Assistant Accountant duties and responsibilities
An organization's long-term financial success and maintenance of annual compliance are the responsibilities of an Assistant Accountant, in addition to various day-to-day activities. Depending on the organization and their scope of the business, an Assistant Accountant can perform these tasks:
- Collaborate with Financial Managers and other team members to successfully execute various accounting tasks.
- Maintain company ledgers and daily financial transactions.
- Create financial documents such as bills, invoices, pay-orders, payables, receivables and purchase orders.
- Identify discrepancies in ledgers and accounts, tracking them to the source and correcting them.
- Manage payroll activities and release salaries.
- Coordinate and manage payment and billing details of external service providers, contractors and vendors.
- Verify payments and deposits made through the company account and coordinate with the bank.
- Create daily reports for management and team members.
