steps for setting up the accounts department in a company

Understand the current systems related to sales, purchase, expenses, cash and bank transactions. Make notes on the above and then prepare Accounting Practice Manual giving details on the following:

Cash payments, data entry

Cheque payments, data entry

Sales invoice preparation, inventory record, data entry

purchase invoice, inventory record, data entry

adminstrative expenses e.g salary, electricity, telephone, misc ecp, data entry

journal vouchers such as booking expenses or income, data entry

statutory payments such as TDS, PT, ESIC, PF, VAT, IT etc, data entry

These are just the basics. As you start making notes, you can go into details of each transactions taking place and how to record those. Also prepare schedules of payment for taxes, insurance, memberships, renewals etc for the whole year.