* Verify, allocate, post and reconcile accounts payable and receivable * Produce error-free accounting reports and present their results * Analyse financial information and summarise financial status * Spot errors and suggest ways to improve efficiency and spending * Review and recommend modifications to accounting systems and procedures * Manage accounting assistants and bookkeepers * Participate in financial standards setting and in the forecast process * Provide input into the departments goal-setting process * Prepare financial statements and produce a budget according to schedule.