Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks

Perform personal bookkeeping services.

Operate computers programmed with accounting software to record, store, and analyze information.

Prepare and process payroll information.

Check figures, postings, and documents for correct entry, mathematical accuracy, and proper codes.

Prepare bank deposits by compiling data from cashiers, verifying and balancing receipts, and sending cash, checks, or other forms of payment to banks.

Compute deductions for income and social security taxes.

Comply with federal, state, and company policies, procedures, and regulations.

Operate 10-key calculators, typewriters, and copy machines to perform calculations and produce documents.

Receive, record, and bank cash, checks, and vouchers.

Calculate and prepare checks for utilities, taxes, and other payments.

Monitor status of loans and accounts to ensure that payments are up to date.

Reconcile records of bank transactions.

Compile budget data and documents, based on estimated revenues and expenses and previous budgets.

Code documents according to company procedures.

Perform financial calculations, such as amounts due, interest charges, balances, discounts, equity, and principal.

Reconcile or note and report discrepancies found in records.

Perform general office duties, such as filing, answering telephones, and handling routine correspondence.

Compare computer printouts to manually maintained journals to determine if they match.

Transfer details from separate journals to general ledgers or data processing sheets.

Access computerized financial information to answer general questions as well as those related to specific accounts.

Classify, record, and summarize numerical and financial data to compile and keep financial records, using journals and ledgers or computers.

Complete and submit tax forms and returns, workers' compensation forms, pension contribution forms, and other government documents.

Calculate, prepare, and issue bills, invoices, account statements, and other financial statements according to established procedures.

Debit, credit, and total accounts on computer spreadsheets and databases, using specialized accounting software.

Calculate costs of materials, overhead, and other expenses, based on estimates, quotations and price lists.

Match order forms with invoices, and record the necessary information.

Prepare purchase orders and expense reports.

Prepare trial balances of books.

Compile statistical, financial, accounting, or auditing reports and tables pertaining to such matters as cash receipts, expenditures, accounts payable and receivable, and profits and losses.

Maintain inventory records.