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Yugozapadna i Yuzhna tsentralna Bulgaria; Yugozapaden; Sofia (stolitsa)
Location of affected unit(s)
Sofia
Sector
Professional Services 69 - Legal and accounting activities 69.2 - Accounting, bookkeeping and auditing activities; tax consultancy 69.2 - Accounting, bookkeeping and auditing activities; tax consultancy
300 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
14 January 2013
Employment effect (start)
1 March 2013
Foreseen end date
31 December 2013
Description
US multinational Coca-Cola Enterprises will hire 300 Bulgarian financial experts by the end of 2013. The first wave of employees will be hired in March 2013.
According to the Standart, the Bulgarian Investment Agency confirmed that the company’s bank accounts will from now on be managed from Bulgaria.
The applications of professionals holding degrees in accounting, finance or economics and management will be considered with priority. The successful candidates should also be fluent in at least two western languages. The starting salary is about BGN 1,000.
The Coca-Cola Company is a beverage company. The company owns, licenses and markets more than 500 nonalcoholic beverage brands.In the autumn of 2011, Sofia was chosen from among 14 European cities, including some capitals, for a major investment of group Coca-Cola Hellenic – the opening of the United Center for Human Resource and Financial Services
Sources
14 January 2013: Standart
14 January 2013: bulgarski pogled
5 November 2012: Invest BG
Citation
Eurofound (2013), Coca-Cola Enterprises, Business expansion in Bulgaria, factsheet number 74773, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/74773.