Sofia-Kristin Kokinelis

Sofia-Kristin is employed in the finance department at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (RSAS) and works as finance and HR administrator for both the Beijer Institute and the Global Economics Dynamics and the Biosphere (GEBD) programme. She has a central and broad role in financial management, as she is responsible for project financing, accounting, financial reporting, budgeting and drafting agreements between Beijer/GEDB and partners for the transfer of funds and is also a human resources (HR) administrator. Sofia-Kristin prepares the annual budget in consultation with the management of Beijer and GEDB, follows up and indicates deviations that mean that the budget needs to be adjusted. Prepares annual reports for the board. In her role as a project controller, she helps project managers make budgets for project applications, follows up on policies around project initiation and project formation, reviews items on monthly lists and sends periodic reports to project managers at regular intervals. Furthermore, she supports project managers with financial information and assists them with financial reporting to financiers. In her role as HR administrator, she follows the process of new recruitment, prepares staff contracts, helps and communicates with employees. She is the link between Beijer/GEDB and RSAS in personnel matters. Due to the research collaboration between Beijer and the Stockholm Resilience Centre (SRC), her tasks also require close collaboration with the finance team at SRC.