Nur Ozcan

Providing executive support currently in SaaS sector in financial decision making and growth management

• Design and implementation of the complete planning, reporting, and controlling cycle including necessary software implementations and process designs
• Successfully coordinating multi-national accounting teams in complex situations
• Contributing the top management with strategic insights while thriving optimal asset management
• Overseeing cash-flow management as well as the negotiation with external stakeholders to meet optimum financial position
• Creating new procedures by bringing past best practices on the table

• Leading the Trade Accounting Department in short and mid-term activities
• Being present as the first-line contact of the international office CFO's in financial & business alignment matters
• Potential risk analysis by collaborating internal stakeholders to anticipate P&L hits
• Owning the entire financial matters for the Grain & Structured Finance Divisions
• Implementation of the financial dashboarding system that led ~20% decrease in the errors of global reporting
• Invention of an automatized reconciliation bridge between Daily P&L and Financial Results that reduced the project's duration significantly

• Direction of three different businesses' planning & controlling cycles with two direct reports
• Guiding the accounting departments for timely month-end closings
• Introduction of the Weekly P&L project that anticipating risks and opportunities ahead of the schedule, solidifying the bridge between the Project Owners and Senior Management
• Set up of extensive & autonomous cost control mechanisms preventing unnecessary expenditure
• Develop the pricing model in partnership with the Sales Director and CEO that streamlined the negotiation process and increased the number customer acquisitions
• Acting Risk Manager and built a risk matrix collaborating with Executive Directors

• Consolidation, analysis, presentation of Management Reporting including synthetic presentations and IRR approval procedure
• Lead the in-house budget software development
• Partnering with Boston Consulting Group to build a detailed strategic plan that incorporated inventory optimization and marketing strategy. Leading the development and execution of the plan, achieving measurable results in increased sales and improved market positioning
• Save over EUR300k in overpaid rent expenses across 200 stores by implementing a comprehensive contract database and training the responsible accountant on best practices for data management
• Developing BCG Matrix for 200 stores and saving up one potential hire from the Business Development Department
• First-line support of external & internal audits

• Being the fixed staff on the biggest clients of the company
• Participating in risk assessments and tax strategy consulting
• Being in-charge auditor right away in the second year