What an accounts executive does every day
Want the skills accounts employers test, on live projects? The Finance Executive Programme at Cokonet Academy covers accounting, Tally Prime, GST, Excel, UAE VAT and Zoho Books in 160 hours.
Quick answer: The day is a cycle of recording, checking and reporting. Most of the time goes into vouchers, invoices, payments and reconciliations, with GST and month-end work around set dates.
- Passing purchase, sales, payment, receipt and journal vouchers
- Checking vendor invoices against purchase orders and goods received
- Raising customer invoices and following up on outstanding receivables
- Preparing payment runs and recording bank entries
- Bank reconciliation, usually weekly or monthly
- Collecting GST data for GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B and TDS deductions
- Maintaining fixed asset, petty cash and expense records
- Preparing simple MIS reports in Excel for the manager
Accounts executive skills employers test
Quick answer: Employers test accounting fundamentals, one accounting package (Tally Prime or Zoho Books), GST basics, Excel lookups and pivot tables, and accuracy under deadlines. A short practical test in Tally or Excel is common in Kerala interviews.
| Skill | What employers expect |
|---|
| Accounting fundamentals | Golden rules, journal entries, trial balance, adjustments and final accounts |
| Tally Prime with GST | Vouchers, inventory, ledgers, GST entries and reports without supervision |
| GST and TDS | Input tax credit rules, GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B data, e-invoices and e-way bills |
| Excel | XLOOKUP or VLOOKUP, SUMIFS, pivot tables and reconciliation sheets |
| Zoho Books or cloud accounting | Invoices, bills, receipts, bank feeds and reports |
| Soft skills | Accuracy, follow-up with vendors, clear email and meeting deadlines |
Our list of accounting interview questions for freshers shows how these skills are tested.
Accounts executive salary in Kerala and the UAE
Quick answer: Public job portals put fresher accounts executives in Kerala at roughly Rs 15,000 to 25,000 a month, about Rs 1.8 to 3 lakh a year. With two to three years and GST and software skills, Rs 3 to 5 lakh is common. In the UAE, assistant accountant roles often advertise around AED 2,000 to 5,000 a month.
Pay depends on the employer type and the city. CA offices and small traders pay less but teach more. Hospitals, builders, logistics firms and the finance teams of IT companies at Technopark and Infopark pay more and expect software skills. Gulf roles need UAE VAT knowledge and usually prefer one to two years of Indian experience first. Treat any figure as a range, not a promise.
Accounts executive vs accountant vs finance executive
Quick answer: An accounts executive handles day-to-day transactions. An accountant owns the books and month-end closing. A finance executive works more on reporting, budgets and coordination with management.
Small firms often use the titles interchangeably. Larger companies split the work into accounts payable executive, accounts receivable executive, billing executive, GST assistant and MIS assistant. Knowing these titles helps you search job portals properly. Related roles that start from the same skills include junior accountant, billing and invoicing executive, GST or taxation assistant and MIS or accounts reporting assistant.
Qualifications for an accounts executive job
Quick answer: A B.Com, M.Com, BBA or similar degree is the usual requirement, plus practical software skills. Employers care more about whether you can pass entries and use Tally or Excel than about grades.
Career switchers from banking, retail cash handling or administration can move in with a structured finance and accounting course that covers software and GST. CA and CMA inter candidates are also hired as accounts executives while they continue exams. Our guide to accounting courses in Kerala compares the routes, and the all courses page lists every programme we run.
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Career path after an accounts executive job
Quick answer: Accounts executive to senior accountant to accounts manager is the main ladder. Specialist routes include GST practitioner, MIS analyst, SAP FICO end user or consultant, and Gulf accounting roles.
The fastest growth goes to people who can run GST returns and month-end close without supervision and who add one software skill a year. Advanced Excel leads into MIS and analytics. SAP FICO leads into larger companies and consulting, covered in our SAP FICO course. UAE VAT and Zoho Books open Gulf small-business roles.
How freshers get hired as accounts executives in Kerala
Quick answer: Build practical proof: a capstone with entries, reconciliations and GST data, a Tally or Excel certification, and a one-page resume that lists the software you used. Apply to CA offices, hospitals, builders and traders as well as job portals.
- Practise 50 journal entries until they are automatic.
- Complete a full month of books in Tally Prime, including GST.
- Build a bank reconciliation and a vendor ageing report in Excel.
- Learn Zoho Books basics for cloud-accounting firms and Gulf clients.
- Do two mock interviews before the real one.
Why Cokonet Academy for finance and accounting training
Cokonet Academy is an NSDC partner training institute with campuses in Trivandrum and Kochi. Find us on Google: Cokonet Academy, Trivandrum and Cokonet Academy, Kochi.
- NSDC partner training institute with campuses in Trivandrum and Kochi, plus a Bengaluru centre and online-live batches
- 11,200+ successful placements and 50+ corporate hiring partners
- Expert trainers in SAP (FICO, MM, ABAP), AWS, Python with AI, Data Analytics and Power BI
- Placement support until you are hired, with mock interviews and resume reviews
The Finance Executive Programme connects accounting theory with the tools finance offices use every day: Tally Prime, Excel, Zoho Books, GST returns and UAE VAT, finished with a capstone project.
Course details
- Course: Finance Executive Programme, Cokonet Academy
- Duration: 160 hours over 4 months, in 2-hour sessions
- Mode: classroom in Trivandrum and Kochi, or online-live; English with Malayalam support
- Six modules: Accounting Fundamentals (40 hours), Tally Prime with GST (50), GST, Taxation, ESI and EPF through SLP (15), Microsoft Excel (20), UAE VAT (15) and Zoho Books (20), plus a final capstone project
- Certificates: three certifications (Tally, Excel and the Statutory Literacy Programme) and three Cokonet completion certificates (Accounting Fundamentals, UAE VAT and Zoho Books)
- Placement: mock interviews, resume support and placement assistance; roles are pathways, not a guarantee
Syllabus, batch dates and trainer profile: Finance Executive Programme in Kerala.
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