Accounts Clerk
Accounts clerks are responsible for recording and putting together
summaries of the financial transactions of a company or
other businesses for management purposes.
Accounts clerks can perform the following tasks:
- receive and record invoices and arrange payment
- prepare and send invoices to debtors
- check and process loan applications
- calculate and distribute wages and salaries
- prepare regular reports and summaries of accounting
activities
- prepare financial statements and debtors' listings
- check customer's credit ratings
- verify recorded transactions and report irregularities
to management
- prepare reconciliations of accounts.
Accounts clerks' work is supervised by accountants and
their client contact is usually by telephone.
In larger organisations, accounts clerks' duties are
divided among a number of different positions.
Accounts clerks may work as a:
Bookkeeper who maintains and reconciles records of
financial transactions (such as sales, wages and petty cash)
and prepares regular statements showing receipts, payments and
balances of accounts.
Collection Officer who keeps records of people who
are behind in payments, prepares reports of loans and accounts
that have amounts owing and forwards on reports for legal
action.
Payroll Clerk who calculates, prepares and
distributes wages, taking into account overtime and deductions
such as tax, Medicare levy, health insurance payments and
superannuation.
Required Skills - Accounts Clerk
- aptitude for figures
- well organised
- able to work as part of a team
- able to meet deadlines
- good communication skills
- aptitude for working with computers
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