Experience

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  Generali Sigorta

  • Türkiye
  • Insurance
  • 100 - 200 Employee

  • Internal Audit Manager

    • Aug 2017 - Present

    Drafting the internal audit policy and related guidelines and submitting them to the Board of Directors for its approvalProviding reasonable assurance to the board of directors that the activities of the organization are carried out in accordance with the Law and other relevant legislation, as well as internal strategies, policies, principles, and objectives of the organizationResponsible for having an audit plan based on a prioritization of the audit universe using a risk-based methodology, taking into account all the activities, the system of governance, the expected developments of activities and innovations, the organization’s strategies, the key business objectives and input from the company senior management and the BoD and responsible for monitoring its implementationResponsible for ensuring adherence to Group Audit methodology in all audit engagements and for all decisions to be taken, which result in deviation from methodologyResponsible for review and approval of all key steps in the Audit Cycle and key documentation especially for the audit reportResponsible for escalations process and any decisions in non-standard situationsResponsible for local executive level decisions and interactionsAccountable for ensuring that all aspects of the audit engagement comply with GA methodologyResponsible for maintaining client relationships throughout the Audit CycleResponsible for ensuring the effectiveness of the Issue Follow-up processResponsible for the quality of the audit engagements and accountable for the quality auditsResponsible for making training plan as well as individual development plan and cascading targets of the department to the internal auditorsResponsible for participating thematic audit engagements together with other countries who get involved in and managing the operations at local level and reporting to the business technical audit team

  • Financial Control Manager

    • Nov 2016 - Aug 2017

    Reviewing regulatory reports prepared by CFO Area before submitting to the regulatory bodies as well as management reports shared with the group related functionsSupporting the CFO with the analysis of the company data, and information gatheredResponsible for monitoring the implementation of the projects launched by the group related function or in the CFO area itselfCalculating the local solvency results and recommending actions to the CFO and other top management in order to be able to have a solid solvency positionMonitoring the company investment position and ensure that they are in line with the group policiesResponsible for ensuring that financial analysis are consistent and accurate

  • Internal Control and Risk Manager

    • Apr 2015 - Nov 2016

    Reporting to the company CEO and Risk and Control Committee at local level and Region Risk Management Function as well as Operational Risk Function established at Group Level,Responsible for designing and implementing a risk management system including risk measurement, risk monitoring, risk control, and reporting activitiesResponsible for determining risk management policies and implementation procedures based on risk management strategies.Responsible for ensuring quantifiable risks remain within the established limits and monitoring the use of the limits.Responsible for ensuring all risks, including the management of the compliance of new products, operations, and planned activities with the Law and other relevant legislation, organization policies and insurance practices, and abuse, and loss of reputation of the organization and employeesResponsible for measuring potential risks and vulnerabilities that may arise from organization-specific situations or arise in financial markets, as well as conducting a forward-looking assessment of the risk profile, establishing and operating a stress test program, and conducting scenario analysisResponsible for monitoring all kind of risks that the company can be exposed to (issuance risk, asset and liability management other than insurance activities, investment risk, excluding investments made in accordance with insurance policies, liquidity risk, concentration risk, operational and administrative risks, software and information security risk, counterparty and third-party risk, reinsurance and other risk mitigation techniques etc.)Responsible for preparing risk related reports (solvency, liquidity, investment, ORSA etc.)Responsible for managing complaints team and searching the root causes of the complaints and taking actions to mitigate the complaints

  • Assistant Manager of Internal Audit Dept

    • Aug 2009 - Apr 2015

    Joined the internal audit dept. at Generali, Turkey in 2009 as an internal auditor with the title of specialist.Got promoted to the senior specialist in 2011.Have been working as an assistant manager since 2013.Providing a reasonable assurance to the senior managers and audit committee that the activities of the company are conducted in accordance with the Law and other relevant legislation and internal strategies, policies, principles and and the internal control and risk management systems are effective and adequateHaving risk-based audit engagements at the level of agencies, branch managements and general management units.Evaluating the control points on the processes audited and making recommendations to make the processes being audited more concrete.Creating the engagement matrix being used for compiling the questions and answers regarding the processes and evaluating control efficiency and adequacy of the sub-processes based on the objective criteriaDrafting the audit report to submit the dept manager and also the other managers responsible for operatio area being audited in order to discuss the findings to get the audit report finalized.Following up the audit findings and monitoring the their deadlines and status.

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  Başak Groupama A.Ş.

  • İstanbul, Türkiye

  • Internal Auditor

    • Apr 2008 - Aug 2009
    • İstanbul, Türkiye

    Accountable for day-to-day management of the audit engagement and its timely executionResponsible for ensuring that audit engagements focus on key areas of scope and risksResponsible for the preparation of all key steps / deliverables within the audit engagement Responsible for management of ongoing audit engagement stakeholder relationshipsResponsible for issues resolution on all matters arising from the audit engagement once it is concluded

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  MUDO

  • Istanbul, Türkiye

  • Internal Auditor

    • 2007 - 2008
    • Istanbul, Türkiye

    Responsible of auditing activities of all stores owned by Mudo Satış Mağazalar A.Ş and of head office departmentsParticipating in fraud auditsResponsible for the preparation of all key steps / deliverables within the audit engagement Responsible for issues resolution on all matters arising from the audit engagement once it is concluded