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By: Uchenna Ani-okoye

Job Descriptions of Accounting

1. Duties of an Accounting manager

Depends a great deal of the business area, the responsibilities of such a person in a company may include:

Organising the company’s accounting system to estimate and record the costs of all activities made by the business which are necessary for the operation of the business, on the basis of following ordinances on statistics and improving the system.

Create and send statistic and accounting reports and final results in a timely manner, following the articles of association along with the regulations of government.

Supervise, plan, maintain, implement and improve the efficiency of the operation of management.

Instruct and introduce regulations on accountant and finance issued by government to the specific system units.

Keep and manage documents into an archive.

Improve and train the accounting staff’s capacity at the company.

Manage the budget of the company.

Create and plan short-term financial decisions.

Collect data from all departments and make detailed records as regulated.

Every quarter create financial reports, one year and six months, and also accompany these reports with detailed statements.

Instruct others on the accounting procedures.

Improve reporting systems and accounting methods.

Make statistics and summarise this information when asked of you.

Coordinate in accounting and examining.

2. Positions in an Accounting Department

Depending on the quality of the functions highlighted above, the positions available can include the following:

Accounts Payable
Accounts Receivable
Clerk
Assistant
Senior Accountant
Manager

3. Accounting Job Descriptions

To create job description samples from those above, you should:

Identify the function of the accounting department.

Set up job instructions and process, along with details on duties of each accounting function.