Accounting Job Descriptions

A Cost Accountant requires a multi-skilled person to hold the position. The Cost Accountant makes ledger entries and keeps track of cost analysis.
Primary Responsibilities:

The Cost Accountant performs activities covering materials and production costs, costs of sales, product development, overhead, etc.
The Cost Accountant compares actual costs to estimates and analyzes variances.
The Cost Accountant analyzes and monitors [...]

The Payroll Clerk computes and records the earnings owed to each company employee on a computer and ensure employees are paid on time.
Primary Responsibilities:

The Payroll Clerk is responsible to record the earnings owed each employee on a computer and this is referred to as posting.
The Payroll Clerk is responsible for calculating deductions from the employee’s [...]

The Accounting Manager is concerned with providing management the accounting information needed.
Primary Responsibilities:

The Accounting Manager provides vital accounting information to help management make informed business decisions.
The Accounting Manager provides accounting information that will benefit shareholders and creditors.
The Accounting Manager provides forward-looking, instead of history accounting information.

The Accounting Manager focus on information that is to be [...]

The Staff Accountant main job is to help ensure that the firm that they are working for runs efficiently, and the public records are kept accurately.
Primary Responsibilities:

The Staff Accountant is expected to keep the records of the firm accurately and that the taxes are paid properly and on time.
The Staff Accountant must analyze and communicate [...]

The Bookkeeper is the one who is responsible for the records of financial transactions for the business.
Primary Responsibilities:

The Bookkeeper is responsible to post business transactions
The Bookkeeper is responsible to verify that all transaction is real.
The Bookkeeper maybe responsible for both Accounts Receivables and Accounts Payables.

The Bookkeeper is the one who is responsible for business transactions [...]

The Accountant is responsible for the bookkeeping aspect of the business. You might be working in the accounts receivables or you could be working in the accounts payable department depending on what aspects of the business you have been hired to take control.
Primary Responsibilities Accounts Receivables:

The Accountant is responsible for receiving payments
The Accountant is [...]