Almost all the organizations, irrespective of whether they are government organization or private organization have their own accounts department, which works under the control of either an accounts manager or an accounts officer. The Accounts officer, in general, is responsible for the smooth functioning of the whole accounts department of the organization. As far as government organizations in India are concerned, Accounts Officers are offered a pay scale of Rs.15600-39100 plus a GP of Rs.5400.

Difference in pay scale:

Even though, most of government organizations pay the above-mentioned pay scale for accounts officers, some of them offer them on consolidated pay basis and some organizations bring them under the government pay brand of Rs.22000+10% HRA. Therefore, these candidates can expect a pay brand of around Rs.15000 per month in government organizations in India.

Latest job notifications:

Even though some government organizations promote the candidates working as accountant or senior accountant as accounts officer, some organizations make fresh recruitments as well for this position and therefore the details of public sector organizations that recruited candidates for this position in recent times are given below:

• Indian Space Research Organization

• THDC India Limited, Uttarakhand

• Uttarakhand Seeds and Tarai Development Corporation Limited

• Gujarat Ecological Education & Research Foundation

• All India Institute of Medical Sciences

• Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India Limited

• Bihar Rural Development Society

• Rajasthan Road Transport Corporation Limited

Educational qualification needed to apply for the position of Accounts Officer:

The basic educational qualification required to apply for the position of Accounts Officer is a degree in disciplines like commerce, business management or business administration. However, some organizations recruit only Chartered Accountants and cost accountants for the position of accounts officer.

Experience requirement:

In most of the cases, only experienced candidates are appointed for the position of accounts officer since a candidate appointed for this position is going to handle the overall functioning of the accounts department of the organization. Most of the organizations look for candidates with minimum two or three years experience in handling the accounts of an organization.

Job responsibilities:

Job responsibilities of an accounts officer might include the following:

• General administration works

• Issue of official receipts and cheques

• Month reconciliation of statement of accounts

• Periodical checking of accounts receivable and accounts payable

• Input of purchase and sales invoices and cross checking them on billing

Thus, Accounts officer is a crucial position in the organization taking care of financial matters pertaining to the whole organization.