Accounting Assistant Resume

An accounting assistant assists the accounts manager's day-to-day responsibilities. Their job is to make entries in general ledger books for every monetary transaction that takes place in the organization on daily basis. They prepare and maintain various support documents like invoices, bills, vouchers and receipts for the clients concerned.

Alice Anderson
Address: 301, Hudson Street, New York, NY 22110
Email id: alice_an@example.com
Contact no.:123 - 344 - 1199

OBJECTIVE:
To work at the post of an Accounting assistant and enhance my knowledge of accounting with practical experience

KEY SKILLS:

• In-depth knowledge of the accounting principles, book-keeping practices and taxation policies
• Ability to communicate effectively and coordinate work with other staff members for day to day activities
• Proficient to focus on the minute details of the transactions and ascertain high level of accuracy in compiling financial data
• Excellent in performing arithmetical calculations required for handling the accounts concerned
• Aptitude to analyze data for better understanding and to find out discrepancies in calculating or posting the data in accounts books

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's in Accounting,
  New York University, 2006
• Diploma in Accounting
  New York University, 2002

WORK SUMMARY: ABC Inc, New York
Accounting Assistant
January 2009 - till date
Responsibilities:

• Receive invoices or bills from vendors, get them sanctioned and arrange for payments through cheques or bank transfers
• Collect the necessary information and the source documents related to the financial transactions from the concerned people in the organization to update the financial statements daily
• Keep a record of the payroll accounts and consider a worker's total working hours, deductions and increments to compute the total amount of salary payable to the workers of the organization
• Maintain petty cash book and authorize payments done by cash by making entries under appropriate account head of the book.
• Submit monthly reports regarding the expenses and cashbook balances

XYZ Inc, New York
Jr. Accounting Assistant
September 2007 - December 2008
Responsibilities:

• Make entries of the financial transactions of the organization and get them checked from seniors
• File and maintain a record of various supporting documents sent and received by the organization for reconciliation purposes
• Receive sales and purchase reports and note the amount of sales / purchase returns by recording the corresponding entries. Also, compute the amount of goods in stock and add it to the assets accounts
• Prepare and send notices to debtors for remittance of bills.
• Assist in designing and implementing internal budget control measures and send report about its effectiveness

COMPUTER SKILLS:

• Ability to work with accounting softwares like QuickBooks, Quicken and Peachtree
• Acquainted with Ms Word, MS Excel, spreadsheet, MS Outlook, SAP

ACHIEVEMENTS:

• Achieved first prize for a project on 'International accounting practices' from New York University in the year 2006

LANGUAGES KNOWN:

• English (Proficient)

HOBBIES:

• Singing, playing guitar, solving puzzles

REFERENCE:

• Renee Meyer
• Accounts Manager,
• ABC Inc, New York
• Email id: renee_m@example.com
• Contact no: 123 - 333 - 1177