CAN “JOHN” GULER

adgxwt@r.postjobfree.com Brooklyn, NY

609-***-**** linkedin.com/in/canguler

Financial Planning & Analysis and Audit professional with a diverse background in investment banking, research and fashion/home retail sectors. Demonstrated experience in turning complex data into clear financial assumptions & conducting high risk audits. Professional Experience

PIANETA LEGNO FLOORS, NYC Branch Manager New York, NY / Mar. 2017 - June 2020 Being the sole responsible person in charge of the company’s NYC operations, managed all sales, accounting and marketing related duties

• Sold over $700k worth of products & services and redesigned the customer service processes

• Profit variance analysis - Conducted extensive financial analysis for trends in cost, pricing and profitability across all product lines

• ALCO - Integrated complex data from various sources and created quantitative reporting for the company’s asset / liability functions RALPH LAUREN, Financial Analyst New York, NY / Mar. 2016 - July 2016 Supported RL Store Development financials of wholesale & retail capital by playing an active role in assisting the team with the month-end closing process, reconciliations, capital review & variance analyses

• Monthly close - Contributed to the financial cycle by preparing monthly accruals, reviewing journal entries, responding to asset valuation requests, capitalizing depreciating assets and submitting outstanding closeout summary reports

• Project tracking - Partnering up with procurement analysts & project managers, supported capital construction of new/developing stores LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY, Research Assistant Brooklyn, NY / Sep. 2013 - August 2015 Conducted research in any given project & assisted the Chair of Accounting Department with the course development process MAVI JEANS, Financial Analyst Secaucus, NJ / Feb. 2012 - July 2013 Assisted all aspects of FP&A including wholesale / retail performance reports and supported the financials of the wholesale capital with daily, weekly, monthly reconciliations and analyses

• Forecasting - Continuously examined variable costs and submitted sales & margin forecast reports

• Developed and tested financial models needed as input to capital budgeting and risk management forecasts through extensive use of macros, pivots and formulas

• Budgeting & capital analysis - Prepared a monthly financial review package including a complete profit & loss projection, operating expense forecast and inventory valuation

SOCIETE GENERALE, Internal Auditor Istanbul, Turkey / Feb. 2009 - Jan. 2011 Planned and completed 15+ audit projects within the entire Consumer Finance Division including activities such as audit testing, control evaluation, report drafting, follow up & verification of issue closure

• Performed risk assessments on key business activities and revised the methodologies used for audit/compliance coverage to reduce costs, minimize risk and to improve bank wide business models & processes

• Assisted PwC during the auditing process and implemented value-added solutions for the identified issues

• Process auditing - Conducted two process audits, reported and corrected over 100 risky elements SOCIETE GENERALE, Financial Controller Istanbul, Turkey / Mar. 2008 - Feb. 2009 Maintained high degree of accuracy for trader deal entries & verifications of a variety of treasury products on trade capture systems

• Treasury settlement - Validated & reconciled all deals made by the trading desk and achieved perfect record for managing the cash flow processes by monitoring adequate liquidity levels for the bank's daily funding activity

• Trade support - Enabling the traders to maximize available cash for investing and minimize borrowing costs, monitored cash positions, and submitted FX exposure analyses and monthly P&L statements Education / Publication / Certification

LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY, Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) Brooklyn, NY / May 2015

• Most Outstanding MBA Student in Management Information Systems (M.I.S.) Award, Class of 2015

• Publication: Co-authored the case studies of a globally used/recognized textbook: Human Resource Management: Functions, Applications & Skill Development by Lussier & Hendon. Sage Publications, 2015. (ISBN 145*******) BILKENT UNIVERSITY, Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Economics Ankara, Turkey / May 2007

• Certified by the Banks Association of Turkey for the "Internal Audit In The Banking Sector: Global Professional Practice Standards, Method and Techniques Program". Istanbul, Turkey / 2009 Software Knowledge & Skills

ERP Systems: • SAP (ERM) • Business Objects • MIE Solutions • Navision • Kondor+ Hyperion (Essbase) • Peachtree • QuickBooks Microsoft Office: • Excel (Advanced formulas + Basic VBA) • PowerPoint • Word • Access (SQL integrated) • EViews