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İLKNUR ARSLAN

İLKNUR ARSLAN

Financial Planning & Analysis Professional
Istanbul

Summary

Experienced with digital transformations via Robotic and BI reporting tools implementation. Highly motivated and goal-driven Financial Analyst skilled in collecting, monitoring and studying data to analyze financial status and recommend business strategy. Experienced in qualitative and quantitative analysis and forecasting. Tech-savvy in use of spreadsheets, accounting and financial management software. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy and a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.

Work History

Financial Planning and Analysis Specialist

MULTİNET UP
Istanbul, Istanbul
03.2025 - Current

- Supporting financial planning and analysis processes, including budget, forecast, and monthly reporting.

- Preparing management reports, conducting variance analysis, consolidating 5 company's financial statements, and providing insights to support strategic decisions.

- Partnering with business units to ensure accurate financial performance tracking, and cost control.

- Enhancing reporting processes and contributing to system improvements.

Help to improve digitalization projects within and outside the finance departments.

Taking part in new technological applications (Power BI, QlikSense, RPA programs such as Robusta and Power Automate, Power App).

Senior Financial Analyst

TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL CO. LTD.
Istanbul, Istanbul
10.2022 - 02.2025
  • Contributing to long-term growth strategies through regular assessments of company's product portfolio performance against market benchmarks.
  • Assisting forecast, budget, brand plan and business review processes, analysis of product and business profitability.
  • Prepare actual and budget comparisons, analysis of variances, provide Opex guidance to business owners
  • Month-end closures and IFRS reporting (inventory slow-moving & obsolescence, accruals-making reconciliations and adjustments in BS and P&L)
  • Asset management
  • Business partnering
  • Analyzed and processed project specifics before capital deployments.

Financial Controller

ANGELINI PHARMA
Istanbul, Istanbul
03.2020 - 08.2022
  • Managerial Reporting
  • Trial Balance reconciliations
  • Preparing Monthly Cash Flow, Month-end, year-end closing
  • Preparing monthly product P&L
  • Assisting audit firm for independent audit procedures
  • Budget,Forecast & Year-end Closing Presentations to global CEO and CFO
  • Budget-actual variance analysis
  • Forecasting, Budgeting, Ratio Analysis for Budget and forecasts, Sales Reports, COGS Analysis
  • Asset management
  • Declaring monthly tax statements and e-ledger, monthly and yearly closing entries and accruals
  • A/P & A/R processes, import accounting
  • Controlling and posting personnel expenses to SAP system, personnel payments

Finance Specialist

SOYAK HOLDING TRAKYA DOKUM
Istanbul, Istanbul
12.2018 - 03.2020
  • Managing accounts receivable process( improving the accounts receivable projects for the aim of upgrading receivables ratio)
  • Performing daily bank and cash transactions (collections, payments, foreign exchange transactions,) and entries of the transactions to SAP
  • Preparing daily bank orders and following up all other types of bank operations
  • Preparing cashflow forecasts from foreign transactions

Accounting Intern

TOYO TANSO CO.
Istanbul, Istanbul
02.2016 - 09.2016
  • Petty cash entries and following up the trade receivables.

Education

Master's - Financial Economics

Bahcesehir University
01.2023

Bachelor's - Business Administration

Istanbul University
07.2018

Skills

Timeline

Financial Planning and Analysis Specialist

MULTİNET UP
03.2025 - Current

Senior Financial Analyst

TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL CO. LTD.
10.2022 - 02.2025

Financial Controller

ANGELINI PHARMA
03.2020 - 08.2022

Finance Specialist

SOYAK HOLDING TRAKYA DOKUM
12.2018 - 03.2020

Accounting Intern

TOYO TANSO CO.
02.2016 - 09.2016

Master's - Financial Economics

Bahcesehir University

Bachelor's - Business Administration

Istanbul University
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