial Controller with experience in cost management, financial reporting, and analysis. Currently working at Syensqo as a C&R - SG&A Controller, specializing in fixed cost management, budgeting, and reporting. Previous experience at Solvay, Still, Mistral Reit, and Miray Construction, covering financial control, corporate reporting, and account operations. Holds a Master’s in Financial Control and Audit from Université Lumière Lyon 2, with expertise in quantitative management. Former competitive level water polo player with a strong passion for mathematics and philosophy.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
CDI - SG&A Controlle
SYENSQO
08.2023 - Current
- Company Overview: Syensqo, established in 2023 after a spin-off from Solvay, is a global materials company specializing in advanced polymers, composites, and specialty chemicals, focusing on sustainability and innovation.
- Updating and being responsible for the fixed costs database, ensuring data consistency, updating and ensuring structural mappings, managing and overseeing cost centers.
- Completed journal entries, reconciliations, and account analysis to prepare quarterly financial documents.
- Prepared detailed variance analyses on a monthly basis, enabling more effective tracking of actuals versus forecasted and previous year figures.
- Managed budgeting process, aligning departmental budgets with organizational goals and monitoring performance against targets.
- Helped on automatization of the fixed costs files and fixed costs reporting.
Intern - Financial Controller
SOLVAY
01.2023 - 08.2023
- Company Overview: Solvay is a global chemical company. Following a demerger in December 2023, Solvay now specializes in essential chemicals. It provides innovative solutions for aerospace, automotive, healthcare, and electronics industries, focusing on sustainability and high-performance materials.
- Fixed costs controlling, assisting with monthly and quarterly closings, monitoring and analyzing overdue, corporate report presentations, participation to forecast and MTP, P&L analysis, working capital forecasting, EBITDA analysis
- Gained hands-on experience in various software programs such as SAP, BW, BFC, QlikSense
Intern
STILL
04.2022 - 08.2022
- Company Overview: It is a German manufacturer of forklifts and warehouse equipment, a complete in-house logistics service, and is part of the Kion Group
- Current account operations, Participation in weekly/monthly reports, Accounting drafting of financial operations, Archiving, Monitoring of payments and receipts
Intern - Finance
Mistral Reit
06.2021 - 08.2021
- Company Overview: A corporation that invests in real estate capital market instruments, projects, and rights real estate and operates with share capital
- Respond to expected requests from the CMF, and participate in the analysis of independent financial reports
Education
Master of Finance - Financial Controlling And Audit
Université Lumière Lyon 2
Lyon, France07-2023
Bachelor of Management - TECHNIQUE QUANTITATIVE MANAGEMENT
IAE - LYON 3
Lyon, France07-2021
Skills
- Microsoft Office
- SAP
- BW
- BFC
- QlikSense
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 02/24/98
- Driving License: Permis B
- Languages: English, French, Turkish
Timeline
CDI - SG&A Controlle
SYENSQO
08.2023 - Current
Intern - Financial Controller
SOLVAY
01.2023 - 08.2023
Intern
STILL
04.2022 - 08.2022
Intern - Finance
Mistral Reit
06.2021 - 08.2021
Master of Finance - Financial Controlling And Audit
Université Lumière Lyon 2
Bachelor of Management - TECHNIQUE QUANTITATIVE MANAGEMENT
IAE - LYON 3