Balancing Payroll, Accounting, and HR in a Small Company: What Should My Job Title Be?

I work in a small company with around 50 employees. I handle payroll and accounting. In the absence of HR, I also perform HR activities. As of now, my designation is accounts specialist. I need an appropriate designation that includes all the above-mentioned activities of accounting and HR.

This is mostly dependent on your reporting officer/manager. Since you are handling payroll and accounting, if you are reporting to an officer, then your designation could be Junior Officer. If the reporting authority is a manager/plant manager, then your designation could be Executive.

What is your actual designation? No company will give a designation as an account specialist unless you are handling customer accounts in a BPO.