.Education : EQUIVALENTEXPERIENCE**As a leading global animal health company, Elanco delivers innovative products and services to improve the health of pets and farm animals around the world because we believe making animals' lives better, makes life better. Since 1954, we have provided solutions that support veterinarians, farmers and pet owners to advance our vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life. Elanco's promise to employees: Together, we foster an inclusive culture where everyone can make a difference, encouraging ownership, growth and well-being.****Descripción del cargo (resumen)**:- The Accounting & Tax Associate for Mexico will be responsible for internal controls, SOX enviroment and compliance related to the Elanco Animal Health business. The role will include collaborating with the affiliate operations finance team, the regional/corporate accounting team, as well as personnel from consulting firms providing outsourced financial reporting and tax services. The Accounting & Tax Associate will assume the stewardship of key accounting processes (O2C, S2P, R2R) for the acquired business, acting as the point of contact for the business process outsourcer, performing monthly closing entries, supporting outside statutory and tax service providers, preparing and supporting internal and external audits, as well as working capital management. These responsibilities will be performed in close alignment with the Mexico CFO and the Mexico Accounting & Tax Manager for the Elanco business.**Accounting & General**- Provide local stewardship for accounting and tax processes, based on Elanco policies and processes.- Support local legal entity accounting related to the tax and accounting.- Provide accounting guidance to the local business partners (from the FP&A and controlling teams) on the treatment of transactions that arise during the period.- Support monthly closing entries by working closely with the business partners to determine what, if any, activities occurred during the month that require manual journal entries.- Work with the business process outsource team (responsible for the transaction accounting for O2C, P2P, product costing and R2R) to answer questions, elevate issues, etc.- Support all local legal entity transformation activities as directed by Corporate Tax team and by the third-party Tax Partner.- Evolve into the lo- Participate in any data migration and/or management activities, related to financial accounting processes, in preparation for the integration of IT systems at the time of full IT integration.**Controls**- Demonstrate a strong compliance-oriented mindset & help to build a strong compliance culture.- Awareness of all applicable financial/taxation standards, process documentation & training materials to ensure compliant execution of daily operations
