> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://ecommos.co/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# You're an Accountant — where to begin

> What Accountant access covers and the order to work through it.

# You're an Accountant — where to begin

You handle the money side only. This is the most focused role in EcommOS — you get full access to Cashflow and Remittance, and nothing else.

## What you can do

* Full access to Cashflow: record income and expenses, manage categories, view records.
* Full access to Remittance: see what delivery agents still owe, mark orders as remitted.
* Export finance records.

## What you can't do

* No access to Orders or Customers — not even to view them. If you need order context for a transaction, ask a manager.
* No Products, Inventory, Deliveries, or Staff access.

## Where to begin

1. **Understand where your two screens sit.** [Cashflow](/docs/finance/cashflow) is your day-to-day ledger — income, expenses, and what's expected. [Remittance](/docs/finance/remittance) is narrower: it's specifically about cash that delivery agents are holding after collecting payment on delivery, until they hand it over.
2. **Know how the two connect.** When an order gets marked remitted, EcommOS automatically creates an income record on Cashflow for it — you don't record that one manually. You can still edit the ledger entry afterward if the figure needs correcting, without touching the underlying remittance record.
3. **Set up your categories.** Cashflow expense and income categories are yours to define — Delivery cost, Packaging, Ads, Staff pay, whatever matches how you actually track spend.
4. **Chase what's owed.** The Remittance page groups outstanding amounts by delivery agent, with how long each has been pending, so you know who to follow up with first.

## What good looks like

Every delivered order gets remitted and reconciled without a backlog building up. Cashflow records are categorized consistently enough that the Income/Expense/Net income numbers actually mean something at a glance.