Maria

Geneva Metropolitan AreaNationality Switzerland
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  • Executive Consultant, Recruitment Specialist (6M fixed-term)

    Brodard Executive Search
    2024.03-2024.08(6 months)
    BES was founded with a distinct vision: to put the interests of employers and candidates first, and to create lasting business value for our clients through the placement of top-level staff.•Responsible for the complete recruitment cycle, including job advertisement writing, candidate selection, conducting interviews, and drafting reports. Ensured reference checks and report writing, provided personalised coaching, and presented candidate profiles, while also organising interviews for clients. Managed applications through to contract signing. Additionally, responsible for supporting, training, and advising the junior team, while prospecting for new business partners and acquiring new mandates.•Industry sectors: Finance, Banking, Family Offices, Asset Management, Insurance, SMEs, Start-ups, State of Geneva, etc.•Main functions: HR, Finance, Front Office, Investments, Operations, Accounting, Legal, Compliance, Audit, Project Management, Business Analysis, Marketing and Communication.
  • Head of Human Resources, Executive Director

    FlowBank
    2022.04-2023.04(a year)
    Autonomous management of all HR functions: budgeting and workforce planning, recruitment (including cross-border workers), performance management, training/development, payroll/salary payments, withholding tax, social security contributions, benefits, career development/retirement, working time management/absence monitoring, volunteering and litigation. Managed Reception and General Services teams. Managed the return of post-Covid-19 teams to ensure continuity of customer services.•Supported managers in the roll-out of a new recruitment procedure, ensuring optimal recruitment of 92 people and 20 long-term consultants in 2022, as well as 28 additional people at the beginning of 2023, while reducing turnover compared with previous years.•Revision and implementation of new internal regulations, including: introduction of teleworking, review of representation expenses for management, review of rules of conduct to be adopted on the Internet, complete overhaul of staff regulations and code of conduct.•Complete update of the HR & Payroll intranet site and digitization of the main HR forms, increasing employee autonomy and buy-in, and reducing the administrative workload and HR monitoring.•Implementation of the new RogerRH appraisal tool, which has reduced significantly the time spent by managers on the 2022 performance review and on drawing up the lists of appointments and bonuses planned for 2023.•Full management of the OCIRT inspections and preparation of all the required documents within the deadlines set, until final approval of compliance obtained in January 2023.
  • PA to the CEO

    FlowBank
    2022.03-2022.03
  • Executive Assistant to Group Chief Legal Officer | PA to Executive Committee

    Ferring Pharmaceuticals
    2019.01-2021.11(3 years)
    - Independent and proactive management of the Group Chief Legal Officers agenda.- Coordinated and organised all Executive Committee meetings (logistical support, drawing up the agenda, inviting and briefing participants, collecting and updating material in Diligent) as well as the Executives international offsites (180 meetings in 3 years).- Coordinated and managed complex travel itineraries, coped with frequent last-minute changes and prepared travel expense reports accurately and diligently, overseeing their reimbursement.- Managed all global legal team invoices, monitored expenditure against budget, reconciled and tracked payment of all litigation invoices, prepared monthly legal report for the Executive Committee and actively participated in the preparation of annual budgets.- Initiation and active participation in various projects to digitalise the Legal department (BrightFlag e-billing, CMS, Oracle ERP), from their launch through to resource planning, budgeting, selection of new software and implementation, including monitoring of key performance indicators, training of super users worldwide and project closure.- During my 6 years at Legal, acted as the single interface between the international law firms and our external auditors, which resulted in audit reports submitted on time and duly approved by PWC and Deloite, with no errors recorded.
  • Senior Assistant to the Group Deputy General Counsel | Assistant to Japan LBOE.

    Ferring Pharmaceuticals
    2015.02-2018.12(4 years)
    - Provides a high level of support to the Group Deputy General Counsel using independence, judgement and discretion, organises and coordinates events for the global legal team (65 people) and manages the full organisation of the Japan LBOE.- Manages senior management diaries, appointments and meetings, producing quality documents, reports and presentations in a timely manner.- Organise round of interviews for new comers (temporary and fix), support actively their relocation, prepare onboarding schedules, track and prompt the completion of HR materials in due time, help them to get started.- Maintains records of executive accounts, monitors, reviews and approves ongoing expenses to ensure team activities are conducted within established and approved budgets.- Coordinates, prepares and proofreads documents such as correspondence, presentations, commercial contracts and reports, manages the approval and signature process, arranges notarizations and legalizations by the respective Chamber of Commerce and/or Consulates/Embassies, filing and archiving.- Contributed to several Management projects as super user of different new tools.- Organises the annual volunteer day at the Fondation LEspérance in Etoy.
  • Executive Assistant to the VP Corporate HR | Assistant Global Mobility | Resp. for the Travel Desk

    Ferring Pharmaceuticals
    2012.10-2015.02(2 years)
    - Extensive management of VPs diaries, coordination of the VP Corporate HR and direct reports, organization of international meetings and videoconferences, business travel arrangements and visa applications for senior executives- Responsible for coordinating the global interview process, recruitment and assistance provided to senior leaders at the grade 9 to 11 level. This entails overseeing the development of employment contracts and benefit packages, facilitating the relocation process, and organizing comprehensive onboarding programs- Administrative management of all global HR managers admin files- Support to Global HR functions (Budget reviews, Business Plan, Ferring Philosophy, Risk Clarity, Benefits) and to Global Mobility Director- Organises the annual meeting of global HR managers (60), total logistics management- Review the Global HR budget on a monthly basis and report unusual or inappropriate expenses when required, follow up and cross charge to different cost centres as needed- Create and edit correspondence and internal documents, process travel expenses and invoice management for the Global HR team- Responsible for the Travel desk for the HQ site and FGLAG site (Airplus, CWT, CIBT, MobileXpense, CFF, airline companies & car rental companies regular contacts). Organization of quarterly reviews with business partners, prepare agreements, renewals and amendments of contracts, implementation of new tools, communication and internal training organized for all users, amending procedures and posting information on the Intranet, issuance of invitation letters for visa purposes, passport requests, identifying and solving daily travel issues- HR delegate for visitors requesting a Schengen visa, prepare relevant invitation letters and manage the follow-up accordingly- IT delegate as well as the SharePoint owner for the Global HR website- Active ID delegate, update the Global HR Community database
  • Relationship Manager for UHNW clients - Associate

    HSBC
    2006.09-2012.08(6 years)
    -> Relationship Manager, “International Clients” department - Associate- Managing Lac Asset Management SA portfolio, working directly with Mr. Sem Almaleh, Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors of HSBC, as well as with 6 other highly reputed custodian banks in Geneva, I was able to forge ties of trust with the various players and build client loyalty (family office type and over several generations)- Coverage and monitoring of Italian (80% of clients), French, Belgian and Israeli UHNW clients- Negotiation and monitoring of new retrocession contracts (custodian banks, structured products, hedge funds), control and monitoring of quarterly payments- Management of internal audits in accordance with LBA (annual), compliance with investment profiles (quarterly) and external audits (KPMG); maintenance of the list of outflows/inflows of more than 100K for Compliance (quarterly)
  • Senior Private Banking Assistant, VIP International Clients

    Banque Leu SA
    2005.01-2006.01(a year)
    - Coverage and follow-up of VIP customers of the following countries: Switzerland, France, Italy, Germany, Eastern Europe and Middle East- Working directly with the Managing Director and 2 Relationship Managers- Responsible for all standard private banking activities- Full delegation of tasks for certain special clients- Providing active support on specific projects assigned to the Managing Director
  • Private Banking Assistant, LATAM, Latin Countries & French-speaking countries - Mandataire

    Julius Baer
    2003.01-2005.01(2 years)
    Private Banking Assistant, LATAM (6 months) - Mandataire- Direct collaboration with 2 acquirers transferred to Milan and Lugano respectively, in June 2003- Market coverage and monitoring: Spain, Portugal, Italy, Brazil, Argentina, as well as managing my own client portfolio- In charge of the protocol for setting up the Milan branch with its new Managing DirectorPrivate Banking Assistant, French-speaking & Latin countries (from 02.06.03) - Mandataire- Direct collaboration with 1 acquirer, 3 managers and the banks CEO- Market coverage and monitoring: France, Morocco and my Hispanic clients- Responsible for all the usual activities of private banking, as well as monitoring investment proposals made to prospective clients, studying other alternatives (asset protection, repatriation, insurance, etc.)- Studying and putting together financial solutions for French expatriates based abroad and holding stock options yet to be realised- Investments in American or Asian IPOs and administrative follow-up- Management of invitations to Gala dinners (Paris/Geneva) and active participation in them- Back-up for the Chairmans assistant (Mr. Istvan Nagy, Chairman of the Bank)
  • Head of Human Resources - Associate | PA to the CEO

    Etoile Gestion S.A.
    2000.01-2002.01(2 years)
    - Complete management of the personnel life cycle (including salaries for the various French subsidiaries)- Implementation of HR procedures, internal regulations, directives, committees, etc.- Responsible for all service activities for the CEOs exclusive client base- Coverage and monitoring of clients based in France and New Caledonia- Keeping Board files and monitoring new shareholdings- Setting up new subsidiaries, administrative follow-up (Board of Directors, Executive Committees, Commercial Register, etc.)- Responsible for membership application and administrative follow-up with the OAR-G (LBA)- Responsible for the Cercle de lEtoile (an association under Swiss law) and for organizing the annual Forum for VIP clients held in Crans-Montana.-> Following the sudden death of our Chairman, the company was dissolved and all employees made redundant.
  • Private Banking Assistant, Middle East team & Event Coordinator

    J.P. Morgan
    1996.01-2000.01(4 years)
    Private Banking Assistant, Middle East team | Coordinator of the annual event in Monaco for VIP clients- Working directly with 4 business introducers, 3 managers and 1 analyst- Handling all the usual tasks involved in servicing private clients in the Middle East- Organising business trips and managing client diaries- Taking care of expatriates and helping their families settle in Geneva (permits, visas, house-hunting, international schools, insurance, transport, etc.)- Assisting bankers with the organisation of annual road shows- Active participation in the annual JPMS Forum as coordinator- Assisting General Management with special projects- Support to the bankers of the banks branches for their clients based in CH- Responsible for obtaining all foreign visas for Group Management
  • Executive Assistant to the Board of Directors

    Unigestion
    1990.01-1996.01(6 years)
    Started as a bilingual FR-ENG Assistant to the Financial Controller, then was promoted as Executive Assistant to the Head of the Administration, Human Resources & Logistics Department.In addition, I took over the role of Executive Assistant to the Board of Directors, in charge of all their meetings.

Educational experience

  • IFP - Institut de formation permanente

    Training in progress certificat de gestionnaire en ressources humaines et brevet fédéral de spécialiste en rh (option a)
  • Project Management Institute

    Above target project management professional (pmp)® certified
  • Romandie Formation

    Project Management préparation à la certification pmp®du pmi® (56 périodes)
  • Vision Compliance

    Compliance certificate of achievement : les règles de comportement selon la lsfin
  • Smart Events International

    the executive assistant masterclass 2017 certification
  • Institut de Formation de Gestionnaire de Patrimoine - IFGP Geneva

    diplôme de gestion administrative de fortune
  • Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Saint-Jean, Geneva

    diplôme en gestion et administration des affaires, général
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