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    • Grant Thornton in Hungary

          • The key to success is a partner with comprehensive knowledge and many years of experience. Our ambition is to serve dynamic organizations and we understand ourselves as specialists for the Central European region.

            Being a member firm of Grant Thornton enables us to represent the interests of our clients even outside of Central Europe. We think that the key to success is to have partners with comprehensive knowledge and many years of experience.

            Our consultants are specialists for the Central European region and our firm has strong links with Grant Thornton member firms in the region.

            Over the past years, Grant Thornton has built a strong position on the Hungarian market as a provider accounting, payroll, valuation and Corporate Finance services.

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    • Audit & Assurance

          • Audit & Assurance

            • Mandatory audits and voluntary audits of single-entity and consolidated financial statements
            • Obligatory and voluntary audits of annual financial statements and group financial statements
            • Audits of foundations
            • Due diligence audits
            • Audits pursuant to capital market law (listing prospectuses and investment fund annual reports)
            • High Level Reviews
            • Agreed upon procedures
            • Special audits (company transformations, mergers, special audits according to stock corporation law, etc.)
            • Accounting audits and management audits, especially as auditors of associations
            • Audits for fraud detection
    • Tax consultancy
    • Tax compliance
    • Accounting

          • Accounting

            • Journal entry of ongoing business transactions and computer-based record-keeping
            • Compilation of regular analysis reports and information on business development
            • Preparation of single-entity financial statements, notes to financial statements and drafting assistance for the report of the management board
            • Preparation of tax returns
            • Notifications to the Companies Register and other public authorities
    • Payroll

          • Payroll

            • Full-scale payroll services, calculation of salaries, taxes and contributions to be paid
            • Management of payroll reports, online sending of pay slips to employees, with password protection
            • Preparation and filing of data disclosures, returns and notifications to the authorities
            • Administration of new and leaving employees
            • Monitoring and administration of leaves and other absences
            • Preparation of employer’s certificates, tax certificates
            • Administration of terminations of employment, resignations, dismissals
            • Salary payments by bank transfer
            • Completion of tax and social security transfer orders
            • Social security benefit claims and administration
            • Performance of social security paying agent duties
            • Representation before the authorities in case of audits
            • Preparing reports
            • Payroll and employment administration advisory service
    • Strategic consultancy

          • SPECIAL AREAS OF EXPERTISE

            • Corporate governance by owner model
            • Succession management, generational change
            • CEO consulting
            • Creation of corporate strategy
            • Developing effective, collaborative, visible management
            • Development of sales organisations
            • Business mentoring for middle and senior managers
            • Interim management
            • Consultancy in case of planned outsourcing
            • Subsidies related to company formation
            • Business plans and feasibility studies
            • Consultancy and support prior to negotiations with banks
    • Transaction advisory service

          • Corporate Finance

            • Mergers, acquistions (sale side and purchase side Consulting)
            • Organization of tenders
            • Set up transaction structures
            • Due diligence
            • Project, debt and equity financing
            • Valuation services
            • Public and private capital market transactions (ECM, DCM)
    • Labour administration & HR services

          • Labour Administration

            • Payroll preparation administration: support for the payroll accounting activities, pre-processing of lost working time, vacation days, absences due to illness. Collecting the input data for and preparing them for payroll accounting.
            • Tasks arising in connection with working time banking system, monitoring the issuance of rest periods and ensuring compliance with the rules of maximum working time.
            • Preparing, updating and modifying of HR personnel materials. Drawing up the documentation necessary for terminations of employment.
            • If required, labour registration tasks, requesting social security and tax identification numbers.
            • Conducting internal audits at regular intervals, making recommendations for eliminating any deficiencies identified.

          • HR contact representation:

            • Maintaining contact with employees via the designated channel of communication, to answer everyday questions.
            • Designation of a liaison person between internal financial departments and payroll accounting.
            • Providing opinions with respect to dubious situations, being continuously available for consultation in HR-related questions.

          • HR Consultancy:

            • Development of HR processes, structural systematisation, overview and due diligence of positions and work organisation, organisational development consultancy.
            • Establishing compensation systems, with the examination of tax and expense consequences, as well as internal policies Creating cafeteria and grade systems.
            • Labour market consultancy, supporting recruitment and selection, from the identification of labour demand needs to implementing the onboarding process.
            • Surveying the needs for, as well as creating internal policies contributing to more efficient operations.
    • Valuation

          • Financial Valuations:

            • Company valuation
            • Valuation of intangible assets (know-how, brand name, licence, technology, software, etc.)
            • Business planning
            • Market modelling
            • Capitalization rate structuring
            • Purchase price allocation
            • Impairment testing (IFRS, US GAAP)
            • AMADEUS database research and benchmark studies for transfer pricing

          • Fixed Asset Valuation:

            • Real estate valuation
            • Machinery and equipment valuation
            • Collateral valuation
            • Independent technical advisory
            • Feasibility studies
            • Technical due diligence
            • Valuation for insurance purposes
            • Remaining life estimation
    • Controlling and management reporting

          • Controlling

            • Interim financial management
            • Reviewing of financial systems and processes
            • Design, implementation and operation of controlling and reporting systems
            • Management of the introduction of business intelligence (BI) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems
    • Accounting and Tax automation
    • Transfer Pricing Advisory

          • Transfer Pricing Advisory

            • Transfer pricing advisory
            • Preparation of transfer pricing documentation
    • Whistleblowing

          • Whistleblowing

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          • Build your career at Grant Thornton

            As a dynamic and growth-oriented company, we offer excellent career opportunities in an international environment.

            We welcome applications by both career-starter and experienced candidates in the following areas: tax consultancy, auditing, accounting and payroll, corporate consultancy, corporate finance and asset valuation.

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Our experts Zsófia Vajna

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Zsófia Vajna HEAD OF HUMAN CAPITAL SERVICES Budapest +36 30 783 7103
zsofia.vajna@hu.gt.com
Zsófia Vajna

Zsófia joined Grant Thornton Hungary in 2016 as a labour, payroll and social security specialist, and she has been leading the HR Services/Human Capital business since 2021.

Prior to this position, she has accumulated nearly 15 years of experience in HR both from the perspective of companies and service providers. During this time, she gained insight into the HR aspects of the real estate, trade and IT sectors, as well as working as an active headhunter in the areas of finance and accountancy.

Zsófia has broad knowledge concerning the HR tasks in settings ranging from Hungarian companies with only a few employees to international corporations with up to 800 staff. She also has extensive expertise in the fields of Hungarian employment and labour law, personal income tax and social security regulations, as well as practical experience in the areas of day-to-day labour, process development and human resources strategy consultancy.

He also has human software market knowledge and experience in process management and implementation design.

Zsófia has graduated from the HR Management programme of Corvinus University in Budapest, and she is also a qualified and experienced payroll accountant and social security specialist. In 2011, she was the recipient of “HR Oscar” special award. In 2022 and 2023, he was nominated for the “HR Leader of the Year” competition by Behaviour magazine, and in 2023 he is a finalist in the “Emerging Leaders of the Year” competition in 140 countries of the Grant Thornton network.

She is fluent in business English, and also speaks French.

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