Marielle COMBE

In this role, I supported the different departments of the organisation to ensure that the administrative and legal functions were compliant in the respective country of operations. I was responsible for overseeing consultants and for managing a team in the areas of finance, human resources, administration. Concretely, I prepared the budget and presented it to the Board, I followed up the expenses, prepared financial reports for the different donors, oversaw the annual financial audit or the work of the external bookkeeper. I worked with tax consultants to make the organisation compliant with VAT. I oversaw the recruitment of all roles in the organisation, work with lawyers, insurance broker, HR experts on all legal, administrative, HR and facility issues.

-As part of the Managing Team, I was supporting a team of 35 colleagues from an administrative, financial, and human resources perspective to ensure the smooth running of activities. Together with a team of 5 colleagues, I was: - Responsible for the budget (€7 million) and its monitoring/reporting, responsible for the financial monitoring of all European projects, presenting accounts and reporting to members, financial committees, the Board of Directors, and the General Assembly. - Responsible for recruitment and all Human Ressources aspects: compliance with Belgian law, well-being at work, training, onboarding, evaluation, contracts, payroll, etc. - Monitoring of all administrative and legal aspects related to service providers (IT, cleaning, consultants, insurance, social secretariat, etc.) - Coordinating all institutional and operational events with CEMR members.

I was responsible for the planning, co-ordination, and administration of finance courses: management of experts, trainers and participants, collection and preparation of presentation materials, database gatekeeper, narrative and financial reports, invoicing and credit control, budgets.

Enrolment of a minimum of 500 children between 3 and 17, Front of house person: invoicing, disbursements, payroll, contact point with parents, welfare of students, liaison with the school transportation and accommodation officers. Database management During the busy summer period, I was leading a team of 3 assistants.

As the logistic administrator, I organised travel, accommodation, studies for group participants: negotiated with international partners, travel agencies, bus companies, language schools; I recruited host families, counselled students, and families and created the information monthly brochure.