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Emre Yildirim

Warsaw,Poland

Summary

Emre Yildirim has over 8 years of professional experience in Finance & Accounting, business partnering and excellent understanding of business acumen. Currently working in PayU S.A as owner of FCF financial KPI analyzing 3 financial statements(PNL, BS and Cashflow).


He started his career at Accenture BPO in Warsaw where he gained expertise in Accounts Receivable area. Then he moved to Zoetis S.A where he developed his skills in Accounts Payable, Intercompany and General Ledger domains and FP&A. He has become a Subject Matter Expert in these areas and got practical experience in Accounting and Finance. Over his tenure, Emre was dealing with a wide range of accounting activities including posting of various journal entries, BS & PNL account reconciliations, forecasting, budgeting, controlling & validating adjusting entries and preparation of diverse reports&analyses, supporting senior leadership for business decisions. He also acquired a good understanding of different financial systems and tools and participated in migrations of processes for new markets. During his career, Emre always strived to be a reliable and proactive employee by contributing to several Continuous Improvement Initiatives that helped to create value stream for the business.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Senior FP&A Analyst GPO

PayU S.A
Warsaw, Mazovia
02.2024 - Current
  • Analyzing the trends of KPIs, relating to financial metrics such as Gross Revenue, costs, OPEX, Net Profit, Taxation, CAPEX, Working capital and Free Cash Flow.
  • Monitoring financial KPIs and identify the cause of any unexpected variances.
  • Building annual budget and forecast for different business areas and consolidation of the global.
  • Developing and improving financial models, projections and operating forecasts(DCF, FCF, WC, Net Debt)
  • Working capital & Balance sheet analyses
  • Monthly presenting financial results to CFO
  • Implementing business intelligence tools and dashboard reports
  • Enhanced decision-making by analysing complex data sets.
  • Developing financial models and analyzing them to support strategic initiatives
  • Evaluating new and existing projects, investments and assets to determine their validity and appraise their value
  • Support Senior managements and CFO with data-driven analysis

Financial Analyst, FP&A

Zoetis Polska sp. z o.o.
04.2022 - 01.2024
  • Responsible for the preparation of the budget and forecast supporting the commercial team & Business.
  • Controlling and the responsible of the full PNL.
  • Providing analysis to the business to support their strategic planning activities including analysis on revenue, costs, SG&A, profitability, growth, and other drivers that influence finance decision support to the business.
  • Research and prepare variance analysis and explanations, in addition to assisting the market finance leads in the development of the earnings commentaries.
  • Responsible for the preparation and analysis of the periodic management reporting of financial results for assigned functional areas, Working closely with Financial Shared services on month end activities including the review of markup adjustment, price&volume impact analysis, review of rebates and provisions and other month-end entries in PNL
  • Routine communication with the senior leadership for business support and financial activities
  • Reporting to improve process efficiency and performance

Reporting and Analysis Lead Associate

Zoetis Polska sp. z o.o.
02.2021 - 03.2022

Promoted on account of continuous achievements for company on a operational level. My responsibilities grew as follows:

  • Participating as hiring manager in recruitments.
  • Mentor to new employees-Supervisor's backup
  • Big 4 experience as first contact point regarding internal controls.
  • Coordinating team's activities-Prioritizing and Sequencing Tasks.

P2P Reporting and Analysis Senior Associate

Zoetis Polska sp. z o.o.
02.2019 - 01.2021
  • Supporting internal and external audit requests in a timely and accurate manner
  • Performing balance sheet account reconciliations in a designated tool
  • Preparation of ad hoc reports and analysis
  • Execution of SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley) controls for all companies in scope on a weekly and monthly basis
  • Ensuring that all controls which impact financial reporting are operating effectively
  • Month/year end closing activities
  • Preparation and presentation of quarterly P2P Balance Sheet Review decks
  • Monitoring and analyzing AP postings and aged items (vendor accounts, reclasses, adjustment accounts, refunds, debit balances, conversion items, payments, GRIR clearing items, differences of disposals)
  • Performing flux analysis for AP accounts
  • Active participation in transitions of processes for newly acquired companies

R2R Intercompany Associate

Zoetis Polska sp. z o.o.
10.2017 - 01.2019
  • Processing of Intercompany entries
  • Coding/matching in line with the internal procedures
  • Raising, routing and resolution of invoice exceptions and issues
  • Monitoring the payables&receivables
  • Preparation of periodic reports and analyses
  • Subledger to General Ledger reconciliation
  • Preparation of monthly sale/purchase declaration for specific markets based on local requirements
  • Monitoring, analyzing and reconciliation of related accounts
  • Active participation in monthly and quarterly closing process (accruals, uploading journals into HFM in case of any difference after closing, clearing of payments in the system)
  • Contributing process improvement ideas within Intercompany domain
  • Assisting Process Manager and the Global Process Owner in implementing process improvement initiatives and the best practices within Intercompany

Accounts Receivable Associate

Accenture Operations sp. z o.o.
10.2016 - 09.2017
  • Monitoring and collection of receivables
  • Managing the portfolio of customers
  • Providing customer service, communicating with customers via phone and email
  • Maintenance of accounts receivable customer files and records
  • Carrying out collection and reporting activities according to the deadlines
  • Customer account reconciliations
  • Resolution of customer queries
  • Effective collaboration with sales department
  • Processing customer refunds and statements
  • Registering invoice disputes
  • Cash application

Education

Bachelor Degree in International Relations and Economics -

Akademia Finansów i Biznesu Vistula Warsaw
01.2013 - 04.2016

Skills

  • Sap
  • Ariba
  • Sales Force
  • Essbase
  • Oracle
  • OneStream
  • Anaplan
  • Power BI
  • Office Tools

Languages

English
Fluent
Turkish
Native
Polish
Beginner

Timeline

Senior FP&A Analyst GPO

PayU S.A
02.2024 - Current

Financial Analyst, FP&A

Zoetis Polska sp. z o.o.
04.2022 - 01.2024

Reporting and Analysis Lead Associate

Zoetis Polska sp. z o.o.
02.2021 - 03.2022

P2P Reporting and Analysis Senior Associate

Zoetis Polska sp. z o.o.
02.2019 - 01.2021

R2R Intercompany Associate

Zoetis Polska sp. z o.o.
10.2017 - 01.2019

Accounts Receivable Associate

Accenture Operations sp. z o.o.
10.2016 - 09.2017

Bachelor Degree in International Relations and Economics -

Akademia Finansów i Biznesu Vistula Warsaw
01.2013 - 04.2016
Emre Yildirim