Zsófia Király graduated from Corvinus University of Budapest in 2009 with a BA in Finance and Accounting and in 2012 with an MSc in Corporate Finance. As a university student she was granted a six-month scholarship at Bocconi University in Milan. In 2010, she qualified as a chartered accountant with the Hungarian Chamber of Auditors.

While still at university, she started her professional career as a trainee in the reporting team of the student loan centre Diákhitel Központ Zrt., and then continued as a valuation trainee at PwC Hungary Ltd. Her career as an economist started in the field of fraud investigation and dispute services at Ernst & Young Ltd, where she worked on numerous Hungarian and international projects. Later, between 2013 and 2017, she joined the team of UniCredit Bank Hungary Zrt. as a capital markets advisor, where she advised on debt and equity capital markets- and M&A transactions in Budapest and Vienna.

From 2017 to 2022, she actively participated in the development of the controlling system of the Pannonhalma Archabbey’s companies, in the transformation of their corporate governance systems, in the reorganisation of other companies and, as a responsible manager, she implemented process optimisations. Between 2022 and 2024, as Chief Operating Officer of Solinfo Group, she supported the two executives in the restructuring of financial and operational processes and in the company’s relations with foreign partners. From autumn 2024 until her current appointment, she was advisor to the President of the National Research, Development and Innovation Office (NRDI Office) and since March 2025, she has been Vice President for Financial Affairs at the NRDI Office.