Summary: This role involves general review, ensuring data quality, forecasting, certifying accounts, and managing local and group accounting standards and compliance. Highlights: 1. Oversee general accounting review and ensure zero surprise closing. 2. Ensure high quality of upstream data and timely closings. 3. Support regulatory/tax controls and ensure compliance of accounting data. Local accounting manager \- \- \- \- \- \- \- \- \- \- \- \- KEY EXPECTED DELIVERABLES •General Review – "Closing Review" and Zero Surprise formalized according to Group standards. Standard General Review process (involving various stakeholders and coordinated with the CESP Entity Manager) implemented to ensure the economic reasonableness of Group Financial Statements and enable validation of accounts by the Regional/Country Finance Director. •Compliance by local R2R process stakeholders (data providers – particularly the HR Department) with expected upstream data quality levels, closing deadlines, and standards. •Entity-level forecasts to meet internal and external requirements. •Certification of accounts in Group standards by statutory auditors. •Procedures for converting Group accounts into local standards drafted, validated and updated in line with local regulatory developments or changes in the business activities of the entity(ies) within scope. Financial Statements prepared in local standards validated, formatted and distributed to local authorities and regulatory bodies within the country's publication deadlines. •Certification of accounts in local standards by statutory auditors. Support during regulatory or tax audits to provide and explain accounting data. Quality and "compliance" of accounting data produced for tax return preparation.