JOB DESCRIPTION
•The main purpose of an account officer is to analyse financial activities.
•He is also responsible for promotion of all the products.
•An account officer maintains the growth targets of finance in a company. •Helps in solving due accounts of the past. •The looks after managing financial risks.
•He also helps in improving pricing of item and of sales.
•He reviews all the necessary documents to avoid disputes.
•If any financial problem arises, it is his duty to look after the matter and solve it.
•He also looks for areas to cut the cost of the company. This helps in gaining profit.
•He is responsible for all the client communications.
•He looks after the quality standards to ensure clients are satisfied with the products.
JOB DUTIES
•Must be in charge of all the accounts maintained in the company.
•Account officers prepare the budget for the companies they are working under. He compares previous years budgets and try to improve the drawbacks.
•They should be prepared to lead during crisis.
•An account officer must maintain payments and receipts.
•He must ensure all the bills are paid properly.
•Another important duty of an account officer is to look whether all the audit objectives and audit statements are responded properly.
•He should allocate works to staffs according to workload.
•Look after weekly/monthly reports.
SKILLS
•Comfortable with computer handling. Should know how to handle accounts through computer systems.
•Must have booking and financial accounting skills.
•Problem solving skills are necessary.
•Professionalism is a must in every account officers.
•Time management is compulsory.
•Able to work with teams and lead during crisis.
•Should work as office administrator.
QUALIFICATION
•Should have a degree/diploma in accounting.
•An account officer must have an experience of 3-5 years.