Sedef TEKİNALP

Accounting Executive at Centurion Pharmaceuticals | MBA, Yildiz Technical University

Sarıyer, Istanbul, Türkiye

About

Finance and Accounting Executive with over 10 years of experience across multinational and corporate environments in automotive, retail, food & beverage, pharmaceuticals, logistics, and financial services industries. My expertise spans accounting operations, financial reporting, treasury management, budgeting, forecasting, audit, tax processes, cash flow management, IFRS/TFRS compliance, and operational finance. I have extensive experience working with SAP, Oracle, and international financial systems, supporting fast-paced and complex business environments. Beginning my career with finance and investment-focused internships, I progressed into senior accounting and controlling roles, building a strong business-oriented finance perspective with a focus on accuracy, efficiency, and sustainable growth. After more than six years in the pharmaceutical industry, I was promoted to Accounting Executive, reflecting my strengths in financial operations, reporting accuracy, process improvement, and cross-functional collaboration. I hold an MBA degree from Yıldız Technical University with High Merit distinction and have completed an advanced IFRS/TFRS certification with a 95/100 achievement score.

Experience

  • Centurion İlaç (Maslak, İstanbul)
    • Accounting Executive
      May 2026 - Present · 2 mos

    • Senior Accounting Specialist
      Jan 2020 - May 2026 · 6 yrs 5 mos

      • Responsible for processing import, purchase and international invoices purchase invoices, coding,and posting to the ledger. Chasing payment of suppliers. • Complete reconciliations of import and local suppliers.Assisting other general finance operations related to the department. • Preparing weekly and monthly reports for receivable payments. • Providing monthly reports to Finance and accounting manager. • Making financial and commercial reconciliation with group and third party companies in requested periods • Assisting Finance and Accounting Manager with month-end closings for accurate presentation of the financial statement.Verification details for the preparation of the note disclosures of statutory financial statement. • Successfully executed and managed foreign exchange (FX) buy-sell transactions, letters of credit (L/C), forward contracts, and time deposit operations. Effectively utilized these financial instruments as part of daily treasury and cash management strategies to optimize liquidity, minimize risk, and maximize returns. • Monitoring and ensuring the execution of daily cash operations, payments, and money transfers. • Overseeing the daily reconciliation and reporting of bank records.

  • Senior Accounting Specialist at CRIF GULF (Dun & Bradstreet)
    Oct 2019 - Jan 2020 · 4 mos

    • Making accounting records in accordance with legal regulations and company procedures, • Controlling employee expenses, making accounting records and follow-up, • Monitoring and recording of daily bank movements, • Preparation of payment files and making payments, • Following the E-Invoice / E-Ledger processes, • Preparation of financial reporting and monthly financial closing reports, • Supporting the preparation of all periodic tax returns (VAT, Withholding, Stamp, Provisional Tax, Corporate Tax) • Making bank, current account and BA/BS reconciliations and verifications, • Ensuring information and document communication with audit and financial consultancy firms.

  • Supply Accounting Specialist at Domino's Türkiye
    May 2018 - Oct 2019 · 1 yr 6 mos

    • Monthly GAP analysis and creation of Cost Saving Projects that will bring the target, ensuring and monitoring action • Provisions at Month Closing • To complete the accounting transactions in accordance with the month closing calendar. (Report Calender) • Managing monthly provisions and correct cost centers for missing invoices and documents • Monthly reporting of PBC List data • Managing monthly provisions and cost centers for missing invoices and documents Budget - Actual reporting ) • Establishment and reporting of the structure for weekly P&L forecasts • Reporting of weekly determined procurement expenditures (Fuel, etc.) • Immediate reporting on an expenditure item that is out of budget or over budget for items budgeted by accounting • Absence of accounting-related surprises for period shifts in expenses or incomes to previous years/months • Managing monthly provisions and correct cost centers for missing invoices and documents • Risturn Provision • Opex Invoices • Interim Accounts Control • Calculation and confirmation for Russian invoicing • Monthly invoicing of Roadshows and Boards to DP eurasia • Account control to be Billed to Suppliers • 159 Account Advance Account Report • Gsm, Traffic, Penalty etc. to be Deducted from Personnel • Absence of a high-risk finding in the audits made by Internal Audit • To support the studies in the internal audit processes involved and to ensure that the actions regarding the findings are taken at the specified times. • Revision - completion of missing procedures and processes

  • General Accounting Specialist at MAKO / Magneti Marelli S.p.A / FIAT GROUP
    Oct 2015 - Mar 2018 · 2 yrs 6 mos

    • Indirect material purchases and returns with the follow-up and control of operations related vendors • Temporary purchases and return of Contract and Service Companies • Subcontractors, security, food, shipping and invoicing of the service company, record company contract invoices and payment control • Seller indirect material costs and control of invoices, receiving the official records, making indirect vendor payments. • Performing indirect agreement with the vendor • Preparation of the list will be downloaded Indirect material KDV • Magneti Marelli Electric Ind. Tic. The preparation of the Corporation incurred KDV list • Shipments and the recognition by the compliance with the contract of hazardous substances in landfills • Mako consumption and official records taking control of the cooperatives bill • Fixed assets form and support the organization of the General Accounting Making process. • The realization of the company's telephone and cutting fuel bills and make payments and the preparation of reports. • In the works within the General Accounting General Ledger to support the charge. • Indirect Materials made before the company with the BA-BS forms KDV period. • Preparation before the closing months of the Stamp Tax table. • Making of the recognition of certain domestic Sorting and R & D track invoices and payments Construction of Equalization process

  • Financial Affairs Assistant at Özdilek Holding
    Sep 2014 - Oct 2015 · 1 yr 2 mos

    • The use of SAP software • Control and recorded in accordance with general accounting principles on a daily basis of our Home Textiles Department stores • E-invoice processing and approval • Implementing the introduction of the current account tracking Stocked bills and expenses bill • Billing Problem Solving bill cutting (cutting refunded, the difference in price cutting etc ..) Costs of inputs and operational processes paperwork done • Daily sales and daily cash should be done letting of reporting should be integrated into tablename excel on record • Tax Free Billing and reporting of transactions • Receiving the financial report of the Home Textile Store memory dump of monthly reports and processes Z • operation of the Store Manager of the Business Advance defined list of stores balancing the costs reported to senior management • Store POS safe on the creation of cash and current account balancing control • Establish monitoring the records of Bank staff and posture work advances.