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Brussels Area, Belgium

Human Resources and Service - Pay and Pensions expert

Brussels Area, Belgium

Extraction and validation of quantitative HR and financial data, and linking information from various sources/databases Drafting analyses, projections, benchmarking and modelling for the purposes of annual budgeting, staff planning and any other ad hoc request from the higher management related to Agency costs and expenditures of employees or retired staffPreparing financial simulations for current/former staff (pension %, net/gross payments) Organisation of the offboarding process, incl. planning, follow-up on individual files and administrative procedures, information sessionsCalculation of individual and Agency-wide labour costs for contract staffEx-ante cost assessments for the annual promotion exercisePreparation and execution of presentations on HR topics to stakeholders and staffCreation of Excel-based tools for calculations of pensions, costs and career developmentAdministration of files, tax calculations, annual revision activities of payments, etc. Assistant to the Treasury Officer: maintaining operating bank accounts, analysis of daily cash and liquidity position, forecasts, current and future paymentsCreation and general management of the team SharePoint sites, incl. Intranet pagesPreparation of the Secretariat to the Unemployment Fund Management CommitteeCarrying out anti-fraud operations among current and former staff membersImproving the communication channels with active and former personnelHandling complaints and particular financial cases for clients

Brussels, Belgium; Sofia, Bulgaria

Lead project manager and strategist @ www.coachylabs.comMarketing, operations and communications supervisor. Providing coaching and career counsel to young talents in Europe, mainly in the sectors of healthcare, engineering, agriculture and IT.

Brussels Area, Belgium

Assistant for the "Balkan forum for the promotion of public-private partnerships as an anticorruption instrument" project, funded by the Hercule II Programme (2007-2013) of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF)www.baf-ppp.eu

Brussels Area, Belgium

Blue-Book trainee at "Unit F5 - Romania, Bulgaria and Malta"Coordinating the implementation of European Social Fund (ESF) programmes in Bulgaria under Multiannual Financial Framework 2007-2013. Assisting preparation of new Operational Programmes in Bulgaria for the MFF 2014-2020. Qualitative and quantitative research and analysis on implementation of ESF projects and programmes in Bulgaria.

Sofia, Bulgaria

Project Assistant to project: "PPP for strong and modern Sofia 2020+", funded by the Municipality of Sofia under "Europe 2012" Programme and implemented in cooperation with "C.R.E.A.M. Europe - PPP Alliance"Project involving conducting research and assessing the potential of using public-private partnerships in Municipality of Sofia; preparing "PPP strategy for Sofia 2020+"; organising a conference on the potential of public-private partnerships in Bulgaria, and setting up the "Public consultation body on public-private partnership projects in Sofia region" by engaging the civil society and PPP experts in discussing future projects for the municipality. Project was implemented under the light of the preparation of the Municipality of Sofia's candidacy for European Capital of Culture 2019.

Sofia, Bulgaria

Consultancy sector: Preparation and management of projects for the public, private and non-governmental sectors in Bulgaria, co-financed by the European Union or international donor organisations (such as the Operational Programmes and the Programme for Rural Development); worked on trans-national cooperation projects (Bulgaria-Romania) and public-private partnership projects, as well providing assistance to SMEs and start-ups in the renewable energy sector in Bulgaria;

Sofia, Bulgaria

Publishing sector: Technical assistant, journalist, assistant-editor and translator at the “Banks Investments Money” Magazine; researching topics on investments and writing articles on EU-funds – special 10 page of issues;

Sofia, Bulgaria

Consultancy sector: Preparing project documentation for EU-funded projects in Bulgaria - pre-accession aid under PHARE programme, Structural and Cohesion funds; preparation of tenders under the EU financial regulations and national legislation; business-to-business contacts; contracting; project management for investment projects for SMEs in Bulgaria in the field of technology and human resources development.

Business Administration And Management, General

Accelerated Management Programme

Master Of Science (M.Sc.), Public Policy And Human Development: Globalisation, Trade And Development

M.Sc. programme at Maastricht University in collaboration with United Nations University. Public policy analysis and management.

Master Of Arts (M.A.), European Studies: Transnational And Global Perspectives

European Integration & History, Globalisation, Transnationalism, Global & European Governance, Foreign policy of the European Union, Law.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), European Studies

History & politics of the EU, Law of the EU, International relations, Micro- and macro-economics, Monetary union of the EU.