Deniz Kaya
Eindhoven
Summary
RPA & Intelligent Automation Engineer with hands-on experience designing OCR-driven document workflows, compliance automation, and ERP integrations. Reduced manual workload by over 60% and improved data accuracy through validation pipelines. Automated high-volume public-sector processes including financial approvals, compliance screenings, and cross-system data checks. Skilled in Python, UiPath, PowerAutomate, OCR frameworks, API development, and end-to-end workflow optimisation. Analyzed complex business rules and translated them into scalable automations with error-handling and audit-ready logging.
Professional in automation seeking to drive impactful results. Bringing expertise in Robotic Process Automation (RPA), software development, and process optimization. Known for strong team collaboration, adaptability, and reliability. Skilled in programming languages, RPA tools, and agile methodologies.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
RPA Developer / Automation Specialist
Agricultural and Rural Development Support Institution
08.2020 - 08.2024
- Designed and deployed end-to-end RPA workflows (Excel VBA, Python Selenium) to automate pre-payment compliance checks across 1000+ annual applications, reducing processing time by 90% while maintaining 96% compliance accuracy
- Integrated OCR-based (Tesseract, EasyOCR) RPA workflows to extract IBAN and payment amounts from ~15,000 annual scanned forms and pushed validated data into the IFS ERP via API; eliminated manual data entry for all records, reduced processing time from ~50 minutes to ~5 minutes per 100 forms, lowered manual error rate from 15% to 2–3%, and improved IBAN–name matching accuracy to ~80% with automated bank-database verification.
- Automated treasury fund-request and payment-order preparation by generating all required forms, identifying advance-payment projects, and producing error-free instruction letters. Reduced document preparation time by 98% and replaced a fully manual, error-prone workflow with a consistent, audit-proof process completed in seconds.
- Automated the full end-to-end testing workflow of the national grant application portal by generating and executing hundreds of scenario variations programmatically. Replaced a 10-person manual testing team and shortened test cycles from ~3 days to under 30 minutes while increasing defect-detection consistency.
- Built a VBA-driven matching workflow to automatically detect duplicate applicants across 6,000+ applications per call using tax ID comparisons, reducing manual cross-checking workload by ~80% and improving fraud-risk detection consistency
- Automated the generation of rejection reports using a rule-based template engine that selected paragraphs based on specific rejection reasons and auto-filled applicant data, eliminating manual drafting errors and reducing preparation time by 95%.
- Key Responsibilities:
Business Process Analyst
Agricultural and Rural Development Support Institution
07.2015 - 08.2020
- Led 15+ requirement-gathering workshops with finance, treasury and grant-evaluation teams across 3 departments; translated complex regulatory needs into structured automation requirements (RPA, VBA and ERP-integration) that reduced manual processing time by 40%
- Analyzed approval, payment and verification workflows across 8 core business processes; identified and prioritized 12 high-impact automation opportunities later implemented in OCR, reconciliation, document-generation and testing systems, resulting in 50+ hours of weekly time savings
- Redesigned 5 critical risk-assessment, budgeting and fund-request processes across 4 departments, standardizing workflows and reducing inconsistent manual interpretations by 70%, while improving compliance audit scores from 78% to 94%
- Key Responsibilities:
Industrial Engineer
Turkish State Railway
09.2012 - 07.2015
- Managed procurement processes for critical components of 25+ high-speed and conventional trains valued at €15M+ annually, ensuring timely and cost-effective delivery while reducing procurement cycle time by 30%
- Coordinated time-sensitive spare parts procurement for 150+ rail systems and signalling equipment components across 12 regional maintenance facilities, reducing equipment downtime by 45% and preventing an estimated €2M in operational losses
- Led supplier selection and contract negotiations with 40+ vendors, overseeing quality assurance processes that improved supplier compliance rates from 82% to 97% while ensuring 100% adherence to regulatory and technical standards
- Key Responsibilities:
Financial Performance Analyst
Vakifbank
09.2010 - 08.2012
- Automated 12 recurring reporting tasks using MS Access and Excel, reducing monthly report preparation time from 80 hours to 15 hours (81% reduction) and improving financial reporting accuracy by 35%
- Performed variance and trend analyses on €500M+ portfolio covering interest income, FX effects, and expenses across 250+ accounts to support decision making, identifying cost-saving opportunities worth €3.2M annually
- Prepared 15+ monthly KPI dashboards (NIM, ROA, Cost/Income) and profitability summaries for 8 senior management executives, tracking 25+ performance indicators and enabling data-driven decisions that improved branch profitability by 12%
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Education
M.Sc. - Artificial Intelligence
Maastricht University
MaastrichtM.Sc. - Data and Knowledge Engineering
Hacettepe University
Ankara07.2024
B.Sc. - Economics
Anadolu University
Eskisehir06.2016
B.Sc. - Industrial Engineering
Dokuz Eylul University
Izmir03.2007
Skills
- RPA and automation expertise
- Tesseract OCR expertise
- Workflow optimization
- Data analysis with Python and SQL
- Business process analysis
- Agile methodology
- SQL database management
- Robotic process automation
- Natural language processing
- VBA
- UiPath development
Certification
- Data Science & Machine Learning Bootcamp Miul Jan 2024 - Apr 2024
- Hands-on projects with real datasets (Amazon, Armut, FLO, Telco).
- Skills gained: Python (data preprocessing, feature engineering), SQL (database design, relational queries), Machine Learning (classification, clustering, ensemble methods), CRM analytics, Recommendation Systems.
- AI Training Certificate Istanbul Technical University and NTT Data Business Solutions Turkey Sept 2024 - Sept 2024
Languages
English Fluent
German A2
Turkish Native
PROJECTS
Commodity Price Forecasting with Multivariate Analysis | Maastricht University in Industrial Procurement (under NDA) (Research Project) | March 2025 – June 2025, Built time series forecasting models (Chronos, SARIMA, ARIMA) to predict procurement price trends of 8 industrial commodities under NDA, Performed multi-horizon forecasting across 12-month and 24-month periods with 85%+ trend accuracy, applied conformal prediction intervals, and provided insights to support supplier negotiation strategies that reduced procurement costs by an estimated 8-12%, Structured Metadata Extraction via RAG & LLMs | Maastricht University (Research Project) Maastricht University | Sep 2024 – Jan 2025, Designed a RAG-based LLM pipeline using semantic search (BM25) to generate structured metadata from unstructured sources., Bank Statement Reconciliation Automation (RPA Logic + OCR + Fuzzy Matching) ARDS | Dec 2021 – January 2022, Developed an end-to-end automation pipeline to reconcile monthly bank statements with internal accounting records by combining OCR-based text extraction, regex-driven name normalization and fuzzy-matching logic, Processed hundreds of thousands of payment lines, accurately identifying applicants despite spelling variations, inconsistent abbreviations and multi-payer records, Reduced a full-day manual reconciliation task to seconds, achieving ~80% match accuracy and cutting manual verification needs by ~90%, Business Requirements for Financial Analysis Software IFS Global-ARDS | Dec 2020 – Jul 2021, Defined 50+ functional and technical requirements for transitioning from Excel VBA tools to a centralized evaluation system, Coordinated 12 stakeholders across 4 departments to deliver a secure database-driven solution that enhanced efficiency by reducing evaluation time by 60% per application and improved audit readiness through automated compliance tracking for €200M+ in EU-funded project analysis
References
References available on request.
Interests
Turkish Folk Music Choir, Latin Dances (Salsa, Bachata, Argentina Tango), Theater (Amateur Actor), Trekking
Timeline
RPA Developer / Automation Specialist
Agricultural and Rural Development Support Institution
08.2020 - 08.2024
Business Process Analyst
Agricultural and Rural Development Support Institution
07.2015 - 08.2020
Industrial Engineer
Turkish State Railway
09.2012 - 07.2015
Financial Performance Analyst
Vakifbank
09.2010 - 08.2012
M.Sc. - Data and Knowledge Engineering
Hacettepe University
B.Sc. - Economics
Anadolu University
B.Sc. - Industrial Engineering
Dokuz Eylul University
M.Sc. - Artificial Intelligence
Maastricht University