Turkey: Corporate Manager

Aktis Strategy (www.aktisstrategy.com) is an international consultancy led by some of the world’s foremost practitioners in problem-solving for fragile and conflict-affected countries. With knowledge and expertise across the spectrum of security sector reform, political governance and justice/rule of law, Aktis specialises in devising, managing and evaluating complex programmes to address challenging political and institutional problems.

1 The Role

1.1 Summary

Aktis is looking to hire a Corporate Manager to drive forward the corporate and financial management of our office in Turkey. This is a newly created role. The person will report to the Turkey Project Manager and have direct line management responsibility for the Gaziantep-based administration team.

The successful candidate will be experienced in either finance or human resources and have a good working knowledge of both in the Turkish context.

Key Responsibilities include:

1.1.1 Corporate Management

• Maintaining office legal and registration documents, and liaising with the Turkish authorities as required;

• Streamlining and improving general working processes and procedures by initiating and implementing changes or reinforcing existing practices;

1.1.2 Personnel Management

• Prepare employment contracts and liaise with UK head office;

• Manage monthly salary payments;

• Ensure all social security and employment obligations are met;

• Manage, train and develop the local administrative and support staff. This will include:

  • overseeing any additional hiring,
  • managing workload,
  • training and development,

• Ensure staff comply with company Code of Conduct.

1.1.3 Financial Management

• Overseeing financial administration;

• Submission of timely and accurate cash flow projections and requests to UK head office;

• Management of bank and cash accounts;

• Managing payment of project expenses and staff/associates salaries (in cash and via online transfers);

• Liaising with local accountants and UK head office finance team.

2 Requirements

2.1 Professional Experience

The successful candidate will have:

• A university degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics or related area

• 5 – 10 years managerial experience

• HR and/or finance experience, including an understanding of social security, corporate taxation, work permits and employment law;

• Sufficient financial knowledge and experience to fulfil the financial management responsibilities outlined above. In particular, this person will have prior experience of daily bookkeeping and weekly financial reconciliations;

• Managed and developed a small team of administrators/support staff or, if not, have the gravitas and potential to do so;

• Excellent IT skills, including Word, Excel, Powerpoint and Outlook

It would be advantageous if this person has:

• A track record of demonstrably improving the management of an office and/or administrative team;

• Experience of working for an international company;

• Experience of working in the international development or professional services sector;

• Project management experience.

2.2 Personal attributes and skills

The successful candidate will:

• Have spoken and written fluency in English and Turkish;

• Have the right to work in Turkey;

• Be a confident negotiator;

• Have a desire to take on a challenging, fast-paced role in an expanding company;

• Possess strong time management skills and a proven ability to multitask;

• Have effective communication and inter-personal skills;

• Be a self-starter who strives for excellence, takes the initiative, and naturally sees opportunities for change and improvement;

• Be a person who gains the trust and respect of his/her colleagues, has the highest level of integrity, is a team player and provides leadership to his/her reports.

3 What Aktis Offers

• A remuneration package dependent on the successful candidate’s experience;

• A professional development programme;

• The opportunity to work within a small, high-performing team in a fast-growing company at the heart of key foreign policy and development challenges.

Please send a CV and covering letter to recruitment@aktisstrategy.com. The covering letter should detail your suitability for the role, your availability and your current (or if not currently employed, most recent) remuneration details.