Dance Avramovska

Experience

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  Antikor-Makedonija Company, Skopje

  Sept 1982 - May 1983

  Translator and interpreter

  translation of documents and interpretation at meetings held in he country and abroad during negotiations of Macedonian companies applying for tenders related to construction works in different foreign countries.

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  Merkant Export-Import Company, Skopje

  May 1983 - May 1987

  Senior Advisor (in 1986 appointed to the position of Acting General Manager)

  - organization and management related to export of equipment/vehicles and import of spare parts, - protocol, translation and interpretation, - participated in management of projects at the level of former SFR Yugoslavia, - organized meetings in Skopje, often in Belgrade, and abroad; - interpreted during negotiations of foreign companies with companies from all former Yugoslav republics.

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  Stopanska Banka AD - Skopje

  May 1987 - now

  - managing the establishment and maintenance of correspondent banking relations with foreign banks, financial and other institutions demonstrating proved positive attitude at different levels;- organizing and coordinating the Bank presentation abroad, administration of control documents;- management of opening/closing and maintenance of nostro and loro accounts with necessary correspondence regarding that, as well as the preparing of updated lists and information for relevant departments in the Bank and correspondent banks;- organizing the process of preparing information and different documentsrelated to foreign and domestic correspondent banks as well as clients of SB for various needs in the country and abroad;- management of P/O, problem solving, telex and SWIFT tested messages;- protocol, organization of meetings,- proofreading various types of documents using terminologies in many different fields, mostly related to retail and corporate banking, finance, laws and legal regulations, business contracts and agreements, construction/technical specifications, corporate clients business lines and activities, accounting, reporting as per IFRS and Macedonian accounting standards, risk management, compliance and AML/TFC, bank supervision and audit, IT, HR, business correspondence, etc.; and- interpretation (ad hoc or liaison interpreting, interpreted conference calls via SKYPE or in-house telephone facilities, conference interpreting, consecutive interpreting, whispered interpreting):Macedonian>English and English>Macedonian;- proofreading;- terminology management for English, Macedonian, Serbian and Croatian; and- on-the-job training and coaching English translators and interpreters. Show less Proofreading various types of documents using terminologies in many different fields, mostly related to retail and corporate banking, finance, laws and legal regulations, business contracts and agreements, construction/technical specifications, corporate clients business lines and activities, accounting, reporting as per IFRS and Macedonian accounting standards, risk management, compliance and AML/TFC, bank supervision and audit, IT, HR, business correspondence, etc.; andInterpretation (ad hoc or liaison interpreting, interpreted conference calls via SKYPE or in-house telephone facilities, conference interpreting, consecutive interpreting, whispered interpreting): Macedonian>English and English>Macedonian; Proofreading and terminology management for English, Macedonian, Serbian and Croatian; andOn-the-job training and coaching English translators and interpreters. Show less - correspondent banking, nostro/loro accounts management, investigations, international payments, foreign pensions, and checks- managing the establishment and maintenance of correspondent banking relations with foreign banks, financial and other institutions demonstrating proved positive attitude at different levels; - management of correspondent banking, nostro and loro accounts, international payments, foreign pensions, checks, complaints, etc.,- obtaining and providing all types of information about the Bank including its products and services, as well as about companies and other banks in the country and abroad by showing excellent assertiveness at all times;- organizing and coordinating the Bank presentation abroad, administration of control documents of foreign correspondent banks, and updating of SB control documents such as Annual Reports, Financial Statements, Authorized Signatures, Terms and Conditions, Lists of Correspondent Banks, Branch Network, contact persons etc.;- management of opening/closing and maintenance of nostro and loro accounts with necessary correspondence regarding that, as well as the preparing of updated lists and information for relevant departments in the Bank and correspondent banks;- organizing the process of preparing information and different documents related to foreign and domestic correspondent banks as well as clients of SB for various needs in the country and abroad;- management of P/O, problem solving, telex and SWIFT tested messages;- involved in protocol, organization of meetings, translation of documents and interpretation at meetings with Ernst & Young Audit Company, Vienna, and negotiations with Erste Bank, Vienna related to SB privatization and reorganization process, with financial institutions (World Bank, IBRD, IFC, IMM, EBRD and other missions), non-financial institutions, different companies, etc. Show less - protocol and coordination of activities in the General Manager’s Office,- organization and coordination of translation and interpretation with Deloitte & Touche Audit Company, London in SB Internal Audit Department related to SB reorganization and privatization process, - organization of and interpretation at meetings with different foreign financial and non-financial institutions, banks, companies, and other foreign representatives as the only Bank interpreter (covering Chief of Protocol activities as well) until 1998 in the General Manager/-s Office, as well as translation of different documents and agreements for all organizational units of SB Head Office and Branches. Show less - organizing, creating and administrating computer data base of IT programs and professional manuals. - translating parts of IT professional literature and preparing operating manuals for employees;- maintaining data base of all EDPC designed programs and updating it;- organizing and coordinating meetings of IT Special Board for coordination of IT operations with all branches of the Bank;- working on DPS6, DPS8 systems, and on personal computer, and - participated in different Bank reorganization projects. Show less

  • Correspondent Banking, Translation, Interpretation, Proofreading, Terminology Management

    May 1987 - now

  • Head of Translation and Interpretation Unit

    Dec 2000 - Jun 2016

  • Senior Officer / Head of Correspondent Banking Department

    Jun 1996 - Dec 2000

  • Senior Advisor - Translator and Interpreter

    Jun 1994 - Jun 1996

  • Senior Associate-Translator in EDPC (IT Division)

    May 1987 - Jun 1994