Sevgi Çelik Özyılmaz

Risk Management, Internal Audit & Internal Control, Business Continuity II Head of Group Enterprise Risk Mng at Turkcell l CPA I CIA I CRMA I CBCP I CICP I ITILV4F |ISO27001&ISO22301&ISO20000&ISO42001 Lead Auditor

Istanbul, Türkiye

About

Enterprise Risk and Business Continuity & Internal Audit & Compliance Senior Manager with a demonstrated history of working in the Banking, Health and Telecommunication industries. Skilled in Audit, Enterprise Risk and Business Continuity Management, Strategic Level Insurance Management. Currently working in the Internal Control Division of the Company which directly reports to the CEO and the Board Level - Early Detection of Risk Committee. Specializing in COSO based Enterprise Risk Assessment, Business Continuity, SOX and specific audits. I had functional experience both risk management and auditing&advisory of business processes based on compliance, regulation, fraud, strategy and enterprise risks. Specialties - Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) - Certification in Risk Management Assurance (CRMA) - Certified Public Accountant (CPA-SMMM) - Internal Audit - IFRS Reporting - Internal Control - Risk Management & Assesment, - Process Design and Improvement - Risk and Compliance Management. - ISO22301 Business Continuity - ISO31000 Risk management - Enterprise Risk Management - Business Continuity and Crisis Management - ISO27001 Information Security Lead Auditor - ISO9001 Quality Management - Business Resilience - Business Audit Experience - Business Process Analysis & Improvement - Risk and Compliance Management - COSO - COBIT - ISO 27001 - SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley) Act Compliance - Business Continuity Management - Fraud Investigation

Experience

  • Turkcell (17 yrs 5 mos)
    • Associate Director Group Enterprise Risk Management
      Apr 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 3 mos

    • Group Enterprise Risk and Business Continuity Associate Director
      May 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 2 mos

    • Group Enterprise Risk & Business Cont. Senior Manager
      Dec 2016 - May 2021 · 4 yrs 6 mos

      Responsible for Turkcell Group’s Enterprise Risk & Technology Risk (IT And Network) and Business Continuity Management. Reporting to Board of Directors as Group Internal Control Directorate. - Coordinating and facilitating the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) process and provide the necessary base for ERM exercises; conducting risk workshops with business unit directors and process owners in order to discuss/define all types of possible risk such as financial, business continuity, strategic, market, reputational, operational, legal & regulatory originated or information security. - Evaluation of risks, their impact and likelihood level, evaluating controls and their effectiveness, creating risk mitigation action plans and projects with process owners, leading and/or monitoring those plans/projects, sharing the activities/results with risk committee - Providing guidance to business teams on matters related to controls, risk and governance - Interacting with business stakeholders to reach an agreement on risks and mitigating actions - Participating in strategic corporate projects and provide inputs on controls and risks - Ensuring the preparation of company based risk universe which contains the all kind of risks - Reporting outcomes regularly to Board level Early Detection of Risks Committee - Leading and/or supporting the preparation and execution of emergency, crisis management, business continuity systems, business recovery plans and ISO22301 Business continuity certification process - Establishing a mutual risk awareness within Turkcell Group and its subsidiaries - Insurance Management (Strategy Level- For the year 2016-2017)

  • Kurumsal Risk Yönetimi Derneği - KRYD (Enterprise Risk Management Association of Turkey)
    • Audit Committee Member
      May 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 2 mos

    • Board Member (Ferma Turkey)
      Mar 2017 - May 2023 · 6 yrs 3 mos

      KRYD (Kurumsal Risk Yonetim Dernegi, http://kryd.org/) was founded in April 2009, as a non-profit organization for risk management professionals. It is the official member and Turkey representative of FERMA (Federation of European Risk Management Associations, was founded in 1974, http://www.ferma.eu/). Kurumsal Risk Yönetimi Derneği https://www.linkedin.com/groups/2767090/ http://www.kryd.org/

  • Budget and Planning Specialist at Eczacıbasi Baxter
    Feb 2005 - Feb 2009 · 4 yrs 1 mo

    Responsibilities: • Reporting consolidated financial statements according to USGAAP. • Responsible for “Internal Audit Supervision of SOX 404” for the year 2007/2008 • Coordination of Coorporate Baxter Auditors’ SOX 404 audit activities within the company. • Sarbanes Oxley internal control experience in Zurih and Vienna BHSA Baxter. • Reporting consolidated financial statements according to International Financial Reporting Standards. • Reporting to upper level of management monthly sales, cost and other profitability analysis. • Preparing consolidated annual budgets and preparing monthly actual variance analysis compared to budget • Preparing consolidated quarterly forecasts and preparing monthly actual variance analysis compared to forecasts. • Preparing reports according to local Capital Market Board Regulations.

  • Management Trainee,Financial Control&Planning Department at QNB Finansbank
    Aug 2003 - Feb 2005 · 1 yr 7 mos

    • Preparing reports according to IFRS, USGAAP and local Capital Market Board Regulations. • Responsibility in reviewing the Bank's financial position by preparing daily, weekly and monthly reports and providing information to its superior unit. • Responsible for establishment of Accounting and Finance Oracle Project. • Studied on inflationary accounting and depreciation on fixed assets.