BRF Turkey - Discovery Call - 2026-01-29¶

Date: 2026-01-29
Company: BRF Turkey (Bintan Resort Ferries)
Attendees: Nuray Coskun, Seda Mutlu, Irvin, George Merrion
Type: Lead Call
Source: Notion Customer Success Meetings

Metadata¶

Treasury team: Nuray (Principal Corporate Finance & Treasury), Seda (Treasury Coordinator), Ma (Credits Coordinator)
Turkey operations separate from global but integrated
SAP ERP with multiple financial technology integrations (bank statements, supply chain finance, receivables discount, collections)
All systems fully integrated with SAP via N Trans solutions
Power BI for reporting and data lake connectivity
TMS: Sehal (global treasury management system)
Banking: 15+ banks, ~60 accounts (Turkey only)
Scale: 5,000 suppliers, 40,000 active customers, 5,000 employees

Current: monthly/bi-monthly operational cash flow forecasting
FMCG business with daily price changes — enormous market fluctuations
Forecasting hierarchy: annual budget -> quarterly -> monthly -> weekly revisions
Manual effort: 2-3 hours weekly; also monthly Corporate Finance Book with all financial analysis
95%+ forecast accuracy but seeking automation
Pain points: starting from scratch each month, time-intensive manual processes, dependency on FP&A for data updates, want system-generated forecasts from SAP

Active 2026 initiative to improve cash forecasting
Currently in vendor evaluation phase (reviewing multiple solutions including Kyriba)
IT constraint: SAP S4 HANA upgrade until end of May — IT unavailable for integrations until June
Budget available but amount TBD based on solution value
Product demo scheduled: Wednesday, Feb 11, 2pm Turkey time (11am UK)
Potential PoC with BRF data

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