8. Accountant – Accountants play a key role in finance departments such as the measurement and interpretation of financial information. The results of their work ensure compliance, and provide the groundwork for greater financial strategies.
9. Bookkeepers – Bookkeepers provide the day-to-day efforts needed to record and assess basic accounting data. They typically do not take a strategic role.
These are just some of the main roles and functions of the accounting department in businesses, there are many more responsibilities the accounting department is responsible for and a number of subcategories. Those will depend upon the specific nature of your business. For instance, inventory control and tracking, government forms and tax filings and fund raising might be other essential areas of focus that your accounting department would be responsible for.