SAAcerca de Savas
Executive Summary
Savas Aslantepe is a seasoned international finance executive with a career that spans board-level leadership, strategic finance, and advisory work across multiple industries and geographies. He has held senior leadership roles as Managing Director, Finance Director, and Regional Controller, and previously built his professional foundation as an Auditor at PwC Assurance and as a Management Consultant.
This combination of assurance, advisory, and executive leadership gives him deep expertise in strategic finance, corporate performance management, business intelligence, corporate finance and M&A support, risk management, and strategic management advisory. Recognized for his ability to partner with CEOs and Managing Directors, Savas is trusted to translate vision into execution and deliver long-term value creation.
Since the beginning of his career, he has worked with colleagues and partners from Türkiye, Europe, Africa, the US, Russia, and China, gaining invaluable experience in bridging diverse cultures, business practices, and leadership expectations. This multicultural exposure continues to shape his approach to strategy execution and corporate transformation.
Savas holds globally recognized credentials (FCCA, ACMA, CGMA, CIA, CRMA, CPA) and has completed executive education at:
• University of Cambridge – Business Sustainability Management
• University of Oxford – Leading Sustainable Corporations
In 2025, he gained certifications in information technology including Microsoft Power BI Data Analyst and IBM Business Intelligence Analyst, equipping him to design BI-powered strategy and performance tools and strategic Business Intelligence solutions for executives.
Currently based between Barcelona and Istanbul, Savaş leads Savientia Advisory with a mission to help organizations align finance with strategy, embed performance systems, and unlock sustainable competitive advantage.
Inglés
Bilingüe o nativo
Turco
Bilingüe o nativo
Acepta trabajo presencial
Barcelona (hasta 50 km)
Experiencia
- Savientia AdvisoryFounder & Strategic Finance ConsultantCONSEJO & AUDITORÍAoctubre de 2025 - Hoy (8 meses)Barcelona, EspañaSavientia Advisory is a boutique consulting firm dedicated to guiding organizations through strategic finance, business intelligence, and strategy execution. Founded by Savas Aslantepe, the firm blends deep financial expertise with cutting-edge digital capabilities to bridge vision and execution—enabling leaders to make informed decisions, drive sustainable performance, and unlock competitive advantage.The name Savientia combines Latin roots: sapientia (wisdom), scientia (knowledge), and intelligentia (intelligence)—reflecting the firm’s philosophy of delivering insight, structure, and clarity to drive measurable impact.Core Services:• CEO & Board Partnering: Sparring partner to CEOs and Boards on strategy, transformation, and execution.• Strategic Finance & CFO Advisory: Provide planning, budgeting, forecasting, capital structure optimization, and interim/virtual CFO support to organizations.• Corporate Finance & M&A Advisory: Advise on valuation analysis, transaction support, financial due diligence, and post-merger integration for acquisitions.• Corporate Performance Management (CPM): Implement Balanced Scorecards, KPIs, management reporting (board packs), dashboards, and profitability analysis frameworks to drive performance.• Business Intelligence & Analytics: Design Power BI dashboards and leverage AI-driven insights to enable faster executive decision-making.• Financial Optimization & Risk Management: Lead cost optimization initiatives, drive working capital improvements, and establish risk management frameworks and internal controls.• Sustainability & ESG Integration: Integrate ESG factors into finance and performance systems, ensuring alignment with IFRS standards and CSRD requirements.• Training & Capability Building: Deliver executive workshops and team training programs in strategy, finance, and business intelligence.
- Karpowership Ghana Co.Ltd. (Energy sector),Financial Affairs Regional Group ManagerENERGÍAmarzo de 2018 - septiembre de 2025 (7 años y 6 meses)GhanaFinancial Affairs Regional Group Manager (Mar 2024 – Sep 2025); previously: Financial Affairs Regional Manager (Mar 2018 – Mar 2024)• Managing a team of seven including Financial Controller, Accounting Manager, Accounting Assistant Manager and Accounting Specialists.• Managing all financial operations of eleven regionally disparate Karpowership companies in eleven countries across the Africa to ensure legally compliant and streamlined financial execution such as South Africa, Ghana, Senegal, Guinea and Ivory Coast amongst others and one in the UK.• Built positive working relationships with local accounting and tax business partners in all countries, developing regionally specific tax and accounting operations. Leading a matrixed structure to unify and rationalise financial and accounting processes across headquarters, powerships, and local teams, aligning functions with critical stakeholder expectations.• Led the tax planning activities to keep CIT paid at an optimum level in line with shareholder expectations.• Succeded in developing a high performing and business partner orientated accounting department. Key achievements:• Increased responsibility from "only Ghana" to eighteen different companies across eleven distinct countries.• Spearheaded team growth, expanded the team to meet changing needs and responsibilities; mentoring and coaching the team members for having an optimal and efficient finance and accounting function.• Navigating audit programmes, delivering expert technical management to maintain clean audit opinions through the mitigation of potential issues.• Negotiated with local accounting business partners to capture ~$60K USD in annual savings.• Strategised tax planning and management, securing $5M USD in annual tax savings.• Led the robotic process automation implementation for the West African entities and increased efficiency in accounting processes.
- Transmark Renewables (Energy Investment)Managing Director & CFO & Legal RepresentativeENERGÍAnoviembre de 2014 - diciembre de 2017 (3 años y 1 mes)TürkiyeManaging Director & Legal Representative (2016–2017);previously: CFO(2014–2016)Transmark Renewables is a family-owned investment company specialized in the global development of geothermal energy, to maintain the base load in the energy chain with operating companies in Chile, Turkey and the Netherlands.• Engaged as Managing Director, reporting to Chairman of the Board and headed a 25-person team, managed complex financial, operational, and legal processes and initiatives to steer business strategy.• Guided company through a major restructuring and downsizing, defined future-state targets to forge strategic plans and processes in line with future goals. Secured critical licenses, generating an enterprise value of approximately $8M USD.Key achievements:• Captured savings of up to €250K per year through budget process improvements, leveraging activity budgets per department to prepare a detailed organisational budget, enhancing control capabilities.● Prepared and conducted intensive investigation and study of Turkish energy generation license procedures to support license acquisition efforts.● Championed organisational interests, completing an annual official tax inspection and concluding various ex-labor lawsuits, securing favourable outcomes for the company.● Implemented 13-week cash flow, project control, and weekly performance reporting processes to transform the management of the business and financial operations.● Structured business line financial performance reporting delivering key insight to stakeholders.● Cultivated internal communications and collaborations, building a cohesive culture to empower enterprise-wide financial awareness.
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Formación
- Business Sustainability ManagementUniversity of Cambridge, CISL2023Business Sustainability Management
- Leading Sustainable CorporationsUniversity of Oxford, Said Business School2023Leading Sustainable Corporations
Certificados
- ACCA, Cert IA EN, Certificate in International AuditingACCA, the UK2025
- IBM Business Intelligence (BI) Analyst SpecializationIBM2025