**Purpose**

Leads and oversees Accounting in Peru ensuring business strategies, plans and initiatives are executed / delivered in compliance with governing regulations, internal policies and procedures.

ccountabilities
- Leads and drives a customer focused culture throughout their team to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge.
- Define accounting policies to ensure the right emission of the Bank & subsidiaries’ financial statements, which should be aligned to the accounting principles and practices stablished by the regulator, and according to the IFRs and accounting manuals of BNS.
- Stablish procedures and controls for: (a) the right issuance of consolidated financial statements (bank and subsidiaries) based on the format required by BNS, including regulatory reports and notes on the financial statements according to the local regulation and IFRS; (b) to ensure the readiness, analysis and timely sending of regulatory reports such as liquidity, legal reserves, and provisions; (c) to ensure the right tracking of risk accounts with suspense accounts, operations in process, bank reconciliations, accounts receivable, and daily & monthly trial balances generation; and (d) to avoid unusual variations and deviations in the financial statements, according to the requirements of SOX regulation.
- Ensure the right process, of issuance financial statements and notes, of Scotia Peru Holdings, separated and consolidated financial statements, in compliance with local regulatory requirements.
- Establish a strong governance over regulatory reporting processes to assure the local regulatory requirements and deadlines, following the governance model of BNS.
- Define and administrate the attestation process of balance accounts, validating the consistency of the information, requirements and deadlines according with BNS governance model.
- Define and administrate the payment process in compliance with local procedures and related accounting policies.
- Understand how the Bank’s risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions.
- Creates an environment in which his/her team pursues effective and efficient operations of his/her respective areas, while ensuring the adequacy, adherence to and effectiveness of day-to-day business controls to meet obligations with respect to operational risk, regulatory compliance risk, AML/ATF risk and conduct risk, including but not limited to responsibilities under the Operational Risk Management Framework, Regulatory Compliance Risk Management Framework, AML/ATF Global Handbook and the Guidelines for Business Conduct.
- Builds a high performance environment and implements a people strategy that attracts, retains, develops and motivates their team by fostering an inclusive work environment; communicating vison/values/business strategy and managing succession and development planning for the team.
**Education / Experience**
- The VP Accounting is expected to have an Accounting Designation as well as at least eight years of broad experience in the financial industry.
- In order to perform the function, the following competencies are required:

- Expert knowledge of the Bank's operational policies, procedures, systems and organizational structure
- Thorough knowledge of financial and accounting policies, procedures and systems
- Thorough knowledge of the Bank's Treasury & Risk management policies and procedures
- Thorough knowledge of the Bank's annual Profit Planning processes
- Thorough knowledge of the Bank's Retail and Commercial products and services
- Thorough knowledge of the Country Management Office functional areas
- Working knowledge of specialist sales units and subsidiaries
- Expert knowledge of internal outsourcer service level agreements
- Thorough knowledge of EO, IB & IOSS departments and major stakeholders
- Expert time management skills
- Thorough knowledge of Human Resources policies and procedures

Accountabilities
- Leads and drives a customer focused culture throughout their team to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge.
- Define accounting policies to ensure the right emission of the Bank & subsidiaries’ financial statements, which should be aligned to the accounting principles and practices stablished by the regulator, and according to the IFRs and accounting manuals of BNS.
- Stablish procedures and controls for: (a) the right issuance of consolidated financial statements (bank and subsidiaries) based on the format required by BNS, including regulatory reports and notes on the financial statements according to the local regulation and IFRS; (b) to ensure the readiness, analysis and timely sending of regulatory reports such as liquidity, legal reserves, and provisions; (c) to ensure the right tracking of risk accounts with suspense accounts, operations in process, bank reconciliations, accounts receivable, and daily & m