Curriculum vitae

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PERSONAL INFORMATION Mira Topciu

Str.Eduard Mano, 1001 Tirana (Albania)

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adr8ow@r.postjobfree.com

WORK EXPERIENCE

12/06/2020 - Present

01/03/2018 – 30/01/2020

Financial Officer

Project: Technical Assistance IPA II CBC Albania - Kosovo (EU Funded project) Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs, Albania

Support to the grant beneficiaries on the implementation of the projects, on different technical and administrative challenges,

Organisation of various activities such as training, technical meetings, Evaluation Committee meetings and promotional/ visibility events (including preparation of invitations, agendas and holding, drafting and distributing minutes of the meetings); Preparation and monitoring of project implementation, including physical control of activities and outputs, and reports on monitoring visits to cross-border cooperation projects; Support to the Programme Management Structures in the cross-border programme management process;

Contribution to the drafting of annual and final reports on the implementation of the cross- border programme;

Support the implementation of the cross-border programme at the project level in terms of reporting and financial management also on administrative matters and procurement; Assists in the preparation and follow-up of payment requests; Other tasks as required by the Programme Structures or the EU Delegation. Financial Officer

*Part time

Project: "Monitoring the Financial Transparency and Autonomy of Public Universities"

Organization “Civic Resistance”, supported by Friedrich Ebert Foundation, Tirana Monitoring of public contracts and investments of the universities for the 2017-2018 academic year.

Testing the appliance of the law on the right to information and monitoring of the financial aspect of the transparency program.

Monitoring of the decisions, composition and CVs of the Administration Boards of the HEIs. Assisting in the preparation and follow-up of reports and payment requests related with the 9/8/18 © European Union, 2002-2018 http://europass.cedefop.europa.eu Page 2 / 4 01/09/2018-01/11/2019

February 2017-December 2017

11/07/2016 – 04/04/2020

project.

Contributing to the management of the platform updating with information. Contributing to the drafting of monthly and annual reports on the implementation of project. Two investigative articles on social media with the identified main findings and violations regarding the finances and decisions of the Administration Boards. A conference on the presentation of the report on the monitoring of the financial transparency and autonomy of public universities. Composition of the table

(investigative journalists, SSAI (The State Supreme Audit Institution), organizations which work on the field of monitoring-accountability, students.) TV show to present the findings of the report and to take the case in a public debate level. Junior Expert

*Part time

ANEI – Albanian Network for European Integration; ACCEL Project Support in organising the activities

Support in preparing the reporting in compliance with the EU PRAG requirements Assist the finance officer in preparing the procurement procedures and contracts of staff and experts

Assit with the logistics in organising the events (trainings, CBC seminars/conferences) Project manager and Trainer*

Part time

“Economics club” of Youth Forum of Socialist Party of Albania, Tirana Organizer of a series of workshops and trainings for the students of University of Economics, Tirana

Design, formulation, implementation of workshops.

Logistic support and facilities organization for the events. Contacting the trainers/ the guests and managing applications for participating students Providing support from the sponsors for the events and for the certification of the participants.

Sales Network Supervisor

Ansig s.c., Tirana

Monitoring continuously all the sales network regarding their sales, client relations and other daily problems occurred while trying to create and maintain collaboration with clients. Underwriting different insurance policies, starting from the first contact with the clients until signing the contract.

Evaluating the risk of the clients and maintaining trusting relations with them up to the cooperation.

Continuous follow-up of procurement procedures by potential clients related to procured insurance and preparing offers and necessary documentation in order to win the procured procedure.

Reporting on General Manager and Head of Sales on the realisation of the incomes Curriculum vitae

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projected for each month.

Ensuring continuously follow-up of budget and sales target execution and reporting them to the Board of Directors

Sales supervisor and Underwriter

*Tasks held in the same time

Insig s.c., Tirana

Underwriting different insurance policies, starting from the first contact with the clients until releasing the policies.

Supervising the sales network all over the Albania regarding the income objectives and Customer service and also supporting them with their daily work problems. Continuous follow-up of procurement procedures by potential clients related to procured insurance and preparing offers and necessary documentation in order to win the procured procedure.

Ensuring continuously follow-up of budget and sales target execution and reporting them to the Board of Directors.

Providing logistical support to the Sales Department. 01/02/2013 – 30/04/2014 Economist and Board of Directors Assistant

*Tasks held in the same time

Ansig s.c., Tirana

Transfer the data of the bank statements to the internal finance Software. Preparing the necessary files for the publication of the VAT on the legal institutions. Assisting in administrative and budgetary matters; Supervising the sale agents every moths regarding the sales and their depts. Keeping the inventory of the insurance policies, supplies and commodities and delivering them to the sales network.

Preparing the Board of Directors meetings protocol. Coordination of Board of Directors and CEO meetings. Coordination of interdepartmental reports to the Board of Directors. Providing logistical support to the Board of Directors, dealing with travel planning, booking, meeting arranges etc.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

28/09/2009–24/07/2012 Bachelor Degree in Finance-Banking European University of Tirana, Tirana (Albania)

15/10/2012–15/07/2014 Master of Science Degree in Economy-Finance European University of Tirana, Tirana (Albania)

30/04/2018–30/10/2018

Certificate in Economic Diplomacy in Albania

Harvard Kennedy School

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Finance programme “Finance 5”

Competent and Experience with Microsoft Office programme and HTML Risk Management skills, trained by FSA.

Driving Licence Class B

March 2020 – May 2020

December 2021

Certificate on Project Planning and Management

University of Virginia

Certificate on Contract award procedures under CBC grant contracts

(PRAG 2020)

Cross Border Institute Building CBIB+3

PERSONAL SKILLS

Mother tongue(s) Albanian

Foreign language(s) UNDERSTANDING SPEAKING WRITING Listening Reading Spoken interaction Spoken production English C1 C1 C1 C1 C1

Certificate of English Language, BULATS

Italian B2 B2 B2 B2 B2

French A1 A1 A1 A1 A1

Spanish A2 A2 A2 A2 A1

Levels: A1 and A2: Basic user - B1 and B2: Independent user - C1 and C2: Proficient user Organisational / managerial

skills

Leadership skills gained through my experience as Sales supervisor. Very good managerial skills in terms of coordination and organization. Very good communication skills gained through my work experiences. Very good managerial skills in terms of coordination and organization. Ability to work under pressure and to work in group as well as autonomously. Ability to make effective decisions in a short time gained through my experience as a Financial Officer and as an Underwriter regarding risk evaluation. Ability to be goal oriented and to see the big picture gained mostly through the Course

“Economic Diplomacy in Albania”

Ability to be flexible.

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