Mehmet Akif Sonmez
International Finance Director @ Groupe Chimirec
About
Highly accomplished and results-oriented International Finance Director with 17 years of experience in hazardous waste management, specializing in financial strategy, budgeting, and team leadership across multiple international locations. Proven ability to drive growth, ensure compliance, and optimize financial performance within complex regulatory environments. At 28 years old, i had all responsibilities of the finance department. The key factors to succeed were; - develop a good relationship with all internal and external members of the company - day to day develop his skills - know how find the information, check the information found, define how use the informations properly to the benefit of the company - think about the long term - know how explain simply financial figures - know exactly the business, the activity of the company as a whole - see what's happening on the ground My role: Set up actions, procedures, standards in order to increase the quality of the work, make more efficient all financial data and make financial accessible to every decision makers.
Türkiye
Istanbul
Environmental Services
Microsoft Office, SAP BFC, SAP ANALYTİC CLOUD, Mali Analiz, Finans, Stratejik Planlama, İş Stratejisi, Topluluk Önünde Konuşma, Ekip Çalışması, Yönetim, Mikro Jump - software deployment, Tek Sistem (local operating software)
Experience

International Finance Director
- Developing and implementing financial strategies that align with the company’s growth objectives - Preparing and consolidating financial statements from different regions, ensuring compliance with both local and international accounting standards - Leading the budgeting process across various countries, monitoring performance against budgets, and making adjustments as necessary - Evaluating opportunities for investment in foreign markets and managing capital allocation to maximize returns - Reporting to senior management and the board on the financial health of the organization and providing insights for decision-making - Managing a team of finance professionals across various countries, fostering a culture of collaboration and accountability.

Chimirec Avrasya - Financial & General Affairs Manager
Istanbul, Turkey
- Overseeing the company’s strategic plan - Follow-up the short term productivity for each department in order to stay focus on the goals - Manage relation with banks, regulatory authorities - Coordination of the financial data - Quarterly financial presentation to the board in France - Preparation of the yearly Budget - Preparation of the Business Plan for each kind of investment - Preparation of feasibility report, financial simulation - Advise and propose alternative strategic plan - Set up and develop management reporting system and tools in relation with the standard of the group, - Reviewing the company performance and financial result - Risk Management - Cash Flow responsibility - Team management of 4 peoples (chief accountant-accountant- HR responsible-Purchase responsible) - Procurement, General Affairs, HR, IT department responsabilities

Chimirec Avrasya - Financial Controller
Istanbul, Turkey
- Set up Reporting standard taking into account local regulation and french regulation - Preparation yearly Budget by working deeply with all department Manager - Set up financial tools to allow Manager, Director to drive their departments (Kep Performance Indicator) - Create rules, standards in the accounting department in order to be more effective and more organized

Work Placement
RHONE PEINTURE AUTOMOBILES
Strategic diagnosis of the company RPA (Rhône Peinture Automobile), - Financial, commercial and competitive analysis - Establish a full report about the company - Determine the points to improve - Develop an action plan - Make the presentation to the chairman
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