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Volkan Akdemir Mba,cpa,cfe,cmb L1,iso is a seasoned internal auditor with 20+ years of experience in managing and overseeing internal audit engagements, developing new audit techniques, and implementing international audit and control standards. He holds a Master's degree in International Business Administration and is certified as a Certified Public Accountant (SMMM), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Scrum Team Member, and ISO 9001. He is fluent in English and Italian, with limited working proficiency in English and elementary proficiency in Italian.

Credentials

  • İso 9001
    ISO - International Organization for Standardization
    Aug, 2022
    - Apr, 2026
  • Scrum Team Member
    Scrum Inc.
    Jul, 2022
    - Apr, 2026
  • CFE – CERTIFIED FRAUD EXAMINER
    ACFE - Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
    Dec, 2012
    - Apr, 2026
  • EXPORT&IMPORT SPECIALIST
    Yorktrade - Approved by Ministry of National Education
    Jan, 2006
    - Apr, 2026
  • CAPITAL MARKET ACTIVITIES BASIC LEVEL LICENSE (SPK Temel Düzey Lisansı)
    CMB - Capital Market Boards ( SPK)
    May, 2005
    - Apr, 2026
  • CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT (SMMM)
    Chamber of Certified Public Accountants

Experience

  • Tat Gıda
    • Çekmeköy, İstanbul, Türkiye
    • Head of Internal Audit
      • Apr 2024 - Present
      • Çekmeköy, İstanbul, Türkiye

      -Directly reporting to the CEO,-Managing and oversighting internal audit engagements -Working together with external auditors, other control functions and senior management improving the risk and control environment of the company,-Developing new audit techniques, designing audit management platform and implementing international audit and control standards,-Developing annual audit plan based on risk assessment tools, identifying areas of potential risk and areas for improving efficiency,-Preparing audit reports for distribution to the CEO and related department, including prioritized action plans developed with senior management, -Following up the action plan progress and ensuring that the recommendations are implemented in a timely fashion and reported via management reporting, -Conducting special inquiries and investigations,

  • Setur
    • Istanbul, Turkey
    • Head Of Internal Audit
      • Jan 2018 - Oct 2023
      • Istanbul, Turkey

      Setur, which was founded by Koç Holding in mid-1964 after the decision allowing duty-free stores to operate in our country, operates in all areas of the travel, tourism and private aviation sectors, in addition to the duty-free services it still continues today.-Directly reporting to the CEO,-Managing and oversighting internal audit engagements for both setur duty free, tourism services and setair companies,-Working together with the Koç Holding Auditors, external auditors, other control functions and senior management improving the risk and control environment of the company,-Developing new audit techniques, designing audit management platform and implementing international audit and control standards,-Developing annual audit plan based on risk assessment tools, identifying areas of potential risk and areas for improving efficiency,-Preparing audit reports for distribution to the CEO and related department, including prioritized action plans developed with senior management, -Following up the action plan progress and ensuring that the recommendations are implemented in a timely fashion and reported via management reporting, -Conducting special inquiries and investigations,

    • Türkiye
    • Airlines and Aviation
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Internal Audit Assistant Manager
      • Jan 2016 - Dec 2017

      Prepare audit plans that identifying areas of potential risk and areas for improving operational effectiveness and efficiency of both Holding, terminals (İstanbul, Ankara,İzmir,Antalya,Latvia, Georgia, Tunisia,Macedonia,Saudi Arabia ) and subcompanies (BTA,ATÜ,HAVAS, TAV IT, TGS) which are serving in different sector. Perform operational, financial and compliance audits in accordance with the audit plan,Suggesting new internal control procedures in order to improve company’s current internal controls,Prepare internal audit reports according to internal audit work results,Follow up of the action plan progress and ensure that the recommendations are implemented in a timely manner,

    • Supervising Senior Auditor
      • Mar 2015 - Jan 2016

      Prepare audit plans that identifying areas of potential risk and areas for improving operational effectiveness and efficiency of both Holding, terminals (İstanbul, Ankara,İzmir,Antalya,Latvia, Georgia, Tunisia,Macedonia,Saudi Arabia ) and subcompanies (BTA,ATÜ,HAVAS, TAV IT, TGS) which are serving in different sector. Perform operational, financial and compliance audits in accordance with the audit plan,Suggesting new internal control procedures in order to improve company’s current internal controls,Prepare internal audit reports according to internal audit work results,Follow up of the action plan progress and ensure that the recommendations are implemented in a timely manner,

  • Garanti Emeklilik
    • Istanbul, Turkey
    • Senior Auditor
      • Mar 2008 - Feb 2015
      • Istanbul, Turkey

      Prepare audit plans that identifying areas of potential risk and areas for improving operational efficiency and effectiveness,Perform and manage operational, financial and compliance audits (COBIT, PCI DSS ..) in accordance with the audit plan,Auditing all private pension funds to assure their compliance with legal regulations,Suggesting new internal control procedures in order to improve company’s current internal controls,Prepare internal audit reports according to internal audit work results,Follow up of the action plan progress and ensure that the recommendations are implemented in a timely manner,Executing investigations of company operations and training new employees in order to prevent such issues? Topics include sale compliance/customer complains. Specifying the educational requirements of newly employed assistant auditors and preparing and designing relevant training materials and curriculum, Composing education sets about Sale’s Confidence and Operations,

Education

  • 2006 - 2008
    University of Dokuz Eylül
    Master's degree, International Bussiness Administration
  • 2000 - 2005
    University of Dokuz Eylül
    Undergraduate, Bussiness Administration
  • 1993 - 2000
    Çanakkale Milli Piyango Anatolian High School
    Bachelor of Science (BS), Science and Mathematics

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