Finance Manager

Sistem Alüminyum; Fatih; On-site; TRY 1,100,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Sistem Alüminyum in Istanbul (European Side) seeks a Senior Finance Leader to steer budgeting, forecasting, and long-term financial planning for a manufacturing/export-focused business. You will manage cash flow, working capital, and banking relationships while ensuring accurate financial reporting to the Executive Committee.

The role requires ERP/ SAP expertise, risk management, and advanced Excel skills with a proven team-lead track record. Fluency in English is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; master's preferred.
• 10+ years in finance with at least 5 in a managerial role.
• Experience in manufacturing/export industries is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead annual budgeting, forecasting, and long-term financial planning.
• Manage cash flow, working capital, and liquidity.
• Oversee banking relationships, loans, and trade finance.
• Monitor FX, rates, liquidity; develop hedging strategies.
• Prepare monthly and annual financial reports for Executive Committee.
• Ensure accurate period-end closing, reconciliation, and compliance.
• Drive automation and data quality through ERP systems (SAP).
• Explore AI applications in finance and drive value across processes.

Skills

Budgeting

Forecasting

Cash Flow

ERP / SAP

Financial Analysis

Risk Management

Leadership

Stakeholder Management

Excel Mastery

International Operations

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Industrial Engineering, or related field

Master's degree preferred

Tools

SAP

Excel

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Lead annual budgeting, periodic forecasting, and medium- to long-term financial planning processes; analyse actual results and provide decision-making support to senior management.
• Manage cash flow and working capital effectively, monitoring and improving the financial efficiency of receivables, payables, and inventory cycles.
• Manage relationships with banks and financial institutions, overseeing the cost, maturity, and risk balance of loans, leasing, guarantees, and other financial instruments.
• Monitor foreign exchange, interest rate, liquidity, and customer credit risks; develop and implement hedging strategies using foreign exchange and commodity derivatives and other appropriate financial instruments.
• Prepare and present monthly, periodic, and annual financial reports, including budget-versus-actual, forecast, profitability, and performance analyses, to the Executive Committee.
• Conduct profitability analyses by product, customer, market, and sales channel, providing financial insight for commercial and operational decision-making.
• Prepare feasibility studies, financial models, valuations, and scenario analyses for investment projects.
• Ensure that payment, collection, banking, cash, current account, cheque, promissory note, and other daily finance operations are carried out accurately, securely, and on time.
• Manage letters of credit, documentary collections, export financing, and other trade finance processes related to import and export operations.
• Work closely with Accounting and relevant business units to ensure accurate and timely period-end closing, reconciliation, financial reporting, tax filing, accrual, and payment processes.
• Ensure compliance with internal controls, authorisation matrices, company policies, and applicable regulations.
• Monitor foreign exchange and banking legislation, as well as current regulations issued by the Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye (CBRT) and the Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency (BRSA), and coordinate the necessary company-wide actions.
• Ensure the effective use of ERP and financial reporting systems, particularly SAP; lead automation, data quality, and process improvement initiatives.
• Explore AI-powered finance applications, assess suitable use cases, and contribute to their implementation across finance processes.
• Set goals for the finance team and manage workload allocation, employee development, performance, and succession planning.
• Build strong collaboration and alignment across all internal stakeholders, ensuring effective communication and coordinated execution toward shared business objectives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Industrial Engineering, or a related field; a master’s degree is preferred.
• At least 10 years of experience in finance, including a minimum of 5 years in a managerial role involving team leadership.
• Preferably experienced in finance management within a large-scale, manufacturing, and export-oriented industrial organisation.
• Strong expertise in budgeting and forecasting, cash-flow management, working capital, financial analysis, balance-sheet analysis, risk management, and management reporting.
• Strong knowledge of banking transactions, foreign exchange regulations, trade finance, and financial instruments.
• Hands‑on experience in foreign exchange and commodity derivatives.
• Up‑to‑date knowledge of regulations issued by the CBRT and BRSA that affect corporate financial operations.
• Experience using ERP systems; SAP knowledge and advanced Excel reporting skills are preferred.
• Interest in and practical awareness or experience of AI applications in finance.
• Good command of written and spoken English.
• Strong team leadership, stakeholder management, communication, negotiation, analytical thinking, and results‑oriented execution skills.
• Ability to establish effective collaboration and alignment among different functions and internal stakeholders.
• Experience in international operations or multi‑company structures is preferred.

Location:

Istanbul, European Side

About Us

Founded in 1994, Sistem Alüminyum is a leading aluminium manufacturer in Türkiye, recognized for its strong manufacturing infrastructure, engineering expertise, and innovative approach. The company operates from its fully integrated manufacturing campus in Ergene, Tekirdağ, complemented by its headquarters in Istanbul.

Spanning a total area of 330,000 m², our production campus brings together extensive capabilities across Industrial Extrusion Solutions, Forging Solutions, Architectural Systems, and Aluminium Composite Panel Solutions. With an annual aluminium profile production capacity of 103,000 metric tons, Sistem Alüminyum delivers solutions to a wide range of strategic industries. Today, the company exports to more than 75 countries across the globe. With a team of over 1,200 professionals, we continue to grow our global success story through development, innovation, and shared value.

Our strong manufacturing infrastructure and commitment to sustainable growth have earned national recognition. In 2025, Sistem Alüminyum advanced 40 positions to rank 273rd in the ISO 500 – Türkiye’s Top 500 Industrial Enterprises survey and climbed 35 positions to 231st in the Türkiye’s Top 1000 Exporters ranking published by the Turkish Exporters Assembly (TIM). The company has also secured six first-place awards in the Aluminium Rods and Profiles category at the Metallic Stars of Export Awards, organized by İDDMİB.