Ziya Akgün

• Advising to the board to lead the grow, financing new projects, to strengthen their financial structures, leading the processes that will change their business processes and organizational structures in a way that will adapt to evolving conditions.
• Strengthen their capital structure for IPO, to increase their market share through mergers and acquisitions.
• Ensure the profit to the maximum level by increased efficiency as well as reducing the costs at all manners.
• Streamlined operational processes for increased efficiency through in-depth analysis and optimization techniques.
• Supported M&A activities by conducting due diligence processes, ensuring smooth transactions that maximized value creation.
• Reporting Position: Board of Directors

• Reported to: Chairman
• Managing the group's all Financial Affairs as well as ,the institutionalization and transformed the company from family owned business to global business scale.
• Ensured compliance with all regulatory requirements by staying current on industry developments and implementing necessary controls within the organization.

• Reported to: Chairman
• Number of direct reporters 5 General Manager & 14 Managers
• As CFO, my primary responsibility is to fulfill all their legal and financial responsibilities; to ensure that purchasing, production, logistics, sales, and collection processes are carried out in accordance with applicable legislation; to establish and monitor the necessary auditing, control, and reporting processes; and to ensure the timely submission of weekly, monthly, and periodic reports. Ensure the continuity of company legal entities in accordance with relevant laws and regulations.
• As Board decisions Execution,Deal all government entities, besides Financial Director duties. Implement payment & purchasing systems, procedures and policies, Deal Agriculture ministry for planting 4 Million Square meter land, investment incentives, Investment loan restructuring, Project sponsor & Project manager
• Denim textile production, import & export purchase & sale planning Execution, Country wide Women Clothing retail shops manegement control, as well as report presentation to board and ministry.
• Led budgeting process, collaborating with department heads to allocate resources strategically and ensure alignment with organizational goals.
• Oversaw budgets, payroll, and accounts payable and receivable.
• Enhanced cash flow management through the development of robust forecasting models, ensuring optimal liquidity for business operations.

• 12/2013-12/2016 System Development and Credit Control, General Manager
• Number of direct reports:10
• Standardizing all production, inventory & cost report’s format for all plants
• Decrease A/R days from 45 to 38 day’s
• Bad debt ratio reduced to as low as % 0,0004 (TL,60.000 out of TL. 1.5 billion’s TL)
• Implemented 5 ERP Systems, SAP FI/CO , CAT-SQUARE, M-TECH MTDTS ,WINFEED feed Mills production ERP.SYSTEMS, W/N POS retail shop business management systems (370 shops)
• Integrate logistic /delivery systems into company ERP systems as well as retail sales continuity.
• Cultivated strong relationships with clients, vendors, and partners to ensure long-term success and loyalty.

• Credit Control & System Development Deputy General Manager
• Number of direct reports: 19 Managers
• •Standardizing all production, inventory & cost report’s format for all plants,
• Formulated policies and procedures to streamline operations
• Decrease A/R days from 45 to 38 day’s
• Bad debt ratio reduced to as low as % 0,0004 (TL,60.000 out of TL. 1.5 billion’s TL)
• İntegrated logistic /delivery systems into company ERP systems as well as retail sales continuity.
• Coordinated efforts between departments for seamless execution of projects, increasing overall success rates.
• Implemented new systems for better data management, leading to improved decision-making processes. İmplemented systems:
• SAP FI/CO , CAT-SQUARE (Slaughter house processing ), M-TECH MTDTS (Hatchery, Poultry production process) ,WINFEED (feed Mills production ) , W/N POS ( retail shop business management systems for 370 shops)

• Number of direct reports: 19 Managers
• Financial Affairs, Controlling and reporting, as well as Budget monitoring and ad-hoc requests

•Monitored financial performance, set budgets and controlled expenses to provide financial stability and long-term organizational growth.
•Cultivated strong relationships with clients, vendors, and partners to ensure long-term success and loyalty.
• By efficient management overdue reduce 65 % and received Customer guarantees increase 95 % as well as reduce finance costs.
• Established 16 Factory, Plants, Sales HQ, Credit Control & Finance departments,
• Changed & improved credit control & order receiving & approval process resulted ; smooth and short sales & delivery process,decrease factory overtime costs.
• Good Financial management (US$.120 m.& deposits $.45 million) directly affected as huge profit.This returned to me like 3 times extra ordinary awards,
• Consecutively having good profits company decided to be published by IPO.
• I carried out all process during company valuation & road shows for IPO.

• Number of direct reports: 9
• Develop more protective ,efficient and functional credit control process ensure all plants sales offices and all division’s follow all controlling procedure
• Monitoring, purchasing plans, import plans & prepared bank credit lines efficiently to make new investments by the possible lowest costs.

• Treasury Chief Transfer advised to CP GROUP by Pricewaterhouse co.
• Number of direct reports: 6
• I joined the company at start-up level with the first plant, responsibilities were; set-up factory accounting and Finance & Credit Control department’s, reporting system, customer investigation, order receiving, order approval process
• Drafted treasury reports to support management decision-making needs.

• As junior & manager candidate I learnt all Foreign currency transactions, All airlines ticket sales collection (different currencies) & transfers, Foreign Currency Loans, TL indexed FX loans, Export & Import transactions, L/C, Guarantees
• Computerizing all banking transaction start with Osmanlı bank and I was the pioneerand key user for foreign currency, export & import transactions.

• This was the beginning of professional career : Reception, Exchange office, travel groups assistances, International TIR transport, Custom clearance ,Load arrangements, Custom & insurance brokerage Transit, Export & Import goods transactions
• I established Kapıkule Branch of Division & managed both Branch & HQ.