Environment
Özhan Baykal
Back Office | Commodity Trading
Istanbul
Summary
I worked in the back office department of the energy industry for about 10 years. During this time, I gained extensive experience in improving operational processes, data analysis and reporting, customer relationship management, after-sales support, personnel training, and team management. Thanks to my attention and analytical ability, I increased efficiency in business processes. I made significant contributions to both individual and teamwork with my dynamic and solution-oriented approach. Recently, I have been improving my knowledge and skills in commodity trading and content editing. I attend trainings on new subjects to increase my competencies.
I aim to continue sharing the expertise I have accumulated throughout my career in a way that provides meaningful contributions.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
7
7
Certificates
3
3
Languages
Work History
Senior Trade Support and Operation Specialist
Akenerji Elektrik Uretim A.S.
01.2022 - 02.2024
- Contributing to overall team success by providing training and mentoring to junior staff.
- Monitoring and interpreting changes in the Electricity Market Balancing and Reconciliation Regulation and the Electricity Market Law and ensuring that opinions are received from relevant departments.
- Creating and managing project plans, timelines, and budgets.
- Designing and ensuring the implementation of processes and procedures to facilitate operations.
- Reporting and presenting to senior management.
- Ensuring business procedures and corporate compliance requirements remain maximal.
- Complying with ETRM procedures daily.
- Exchanging information with all units for the company (finance, accounting, risk, production, law, purchasing etc. units).
- Ensuring that customs procedures are completed by the team.
- Assisting in making calculations regarding VAT refunds.
- Control of transactions entered into the ETRM system.
- Automatic calculation of invoices of companies in the balancing group and making reconciliations with companies.
- To support the making of annual gas agreements for the electricity production of Erzin Natural Gas Combined Cycle Power Plant, which has an installed capacity of 904 MW.
- Renewing TCAT Registrations every year and signing auction rules regarding cross-border trade.
- Identifying commercial and operational risks and reporting them to the risk department.
- Organizing visits to EXIST, TEİAŞ, BOTAŞ and EMRA.
- Examining, negotiating, and signing all articles of commercial agreements (European Federation of Energy Traders "EFET", The International Swaps and Derivatives Association "ISDA", Electricity Purchase/Sale Agreements, Contract for Difference "CfD", Service Agreements, Broker Agreements, Gas Supply Agreements, Balancing Group Agreements, Non-disclosure Agreements "NDA", etc.).
- Carrying out the necessary work to comply with the European Union Border Carbon Mechanism regulation and informing the company management.
- Submitting requests to official institutions and ensuring that letters from official institutions are responded to as soon as possible.
- Identified and resolved unauthorized, unsafe, or ineffective practices.
- Improved communication within the team through regular meetings, updates, and open channels of communication.
Trade Support and Operation Specialist
Akenerji Elektrik Uretim A.S.
07.2018 - 01.2022
- Negotiation of contracts regarding wholesale trade.
- Calculation of wholesale trade invoices (electricity, gas, brent, carbon, brokerage, service, imbalance and savings amounts etc.).
- Monitoring credit limit accounts assigned to companies.
- Calculation of guarantee amounts and obtaining them from companies.
- Conducting necessary correspondence with official institutions.
- Preparation of protocols for agreed transactions.
- Providing all information, documents and accounts to the program provider to prepare and design the purchased ETRM program according to the needs of the users.
- To support the completion of negotiations for participation in the European Energy Exchange and to take responsibility for the preparation of the requested documents.
- Monitoring and directing the companies that join or leave the balancing group.
- Preparation of reports and presentations requested by the back office manager and commercial director.
- Tracking and reporting receivables.
- Initiating and following up legal proceedings for uncollectible receivables.
Trade Support and Operation Assistant Specialist
Akenerji Elektrik Uretim A.S.
03.2016 - 07.2018
- Calculation of system usage invoices and control of the monthly published tariff.
- Finding solutions that meet customer demands.
- Assisting in the preparation of risk committee presentations.
- Entering tariff estimates into the system for annual budget calculations.
- Preparation of protocols and completion of the approval process (email confirmation).
- Recording of valuable documents with internal procedures and execution of return processes.
- Broker, notary, service, etc. Tracking expenses and informing the operations manager.
- Keeping monthly meeting notes and entering into the internal correspondence system.
Sales Support Assistant Specialist
Akenerji Elektrik Uretim A.S.
04.2015 - 02.2016
- Registration of retail customers who are supplied with electricity.
- Archiving of customer registration documents.
- Procurement of customer data from electricity distribution companies.
- Calculation of invoices and notification to customers.
- Collection tracking.
- Sending debt information to customers.
- Notifying legal department of customers whose electricity will be cut off.
- Preparation of official letters to be sent to retail customers.
Intern
Limak Enerji Ticareti A.S.
06.2014 - 07.2014
- Price prediction and analysis.
- Free consumer demand processes.
- Consumption forecast.
- Support for business processes.
Education
BBA - Farabi Exchange Program, Department of Business Ad
09.2013 - 06.2014
BBA - Faculty Of Economic And Administrative Sciences
09.2010 - 06.2013
Skills
Staff Training and Development
Certification
Mentoring Other People
Interests
Child Development
Swimming
Economy
Ping Pong
Timeline
Mentoring Other People
05-2024
Leading in a Time of Crisis
05-2024
Building Self-Confidence
05-2024
Boğaziçi University Lifelong Education Center- Leadership Development Program (18th Term)
11-2023
Whiskey Culture and Tasting
11-2023
Networking
03-2023
Senior Trade Support and Operation Specialist - Akenerji Elektrik Uretim A.S.
01.2022 - 02.2024
Trade Support and Operation Specialist - Akenerji Elektrik Uretim A.S.
07.2018 - 01.2022
Trade Support and Operation Assistant Specialist - Akenerji Elektrik Uretim A.S.
03.2016 - 07.2018
Sales Support Assistant Specialist - Akenerji Elektrik Uretim A.S.
04.2015 - 02.2016
Intern - Limak Enerji Ticareti A.S.
06.2014 - 07.2014
Eskisehir Osmangazi University - BBA, Farabi Exchange Program, Department of Business Ad
09.2013 - 06.2014
Body Language and Elocution
03-2013
Afyon Kocatepe University - BBA, Faculty Of Economic And Administrative Sciences
09.2010 - 06.2013