Assistant Accountant

Remote

💰 Finance

Assistant Accountants typically work on a business’ accounting team to provide assistance in preparing the company’s financial statements and building analysis reports. They may also work in an accounting agency setting, handling financial documents for several different clients. Assistant Accountants are typically entry-level finance professionals who assist an office with their administrative and financial work while meeting the individual bookkeeping needs of the organization. Their main goal is to help the Accountant ensure the company is financially stable and secure. Assistant Accountants often draft financial documents and reconcile a company’s bank records and submit these reports to Accountants.

What does a Assistant Accountant do?

An Assistant Accountant, or Accounting Assistant, supports the Accountant in completing basic bookkeeping, clerical and accounting tasks for a company. Their duties include preparing company budgets, building and assessing financial reports and managing a business’ payroll processes.

Responsibilities

A Assistant Accountant should be able to fulfill various duties and responsibilities. The following are some duties and responsibilities a Assistant Accountant should be able to execute:

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.

Required Skills

A competitive Assistant Accountant will have certain skills and qualifications, including: