Spanish Cut - Accounting Department Tasks, by Silvana Estrella, Marta Fernández, Raúl Fernández and Jennifer del Olmo, students at IES Luis Vives in Leganés, Spain

1. The function of an accounting department is to
look after the finances of a company. This can be
anything from paying bills to making sure that
the employees that work for the company get
paid.

2. TASKS
Making payments
 Making sure that all bills are paid by the company, on
time and also at the least cost possible.
 We are responsible for all outgoing payments and
making sure that what we are paying is correct.

3. Payroll
 Our department have to ensure that the employees are
all paid correctly and on time.
Receiving payments
 Our department must also receive payments and make
sure that these are all processed correctly.

4. Budgets
 We are also responsible for giving budgets and
estimates of what they feel the company should be
spending.
 We must also predict budget figures for years to come.
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