Accounting is an important and indispensable field in every business. In particular, general accounting is a core role, helping to ensure the accuracy and efficiency of the company's financial work. Here are the details of the job of a general accountant, from job descriptions to frequently asked questions in interviews.
A general accountant is a person who undertakes all accounting tasks from detail to overview of the company. They collect, record, and make statistics of financial statements, and instruct other accountants to perform related operations. The main role of general accounting includes synthesizing, controlling and processing financial data, vouchers, accounting and debt management. They decide on the correctness of financial matters and are responsible for the financial activities of the business.

Main work:
- Check the arising provisions and compare detailed data as well as aggregate between departments in the company.
- Ensure the coincidence of the ending balance with the reports and documents and balance the data between summary and detail.
- Monitor the debts of the enterprise and propose provisions and handle bad debts.
- Prepare company accounting and account for expenses, income, debts, depreciation, VAT, etc. - Carry out detailed and general bookkeeping, and financial statements according to regulations on a quarterly, monthly or annual basis.
- Proposing to improve accounting and reporting methods.
- Store accounting data on the software as prescribed.
- Provide and explain data at the request of superiors or state agencies.
- Instruct other accountants to process and account for data and reports.
Work in stages:
-Daily:
- Accounting of revenues and expenditures, expenses, depreciation, debts and VAT.
- Management of receivables and payables.
- Check the warehouse status and make receipts, export slips or sales invoices.
- Collect, statistics, and process data, documents, and reports.
- Monthly:
- Prepare tax reports, VAT returns and internal reports related to invoices.
- Calculation of salaries according to labor contracts.
- Compare data and detailed statistics of allocation data for the month.
- Accounting for cost allocation and depreciation.
- Handle the extension of tax payment time limit if any problems arise.
- Quarterly:
- Prepare quarterly reports as prescribed (corporate income tax, tax returns).
- Synthesize, statistics, and compare reporting data.
- Make internal reports on accounting and arising data in the quarter.
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A DONG IP – TRANSLATION – CONSULTANCY COMPANY
Room F2&F3, No. 2 Phung Khac Khoan Street, Da Kao Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam
Tel: 84-28 3926 0120 – 39260125
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