Duties and Responsibilities – Accountant
Overall Responsibility
- Monitor daily branch sales, including cash and check collections, expenses, and cash/check flow of sales centers.
- Prepare monthly accounting reports such as income statements, cash and check flow, bank reconciliation, and accounts receivable.
Daily Report Checking
- Daily production reports
- Daily charge sales
- Daily cash sales and collections (delivery and office sales)
- Daily inventory reports
Inventory Monitoring
- Daily inventory
- Monthly warehouse inventory
Petty Cash Monitoring
- Conduct monthly monitoring of petty cash fund and extra cashier fund.
Disbursement and Expense Control
- Counter-check and encode expense disbursements.
- Substantiate financial transactions by auditing supporting documents.
Cash and Check Collection
- Monitor daily cash and check collections.
- Counter-check cash and check flow of sales centers.
Payroll and Cash Advances
- Counter-check payroll computations and cash advances.
Monthly Financial Reports Preparation
- Income Statement
- Cash and Check Flow
- Bank Reconciliation
Accounts Receivable Monitoring
- Check aging of accounts receivable.
- Coordinate delayed receivables with the Credit and Collection Officer.
- Counter-check accounts receivable and cylinder confirmations with the Cylinder Controller.
Sales and Operational Reports
- Check monthly cylinder reports.
- Monitor post-dated check collections.
- Review IAPC hauling expenses.
- Check customer rebates.
Audit of Sales Centers (Branches without Accounting Assistant)
- Inventory of full and empty cylinders
- Sales
- Collections
- Expenses
- Receivables
- Loaned cylinders
Payables and Tax Compliance
- Process payables, including:
- Monthly and quarterly VAT (for branches that are separate entities from IAPC)
- Quarterly corporate tax
- Expanded withholding tax
- BIR annual registration fee
- Annual income tax return
- SSS, PhilHealth, and Pag-IBIG contributions
Government and Regulatory Compliance
- Secure and coordinate real property tax payments and business permit renewals.
Invoice and Printing Coordination
- Prepare Authority to Print (ATP) and coordinate invoice printing with the accredited printing press.
Accounting Controls and Reconciliation
- Maintain accounting controls by preparing and recommending policies and procedures.
- Reconcile financial discrepancies by collecting and analyzing account information.
Petty Cash Custodianship
- Act as petty cash custodian for branches without an Accounting Assistant.
Bank Transactions
- Prepare and deposit daily sales to the bank.