ACCOUNTANT - VIZAG

Job Description:

An accountant is responsible for the management and reporting of financial data of an organization. Their main duties include:

• Preparing financial statements
• Examining and analyzing a company’s accounts
• Ensuring compliance with financial reporting and other standard accounting procedures
• Helping businesses make critical financial decisions
• Reconciling bank statements

Accountant responsibilities

Below the general job description summary, like the example above, you'll typically see a list of responsibilities, requirements, and necessary skills, as outlined in this section and the next two. 

Here are some of the accountant job description responsibilities you might find listed:

• Prepare asset, liability, and capital account entries by compiling and analyzing account information

• Document financial transactions by entering account information

• Recommend financial actions by analyzing accounting options

• Summarize current financial status by collecting information; preparing balance sheet, profit and loss statement, and other reports

• Substantiate financial transactions by auditing documents

• Maintain accounting controls by preparing and recommending policies and procedures

• Guide accounting clerical staff by coordinating activities and answering questions

• Reconcile financial discrepancies by collecting and analyzing account information

• Secure financial information by completing database backups

• Verify, allocate, post, and reconcile transactions

• Produce error-free accounting reports and present their results

• Analyze financial information and summarize financial status

• Provide technical support and advice on management

• Review and recommend modifications to accounting systems and generally accepted accounting procedures

• Participate in financial standards setting and forecast process

• Provide input into department's goal-setting process

• Prepare financial statements and produce budget according to schedule

• Direct internal and external audits to ensure compliance

• Plan, assign, and review staff's work

• Support month-end and year-end close process

• Develop and document business processes and accounting policies to maintain and strengthen internal controls

• Communicate effectively with clients

• Contribute to a strong client relationship through positive interactions with client personnel

• Communicate with Manager and/or Director on work status and client issues that arise