ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES OF BRANCH ACCOUNTANT The Chief role of Branch Accountant is to ensure proper maintenance of all accounts related to the designated branch. 1. Job Role : Fee Collections ● Collection of fee from parents as per modes present in the branch for Orchids and schoolshop Pvt. Ltd ● Issuing the receipt after fee collection ● Updating the concession as per the policy (any concession out of the policy needs to be updated only after approval) ● Keeping a track of bounced cheques and collecting fine as per the directions of the management ● Blocking/Unblocking students as per due status and making sure fine is collected for all applicable students ● All collections need to be updated in the ERP software and the Daily Collection Report(DCR) on a daily basis ● Fee due follow ups through calls, bulk sms, etc 2. Job Role : Payments ● Vendor payments to be done in accordance with the compliance policies ● Understanding of all aspects with respect to vendor payments and petty cash payments ● Ensuring selection of appropriate account heads for recording expenses ● Very important to understand the basics of TDS & GST ● For more than 5000 payment, send to central office to process by cheque or online on weekly basis 3. Job Role : JODO ● Explain the functioning of JODO third party app to Parents ● Explain the EMI options to Parents 4. Job Role : Safekeeping ● Receipts, Voucher Books, Invoices, Cash & Cheques and agreements should be safely guarded and maintained in proper state. It should be under lock and key. 5. Job Role : Reconciliation ● Reconciliation of daily collections & expenses at the branch has to be done on a daily basis with respective modes of transactions (Cash/Cheque/Online/POS/Internet). 6. Job Role : Database Maintenance ● Should make sure all the students present are active in the system in the respective branch. ● All students taking transport should be assigned a transport Facility. Page 2 http://www.orchidsinternationalschool.com/ 7. Job Role : Operation Manager Works ● Total paid and due report twice a day ● Daily Collection Report with percentage (including one shot and installment wise) ● Collection report with counts (For Ex - How many students paid for 1st inst 2nd Inst and 3rd Inst, one shot paid and Books paid count.) ● Active Strength for the AY ● Daily Collection Report with student details ● Google sheet updation for the same Books and uniform paid data along with the student details as well as count details. ● Books and uniform paid data the same which will update in google sheet on daily basis. ● Fee due report ● All fee paid detail report along with strength will be given on weekly basis Also ensure compliance to any other directions and duties issued/assigned by the School Principal/ Operation Manager from time to time.