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I n 2024, Ayşe ranked 20th among Turkey’s top 100 female founders by Fast Company magazine, based on company revenue. Her life purpose is to shape organizations, create new opportunities, and guide her employees toward achieving their career goals. GPA: How did you get into payroll? Ayşe Nazmiye Uça: I was in accounting for a steel company, and as I was reviewing payroll amounts, I saw mistakes with the payroll and would bring that up. Soon
after, I was responsible for payroll as well as other accounting duties. I moved on to several other companies before landing a position as finance director for a chain of casinos. I had many responsibilities there, including payroll. I was 30 when I got the finance director job. And I got the job, in part, because I was a woman. The CEO had fired the previous director, whom he didn’t trust, and he was particularly looking for qualified women to staff his finance operation because he felt they were more trustworthy. I got a lot of support from leadership in that role, which, when you are in the casino business, is 24/7 and 365 days a year, and, at that time, mostly a cash business. I got my CPA license during this part of my career. Then, after having my daughter, one day I was eating lunch and got to thinking: “How can I manage this? I have a little baby. I’m working in a 24/7 business, running everywhere. I’m going abroad to different cities, I’m tired of it.” I said to myself, “What shall I do?”
One day I was eating lunch and got to thinking: “How can I manage this? I have a little baby. I’m working in a 24/7 business, running everywhere. I’m going abroad to different cities, I’m tired of it”.
My opportunity for doing something different came
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