Itir Isilar Akbas
Senior Specialist
Etimesgut
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
1
1
Language
Work History
Senior Specialist, ILS Planning & Analysis Department
ASELSAN
03.2022 - Current
- Plans and monitors end-to-end project execution, including maintenance contracts and standalone proposals, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and timelines.
- Prepares detailed cost and pricing proposals for maintenance contracts and project bids in collaboration with relevant departments.
- Collaborates with legal and technical teams to draft and finalize contract documentation, ensuring compliance with both internal policies and external regulations.
- Manages and oversees maintenance and repair contracts with both domestic and international partners, maintaining strong communication and partnership alignment.
- Ensures smooth project execution by proactively identifying and resolving risks, issues, and bottlenecks throughout the project lifecycle.
- Represents the company in customer meetings and actively contributes to public and private tender processes.
- Leads initiatives to enhance customer satisfaction related to maintenance and repair services, both locally and globally.
- Monitors and optimizes the ILS budget to ensure cost-effectiveness and project sustainability.
- Coordinates internal stakeholders and customers from project initiation to successful delivery of products and services.
- Utilizes JIRA for tracking project progress, managing tasks, and ensuring visibility across all phases of the project lifecycle.
Senior Internal Auditor
TürkTraktör
11.2021 - 01.2022
- Performing and controlling the full audit cycle including control management over operations’ effectiveness.
- Performing spot audits and investigations by the requests of CNHI.
- Conducts dealer and technical service audits
Senior Assistant Internal Auditor
Garanti BBVA Bank
07.2018 - 11.2021
- Performing and controlling the full audit cycle including risk assessment and follow-up process and control management over operations’ effectiveness, financial reliability and compliance with the regulations and the audit standards.
- Preparing and presenting audit reports comply with the audit standards.
- Performing inquiries and testing as needed to identify and resolve vulnerabilities.
- Acting as an objective source of independent advice to give assurance.
- Performing audits in accordance with Agile Methodology.
- Participated in the "Data Training Program", a training program used to retrieve data from SQL, which helps to increase the efficiency of auditing activities.
- Audits: Credit Risk Audits: SME Loan Granting Process (Compliance with IFRS 9), Regional Loans Examination, Credit Quality of High Exposure Customers.
- IT Risk Audit: Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery.
- Legal Risk Audits: Legal Structure of Intragroup Services, Regulatory Reporting Process Audit, Financial Practice Process and Accounting in Credit Card Products
- Operational Risk Audit of Banking Processes in Garanti BBVA: Management Assertion.
- Fraud Investigations, Operational Risk Audits in Branches.
Training Program for Students
Central Bank of Turkey (TCMB)
02.2017 - 02.2017
- Participating to a short-term seminars and courses that cover the introduction of the duties and responsibilities of TCMB.
- Participating seminars which define the tasks of Banking and Financial Institutions Department
- Selected for academic accomplishments
Intern
Garanti Bank
06.2015 - 07.2015
- Participated in daily banking operations and customer monitoring & analysis studies in commercial branch
- Analyzing the legally binding contracts between the customers and the bank such as; Banking Services Contracts (BHS), General Loan Agreements (GKS) and Housing Loan Agreements.
- Getting a wider point of view about financial matters such as deposits, loans, investments, and securities.
Education
B.A. - Economics (English)
Hacettepe University
01.2017
M.B.A. - Department of Business Administration
Galatasaray University
01.2020
M.B.A. - Department of Business Administration (with thesis)
Middle East Technical University
01.2018
B.A. - Economics, Erasmus Exchange Programme
Instituto Politécnico de Santarém
01.2016
Skills
Detail oriented
Root-cause analysis
Team collaboration
Continuous improvement
Risk Management & Issue Resolution
Certification
Unlocking Investment and Finance in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies by World Bank
References
Lütfi, ERDEN, Dr., Professor, lerden@hacettepe.edu.tr, +90 312 297 86 50- ext. 43, Hacettepe University, 06532 Beytepe, Ankara, Turkey, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Department of Economics
Affiliations
- 12-17 Hacettepe Economics Community (HEK) member, Hacettepe University
- 14-17 HUROCK Music Community member, Hacettepe University
- 18-Present Member of LÖSEV
- 17-Present Volunteer of TEMA, The Turkish Foundation for Combating Soil Erosion for Reforestation and the Protection of Natural Habitats
Timeline
Senior Specialist, ILS Planning & Analysis Department
ASELSAN
03.2022 - Current
Senior Internal Auditor
TürkTraktör
11.2021 - 01.2022
Senior Assistant Internal Auditor
Garanti BBVA Bank
07.2018 - 11.2021
Training Program for Students
Central Bank of Turkey (TCMB)
02.2017 - 02.2017
Intern
Garanti Bank
06.2015 - 07.2015
M.B.A. - Department of Business Administration
Galatasaray University
M.B.A. - Department of Business Administration (with thesis)
Middle East Technical University
B.A. - Economics, Erasmus Exchange Programme
Instituto Politécnico de Santarém
B.A. - Economics (English)
Hacettepe University