We are looking for a "Financial Controller" with the qualifications below:

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or master's degree in accounting, business, economics, finance, or a related field,
• SMMM certification preferred
• 7+ years of experience in a Finance leadership role and 5+ years of experience in the hospitality sector, preferably within an international firm
• Advanced excel and analytical skills
• Proficient in various financial software applications and programs
• Management experience; leadership skills; interpersonal skills
• Honesty; integrity; reliability
• Attention to detail; organisational skills; critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Ability to maintain a high level of business relationship with all partners
• Excellent command of Turkish & English, verbal & written

Main Duties:

• Oversee all local company accounts and investments, ensuring all transactions are properly recorded, filed, and reported
• Provide financial leadership to the organization
• Analyse and communicate monthly business results with GM to partners on regular meetings
• Ensure compliance with local accounting and tax regulations and standards
• Motivate and lead the finance team
• Manage Billing, Accounts Receivables/Payables, Cost Accounting, Inventory Accounting and Revenue Recognition
• Create weekly, monthly and annual reports to identify results, trends, and financial forecasts
• Overview cash flow by tracking transactions and regularly reviewing internal reports
• Suggest updates and improvements for accounting systems, e.g. invoicing
• Ensure that all financial transactions are properly recorded, filed, and reported
• Collaborate with auditing services to ensure proper compliance with all local regulations
• Develop budgets and financial plans for the local company based on research and data reports
• Review all financial plans and budgets regularly to look for cost reduction opportunities
• Examine all financial reports and data closely to check for discrepancies
• Manage and comply with local, state, and federal government reporting requirements and tax filings
• Support the Europe FD to create consistent Finance processes across Europe
• Complete regular balance sheet reconciliations for the site
• Keep the Europe FD fully up to date on key issues and site performance
• Additional ad-hoc duties as requested.

Microsoft and InMobi have entered into a strategic partnership. As per this, InMobi will be an exclusive partner for Microsoft’s search inventory. Microsoft Search Advertising empowers the largest advertisers around the world to reach their maximum potential through paid search engine marketing on the Microsoft Bing Ads platform. InMobi will be responsible for complete business management/transaction across Bing. 

As a Sales Manager in Turkey, you are expected to drive new client acquisition and grow incremental revenue against a targeted list of high-potential agencies and advertisers through continuous engagement. You are expected to continually build and maintain a pipeline of clients and agencies to be onboarded to the Microsoft Advertising platform. Collaborate with internal Account Managers and Strategy teams to develop quality customer plans targeted at revenue growth and customer satisfaction. Cultivating strategic client relationships, revenue generation, and delivering customized search solutions will be key to your core function. Your success will be measured by specific key performance indicators focused on driving new customer acquisition, product adoption, emphasizing customer experience, and optimizing opportunities.  

What is expected of you? 

In the first quarter:

• Understand the Microsoft Advertising Ecosystem in Turkey and collaborate with internal stakeholders.
• Leverage your current relationships in the advertising ecosystem to drive revenue conversations as well as open up new relationships in the industry.
• You will be expected to build a healthy, predictable pipeline of clients to initiate and successfully close partnership and onboarding discussions.
• Consistently create high-value revenue-generating opportunities that will work towards delivering quota expectations.
• Lead regular, impactful engagements with key clients.
• Coordinate with the required teams to help achieve targets.

Second Quarter, Onwards:

• Master and grow the activities initiated in the first quarter.
• Grow Bing’s share of wallet by continuing to onboard new clients and agencies.
• Strengthen relationships with key clients and agency stakeholders (like budget decision makers, media planners, and senior leadership).
• Collaborate with internal account managers and client poc's to ensure opportunities are leveraged effectively.
• Continually strengthen your Search Industry expertise, take personal accountability for your career and personal development.
• Complete the required and recommended trainings and apply what you learn to further your growth in your role and career progression.

Role requirements & expectations: 

• 6+ years of work experience with 4+ years of online media sales/digital advertising experience
• Strong network of clientele in the Turkish marketplace and an understanding of the key digital players (Brands, agencies, etc.)
• Experience and ability to build a client base from scratch.
• Experience in lead generation, networking, and ad-agency relationship management.
• Experienced Digital media solution seller and talented in storytelling and delivering engaging presentations across all levels of leadership
• Ability to handle and manage key/strategic client relationships and revenue
• Ensure a strong metrics-focused approach is applied in business planning and execution
• Proven ability to understand customer needs, create and deliver customized, customer-focused pitches and solutions
• Proven track record of exceptional performance, high productivity, communication skills, and meeting deadlines. Demonstrated ability to consistently meet or exceed revenue goals or targets
• Passion for technology as an enabler for company growth
• Effectively navigate through ambiguity and complexities related to client management
• Practice freedom with responsibility, an entrepreneurial mindset, and thought leadership.
• Possess excellent communication skills, providing transparency and enabling information radiators
• Travel across Turkey to meet and strengthen partnerships with new and existing clients.

Preferred:

• MBA or Advanced degree preferred
• Understanding of the Digital Ecosystem
• Ad-Agency Experience

Location: 

• Istanbul (will require frequent travel across Turkey) 

Why we're hiring:

At WPP, technology is at the heart of everything we do, and it is the Technology Operations teams mission, as part of Enterprise Technology, to enable our stakeholders to collaborate, create and thrive. Enterprise Technology is undergoing a significant transformation to modernise ways of working, shift to cloud and micro-service-based architectures, drive automation, digitise colleague and client experiences and deliver insight from WPP’s petabytes of data.

As we continue on this transformation journey….  This role will carry out the effective and efficient everyday technology operations for WPP ET.  A trusted pair of hands to deal with level 1 and 2 issues as they present to the IT Service Desk and a trusted resource for Infrastructure and Management personnel to assist with project work when needed. The role will report into the Enterprise Technology Operations Lead and work closely with other teams within Enterprise Technology.

What you'll be doing:

• Deliver world class, on-site support services to WPP employees, agencies, and visiting clients, operating within predefined structure, methodologies, and standards set by WPP ET
• This is a 100% onsite role
• Provide on-site support to the WPP agencies 
• Provide onsite support for additional locations which may require travel (where applicable)

• Provide remote support, as needed, to WPP agencies across the wider region
• Ensure IT deskside operations and all standard technology services, including meeting room AV, are delivered and supported as needed

• Develop excellent relationships with the business user base
  • Lead a customer-centred culture, championing activities to empower end users to get maximum utilization out of their technology tools
  • Educate the business on how to use the Enterprise Technology service and maximise benefits
  • Log all IT engagements into a ticketing system to ensure IT demand and performance data can be reported upon
• Onboarding and offboarding of new and departing employees, including user account administration and asset management
• Level 1 and 2 incident and problem management, including diagnosis, liaison with appropriate internal and external resources to drive resolution, and ticket management throughout the resolution process
• Ensure security procedures are followed, and 3^rd parties are monitored during service engagements
• Escalation of issues to Infrastructure and/or Management teams as required
• Manage and support simple user and office relocations
• Understanding of unique line-of-business technologies
• Compiling, documenting, and maintaining Service Desk knowledge base and standard procedures
• Deployment of hardware and software to end users
• Management and installation/removal of break/fix or warranty replacement of IT related equipment
• IT asset procurement, inventory and Life cycle management

• Work with all the IT functions within the Enterprise Technology operating model to ensure the needs of the business are fulfilled

• Support WPP Global in promoting global standards and ensuring local implementation
• Support other IT teams with IT changes and ensure support priorities are localised and executed to plan

• Escalation management and work with third-party suppliers to ensure operational services meet business requirements
• Perform basic device troubleshooting including resetting devices, cable management, providing console access for 3^rdlevel teams/partners as part of Incident break fix or scheduled changes
• Perform/be accountable for infra testing pre/post deployment of changes through either Incidents or Projects; liaise with local application owners for additional testing
• Facilitate and support refresh of local infrastructure (network and server)
• Support the review of local licencing demand for software assets
• Availability where necessary for out-of-hours support other duties as required

What you'll need:

• 3 – 5 years in an IT help desk / desk side support role
• Strong cross-platform experience in Windows and Mac, along with working knowledge of AV technology
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Can-do attitude
• Someone that can empathize and communicate effectively with end users
• Builds excellent relationships, based on trust and mutual respect
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Able to manage time effectively and set priorities appropriately

Able to maintain professional demeanor under stress while remaining friendly and approachable to ensure a positive user experience

Who you are:

You're open: We are inclusive and collaborative; we encourage the free exchange of ideas; we respect and celebrate diverse views. We are open-minded: to new ideas, new partnerships, new ways of working.

You're optimistic: We believe in the power of creativity, technology and talent to create brighter futures or our people, our clients and our communities. We approach all that we do with conviction: to try the new and to seek the unexpected.

You're extraordinary: we are stronger together: through collaboration we achieve the amazing. We are creative leaders and pioneers of our industry; we provide extraordinary every day.

What we'll give you:

Passionate, inspired people – We aim to create a culture in which people can do extraordinary work.

Scale and opportunity – We offer the opportunity to create, influence and complete projects at a scale that is unparalleled in the industry.

Challenging and stimulating work – Unique work and the opportunity to join a group of creative problem solvers. Are you up for the challenge?

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ABOUT THE ROLE

• Act as the legally designated Responsible Manager for the travel agency’s head office (and support branch compliance if/when opened).
• Ensure ongoing compliance with applicable travel agency legislation, TÜRSAB requirements, and Ministry expectations (documentation, inspections, suitability standards).
• Own operational governance for OTA activities: supplier contracting controls, booking flows, customer communications, cancellations/refunds policy execution, complaint handling, and record-keeping.
• Serve as the primary contact for licensing-related correspondence and compliance checks; coordinate responses and evidence packs.
• Maintain required staffing/role readiness as applicable (e.g., ensuring mandated functions are covered in operations).
• Implement and maintain SOPs for consumer-facing travel sales: confirmations, vouchers, itinerary documentation, supplier terms, and service recovery.
• Support audits/inspections: maintain “inspection-ready” office/records and ensure the business continuously meets required qualifications.

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