Finance and Compliance Director

Keller Williams Türkiye

Finance & Compliance Director 

Esentepe - Şişli Head Office

Reports to CEO

Keller Williams Türkiye & KKTC is a real estate franchise company with more than 3500 real estate agents, operating in 32 regional offices. The company operates on the philosophy of building, growing agents' businesses by focusing all its resources for development, productivity and reshaping the global real estate industry landscape with global KW systems, models, culture and standarts.

We are looking for a Finance, Operations and Compliance Director who will bring his/her expertise for the financial management, operational administration, franchise compliance, reporting integrity, governance and continuous process improvement of the franchisor organization, while ensuring that franchisees meet their contractual, operational and financial obligations.

The role safeguards three kinds of integrity for the company: financial integrity (the money is right), compliance integrity (the network honours its obligations), and data integrity (leadership can trust the reporting it decides on). It is expected to operate as one of the CEO’s most trusted business partners and to lead through influence rather than authority, because many stakeholders are independent franchise owners or employees of franchisees.

The Role

Financial Management

• Follow up on invoicing and collections; deliver monthly budget-versus-actual reporting and variance analysis.

• Produce a rolling 3-month cash flow forecast covering invoicing, VAT, collections, payments and projected cash position.

• Prepare and monitor payment schedules and banking instructions; coordinate with accountants and financial advisors.

• Oversee receivables, payables, accounting and taxation; monitor all tax and social-security obligations with the YMM

• Research legal tax-optimization opportunities and present recommendations (positions to be signed off by the YMM).

• Manage treasury, ensuring cash balances generate optimal returns while maintaining liquidity; manage all payment and collection systems.

• Monitor outsourced service providers and their payments; perform reconciliations to eliminate losses, leakage and errors.

• Design controls and systems to achieve near-zero financial errors.

Data Integrity & Reporting Governance

• Own reporting integrity and data consistency across the network, reconciling Command (KW ERP) with the Haftalık Büyüme, R1 and Trend reports.

• Identify inconsistencies and discrepancies; follow up with franchise offices to resolve them; create controls that prevent future reporting errors.

• Build automated validation and reconciliation processes where possible; produce exception reports highlighting inconsistencies.

• Act as the single source of truth for franchise reporting data, ensuring management can confidently use it for strategic, operational and financial decisions.

Operational Administration

• Manage board resolutions, signatures and governance documentation.

• Coordinate employee onboarding, offboarding and personnel administration (transactional execution delegated to the assistant / payroll bureau).

• Manage consultant invoicing processes; improve and automate operational workflows.

• Evaluate and implement efficient payment systems; leverage AI and technology to simplify, automate and accelerate processes.

• Coach, mentor and develop the assistant.

Franchise Finance & Administration

• Monitor franchise receivables and payables; follow up on required submissions from franchise offices.

• Act as the primary coordinator with all franchise administrative and finance professionals (MİS) across the network.

• Establish best practices and consistency across all franchise offices; close each month accurately within Keller Williams systems.

Franchise Compliance & Governance

• Act as the primary coordinator and administrator of the franchise compliance process; monitor compliance with franchise agreements.

• Track all contractual obligations of franchisees; monitor operational, organizational and financial compliance requirements.

• Identify compliance gaps and risks; follow up with franchisees to resolve deficiencies; prepare periodic franchise compliance reports.

• Maintain compliance calendars and renewal schedules; ensure franchise agreement renewals begin well before expiration; prepare and coordinate new franchise agreements.

• Coordinate with the CEO, legal counsel and franchise leadership on non-compliance matters; escalate material breaches when required..

The Person 

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, Finance, Industrial/Management Engineering or a related field; a Master’s, SMMM/YMM, CPA, CFA or internal-audit certification is a strong plus.

• 10 years’ minimum experience (12–16 ideal), including at least 3 years in a finance ladership or standalone-finance role, plus demonstrable compliance / internal-control / audit exposure.

• Multi-site, franchise, brokerage or retail /F&B network experience strongly preferred; 

• Big 4 audit or risk/compliance advisory background a strong plus.

• Proven mastery of cash flow forecasting, collections, month-end close, reconciliation and cross-system data validation.

• Fluency in ERP/accounting systems, advanced Excel and modern automation / BI / AI tools (must have shipped automation, not only discussed it).

• Working command of Turkish tax and SGK regulation, 

• Fluency in English to operate inside Keller Williams international systems and reporting.

Competencies & Personal Attributes

• Attention to detail & process orientation — extreme conscientiousness; near-zero error as a personal standard.

• Integrity & fiduciary trustworthiness — holds the company’s cash, bank access and the truth of its data.

• Principled assertiveness / governance courage — holds even powerful or popular franchisees to standards, and escalates when required.

• Leading through influence — gains cooperation from stakeholders who do not report to the role, through credibility and CEO-backed standards.

• Business partnering & systems thinking — a trusted thought partner to the CEO who designs controls at root cause.

• Technology & continuous improvement — pragmatic adoption of AI and automation in service of accuracy and speed.

• Calm reliability, ownership and service orientation — treats the company’s money and data as their own; enables the franchise network to succeed.

Key Performance Indicators

• DSO and overdue receivables reduced; collection rate ?98–100% of due; cash flow forecast accuracy within ±5–10%.

• Clean month-end close within target cycle time; near-zero reconciliation, payment and leakage errors; zero tolerance on fraud.