When we consider the accounts team within a company, we generally think about clerks, both sales ledger clerks and purchase ledger clerks recording the financial information from all transactions the company makes. Other roles include the payroll clerk responsible for processing staff salaries and the tax which occurs from them. Higher up the hierarchy we have the management accountant who finalizes the accounts and prepares the annual financial statements. The people doing these jobs make sure that the directors or owners of the company always know its true financial position.