Branch Accountant

Branch Accountant Job Purpose

• To manage in an optimum and proactive manner the financial transactions attached with cash/ cheque collections, receivables and petty cash at a business location.

Duties and Responsibilities

1: Cash Management

• Receiving, accounting and depositing of sales collection on timely manner as per guidelines laid down in the cash management policy.
• Preparing daily sales and banking report and forwarding the same to HO with all relevant supporting documents viz. CRV, credit card slips, Z report (tallied with credit card slips), bank deposit slips and other document after tallying it on a day to day basis.
• Sending daily sales and banking report in excel format to HO accountant before 11 AM.
  Receiving, checking, accounting of PDCs and keeping it in safe custody.

2: Receivable Management

• Ensure that there are no unadjusted open credit credits/PDCs in customer accounts.
• Weekly monitoring and updating of customer accounts for adjusting invoices raised against customer advances/ deposits, in co-ordination with the bill collector and HO accounts.
• Customer account reconciliation.
• Assisting HO accountant in receivable level related reconciliation.

3: Petty Cash Management

• Reimbursement of petty cash expenses to the branch staff based on approved original documents.
• Preparing petty cash statement and submitting approved petty cash statement to HO for reimbursement

4: Accounts Finalization

• Assisting HO accountants in quarterly and annual closing of books of accounts.
• Work as replacement accountant as and when required.

5: Reporting

• Daily collection and return reports.
• Petty cash expense analysis reports.
• Prepares special financial reports as and when required by collecting, analysing and summarizing accounts related information and trends.

6: Others

• To maintain customer confidence and protects operations by keeping financial information confidential.
• To maintain professional and technical knowledge with effective communication skills.
• Follow up with sales staff to complete sales documentation.
• Timely reporting to Area Manager, GM and Senior Accountant, when sales documents for any deal are not complete, cheques returned.
• To improvements in oracle ERP process and procedure with the objective to improve productivity.

Competencies

• B. Com / M. Com Qualification.
• 02 years' experience as an Accountant/ Cashier.
• Proficiency in MS office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Outlook).

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