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Umut DemirciUD

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About Umut

🔹 Interim Manager – Business & Financial Control | Treasury | CFO-as-a-Service via HumainWise Business Finance.

Strategic finance partner to commercial and operational teams, integrating finance, controlling and business processes to improve performance and profitability.
15+ years of experience in Business & Financial control, management reporting, and treasury (cash flow management, FX hedging, insurance, credit risk), with strong expertise in ERP/BI systems.
Certified Lean Six Sigma Green Belt with a focus on efficiency, continuous improvement and team development.
Multilingual and collaborative leader who values adaptability, creativity and transparent communication.
  • Dutch

    Native or bilingual

  • Turkish

    Native or bilingual

  • English

    Fluent

  • German

    Conversational

  • French

    Fluent

Can work on-site
Hasselt (up to 50km), Veldhoven (up to 30km), Maastricht (up to 50km), Leuven (up to 50km), Roermond (up to 50km)

Experience

  • Heuschen & Schrouff
    Manager Business Controller
    RETAIL (LARGE RETAILERS)
    October 2023 - Today (2 years and 8 months)
    Heerlen, Netherlands
    Acting as strategic business partner for commercial and operational teams.
    Responsible for topline forecasting, budgeting & actuals; identifying risks & opportunities.
    Treasury lead: FX hedging, cash flow management, onboarding of second banking partner (RfP). Setup Factoring Proces with current housebank to increase RC facility,
    Leading Business Control team (2 FTE) and Accounts Receivable team (5 FTE); improving DSO and reporting quality.
    Preparing monthly management reporting, KPIs, and Group RVC reporting.
    Supporting strategic planning, business cases, and scenario analysis.
    Spearheaded the full-cycle SAP S/4HANA FICO implementation project, ensuring successful configuration, testing, and deployment across financial accounting and controlling modules. Managed the implementation of key financial modules, including SAP S/4HANA Collections and Dispute Management (CDT) and Advanced Cash Management (ACM), enhancing efficiency in working capital and liquidity management.
    Part of the Project team implementation ESG reporting: double materiality analysis and stakeholder management. Supported coordinated cross-functional teams to capture and validate emissions data across scope 1, 2, and 3.
    Departmental cost reviews with heads of departments.
  • Mosa Tiles
    Business Controller / Business Partner
    RETAIL (LARGE RETAILERS)
    September 2021 - September 2023 (2 years)
    Maastricht, Netherlands
    Business partner for commercial team: sales forecasting, budgeting, and risk/opportunity reviews.
    Set up controlling team after reorganization (energy crisis), improving processes and cost control.
    Responsible for pricing policy, sales commission plans, and energy cost allocation.
    Annual operating plan and strategic planning support.
    Departmental cost reviews with cost center owners.
  • Esaote
    Regional Business Controller Western Europe
    September 2016 - September 2021 (5 years)
    Regional Business Controller Western Europe (2019-2021):
    Oversaw forecasting, profitability of production plant, and country business plans.
    Business Controller / Finance Manager (2016 – 2019):
    Led SAP implementation, financial controlling (margin, costs, transfer pricing, inventory, month end close), Project
    control
    Conducted budget/forecast processes and BI reporting (QlikView).

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Education

  • GL Accountant
    2007
    GL Accountant
  • Executive Master of Finance & Control
    University Maastricht
    2026
    Executive Master of Finance & Control

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