Defne Irmak Gurkan
LONDON,UNITED KINGDOM
Summary
Highly skilled professional with expertise in bilingual communication in English, French, and Turkish. Demonstrates exceptional calm under pressure and excels in problem-solving, strategic planning, and leadership. Proficient in accounting, financial literacy, statistical analysis, and database management. Adept at public speaking, team building, and social networking strategy. Career goal: to leverage extensive skills to drive organisational success and innovation.
Overview
1
1
year of professional experience
Work History
Finance And Management Internship
Daphne Jewellery
Istanbul, Turkey
06.2023 - 08.2023
- Participated in training and seminars to enhance skills and promote growth.
- Adapted to new situations and learned new skills quickly.
- Worked productively with team members to achieve common goals.
- Showed initiative and willingness to take on new challenges.
- Managed time effectively to meet deadlines.
- Used problem-solving skills to resolve challenges and prioritise workload.
- Participated in staff meetings to discuss latest developments.
- Employed Microsoft Excel skills to organise and manipulate large data sets.
- Managed time strategically to prioritise urgent tasks.
- Organised physical documentation of financial records in required formats and according to proper bookkeeping principles.
- Scanned financial records, locating and correcting any errors.
- Updated records in Excel to keep account totals correct and current.
- Prepared and submitted VAT returns ahead of deadlines.
- Managed corporate bank accounts.
Accounting Intern
Daphne Jewellery
Istanbul, Turkey
06.2022 - 07.2022
- Employed Microsoft Excel skills to organise and manipulate large data sets.
- Worked under guidance of accountants to prepare financial data in correct formats.
- Managed time strategically to prioritise urgent tasks.
- Communicated with suppliers to reconcile invoice payments.
- Organised digital and physical files using methodical approach.
- Updated records in Excel and Stata to keep account totals correct and current.
- Scanned financial records, locating and correcting any errors.
- Prepared and submitted VAT returns ahead of deadlines.
- Managed corporate bank accounts.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Economics
King's College London
LondonHigh School -
Notre Dame De Sion French High School
Istanbul 09/2017 - 06/2022
Foundation Degree in Science - Business And Mathematics
King's College London
London 09/2022 - 06/2023
Bachelor of Science - Economics
King's College London
London 09/2023 -
Skills
- Bi-lingual in English and [French and Turkish]
- Calm under pressure
- Problem-solving
- Communication skills
- Public speaking
- Team building
- Leadership
- Strategic planning
- Accounting
- Social networking strategy
- Financial literacy
- Resilience and stress tolerance
- Statistical analysis
- Database management
- Microsoft Office Suite
Languages
English
Fluent
French
Advanced
Turkish
Native
Timeline
Finance And Management Internship
Daphne Jewellery
06.2023 - 08.2023
Accounting Intern
Daphne Jewellery
06.2022 - 07.2022
Bachelor of Science - Economics
King's College London
High School -
Notre Dame De Sion French High School
09/2017 - 06/2022
Foundation Degree in Science - Business And Mathematics
King's College London
09/2022 - 06/2023
Bachelor of Science - Economics
King's College London
09/2023 -
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