Noémi Zita Varga
Summary
Multilingual HR professional with advanced proficiency in English and French, intermediate proficiency in Italian, and expertise in Workday systems. Skilled in employee relations, HR policies implementation, and performance metrics analysis, complemented by strong capabilities in Microsoft Office Suite and Google Gemini. Demonstrates intercultural sensitivity and a proven ability to optimise organisational processes through data-driven insights. Committed to fostering inclusive workplace environments while driving operational excellence.
Dedicated and adaptable, with strong foundation in strategic thinking and collaborative problem-solving.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Acting People & Culture Business Partner (a.i. P&C BP) – Ireland Pharma
Roche Services (Europe) Ltd.
2025.06 - 2026.08
- Stepping into a critical interim leadership role to spearhead end-to-end People & Culture strategy, partnership, and operational excellence for Roche Ireland affiliate during a period of complex leadership and organisational transition.
- Designing and navigating a major locally-led organisational redesign ('Evolution Project') involving complex structural re-mapping, job description refinements.
- Designing and supporting new General Manager onboarding in April 2026.
- Partnering with external executive coaches to establish a multi-phase 'Collective Leadership' developmental roadmap (incorporating Leadership Circle Profiles) aimed at driving team cohesion, self-awareness, psychological safety, and accountability among the newly formed affiliate leadership team.
- Governing complex compensation exercises, including market equity reviews and off-cycle salary adjustments, resolving legal and financial challenges related to legacy car allowances and global policy adjustments.
- Leading operational launch of Compa-Ratio and pay band visibility for local employees, anticipating EU Pay Transparency Directive transpositions and delivering guidance toolkits and communication templates for People Leaders.
- Actively collaborating with Compliance and People Relations (UK & Ireland) to thoroughly review, refine, and drive consistency into local policies (such as the Disciplinary Policy, Workplace Incident reporting, and Severance/Redundancy policies) ensuring strict alignment with the latest BEI Directives and local labour laws.
- Designing strategic framework proposals for high-profile executive alignment events (such as the Pharma Leadership Team engagement with local top talent), establishing interactive innovation hubs to facilitate high-impact cross-functional dialogue.
- Partnering with cross-functional IT and local administrative teams to implement automated badge reporting and time/attendance insights, strengthening localized management visibility and tracking efficiency.
P&C Business Partner (Advisory)
Roche Services (Europe) Ltd.
2022.09 - 2026.07
- Applying strong understanding of business needs and context to coach and support leaders in diagnosing and translating business challenges into effective P&C approaches, ensuring successful implementation of solutions in collaboration with other chapters.
- Partnering flexibly and mostly virtually with leaders from Latvia, Ireland and Hungary (~900 employees), providing strategic support on P&C topics requiring immediate guidance, including compensation management, succession planning, talent review, performance management, transformation strategy design, and facilitating workshops on team effectiveness, psychological safety and trust.
- Collaborating closely with P&C colleagues in flexible squads on data-driven initiatives such as attraction and retention, P&C Business Partner Academy, and co-leading local charity community.
HR Business Partner
Diageo Zrt.
2021.09 - 2022.09
- Delivered HR support for 150 employees across five teams, collaborated with management on functional strategies, communicated with senior leaders, approved salary changes, resolved conflicts, and generated reports.
- Coordinated annual talent reviews, talent development and succession planning, calibration processes, and annual reward cycle with Leadership Teams.
- Providing HRBP support to the Global HRBP of the Controllers’ Group by helping out in the workload but also preparing ad hoc presentations for Leadership meetings.
- Having an active role in daily implementation of Labour Law: unique resignation management, redundancy package calculation, maternity leave process management, working from home country policy implementation, disciplinary cases.
- Managed Workers Council election process, ensuring voting eligibility, liaising with candidates, distributing candidate introductions to employees, coordinating nominations and voting, and announcing results.
Payroll and Reward Assistant (Maternity Cover)
Diageo Zrt.
2021.01 - 2021.09
- Supported monthly payroll closing process by preparing reports and validating data to ensure accuracy.
- Updated payroll systems (Abacus and Workday) to maintain data integrity and streamline processes.
- Processed and issued employment certificates for staff, ensuring compliance with company policies.
- Coordinated employee hiring process, conducted health checks, and facilitated HR orientation training for new hires.
- Providing permits and housing for foreign workers, maintaining constant contact with Deloitte and Residence Relocation companies.
Education
Human Resources Counselling (MA) - Correspondence Programme
Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest
Budapest 2021.09 - 2023.06
International Relations (BA) - Full-time Programme
Corvinus University of Budapest
Budapest 2018.09 - 2021.06
Skills
English
French
Italian
Workday
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Word
Microsoft PowerPoint
Google Gemini
Employee relations
HR policies implementation
Intercultural sensitivity
Performance metrics analysis
Hobbies
Travelling and getting to know other cultures in the world, Baking based on family recipes, Spending time with my dogs and cat
Additional Strengths
- Stakeholder management in multicultural environment
- Precise organization
- Strong presentational performance
- Professional communication
- Diagnosing root cause and urgency
- Seeking for collaboration opportunities between global and local and the different countries
Timeline
Acting People & Culture Business Partner (a.i. P&C BP) – Ireland Pharma
Roche Services (Europe) Ltd.
2025.06 - 2026.08
P&C Business Partner (Advisory)
Roche Services (Europe) Ltd.
2022.09 - 2026.07
Human Resources Counselling (MA) - Correspondence Programme
Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest
2021.09 - 2023.06
HR Business Partner
Diageo Zrt.
2021.09 - 2022.09
Payroll and Reward Assistant (Maternity Cover)
Diageo Zrt.
2021.01 - 2021.09
International Relations (BA) - Full-time Programme
Corvinus University of Budapest
2018.09 - 2021.06