The Directorate manages the Bank's accounting system and is responsible for keeping the accounts and mandatory ledgers. It defines the accounting schemes and the information that operating procedures must transmit to the accounting system. It issues instructions on the structuring and execution of accounting entries by the various organizational units. Acting as a second line of control, it draws up and manages the accounting control methodology and puts in place the corresponding controls.
It prepares the annual accounts and the related documents, also drawing on the data produced by the relevant competent units. It monitors risk developments for the purpose of preparing the annual accounts and conducts periodic projections of balance sheet and profit and loss account items, both for informational purposes and to support the Bank’s decision-making bodies.
It prepares the periodic financial statements to be sent to the Ministry of Economy and Finance and those provided for at ESCB level. It prepares accounting statements for statistical reports both at national level and for the ECB or other international bodies.
It manages and coordinates the preparation of the Activity and Sustainability Report.
It contributes to defining the accounting rules within the ESCB accounting committee and the related working groups; it monitors the evolution of national and international regulations and standards on both financial and non-financial reporting.
It is involved in developing and upgrading IT procedures with accounting effects, including for the purpose of identifying the necessary level of security.
It keeps the accounts and mandatory ledgers of the supplementary pension fund for Bank employees and manages the accounts of third-party entities on the basis of specific agreements.
It provides support to the Accountant General in interactions with the Board of Auditors; coordinates the production of information flows intended for the external auditing firm responsible for auditing the annual accounts and checking the proper keeping of the accounts.
It manages and is responsible for certain accounting processes classified as critical for the Bank's business continuity.
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