Arev John Karabetyan

Experience

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  Arya Sponsorship and Communcation Consultancy

  Jun 2002 - Oct 2002

  PR and Press Relations Intern

  Responsible for coordination of sponsorship projects and assistant for the creation of PR and Communications strategies for clients.

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  Doluca Wines

  Jun 2004 - Apr 2005

  Marketing Intern

  Assistant to creation of brand categories; responsible for press relations and sponsorship deals.

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  Garanti Bank

  Feb 2008 - May 2019

  • Team manager leading 4 direct reports, covering Garantibank International (Netherlands), Garanti Romania and Garantibank Moscow as well as Garanti Leasing, Garanti Factoring and Garanti Fleet Management in Turkey,• Supervised the business and financial performance analysis of the subsidiaries, reporting to top management,• Analysed and evaluated over 1,300 credit proposals for the Extended Credit Committees of the subsidiaries for amounts over $5mn,• Coordinated the international business development and M&A functions of the bank; including research, feasibility and implementation steps, working with investment banks and consultants. Show less

  • Strategy Manager, CIB

    Aug 2018 - May 2019

  • Finance Manager, CIB

    Feb 2017 - Jul 2018

  • Subsidiaries Coordination Manager

    Mar 2015 - Feb 2017

  • Overseas Subsidiaries Coordination Supervisor

    May 2013 - Feb 2015

  • Distribution Channels Supervisor, CRM&Marketing

    Apr 2011 - May 2013

  • Branch & ATM Planning Associate

    Feb 2008 - Apr 2011
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  Garanti BBVA International

  May 2019 - now

  Procurement and Expense Control Principal

  • Team manager responsible for Procurement, Expense Management and Accounting (Opex & Capex),• Achieved alignment with group policies on Procurement, overhauled and managed the end-to-end procurement process including vendor due diligence, supplier selection and purchasing controls,• Led the project to move to an ERP system (AFAS) for Procure-to-Pay (P2P) functions,• Managed the expense and investment activities and budgets of the bank, working together with ICT, Financial Reporting, Accounting and other teams locally and within the group. • Modernised and managed the accounting, payment and suspense account workflows in accounts payable related to suppliers as well as regulators (DNB, AFM). Show less