Bookkeeping, Accounting, & Auditing Clerks
Also called: Accounting Clerk, Accounting Assistant, Accounts Payables Clerk, Bookkeeper
What they do:
Compute, classify, and record numerical data to keep financial records complete. Perform any combination of routine calculating, posting, and verifying duties to obtain primary financial data for use in maintaining accounting records. May also check the accuracy of figures, calculations, and postings pertaining to business transactions recorded by other workers.
On the job, you would:
- Operate computers programmed with accounting software to record, store, and analyze information.
- Check figures, postings, and documents for correct entry, mathematical accuracy, and proper codes.
- Classify, record, and summarize numerical and financial data to compile and keep financial records, using journals and ledgers or computers.
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People interested in this work like activities that include data, detail, and regular routines.
They do well at jobs that need:
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You might use software like this on the job: Accounting software
Financial analysis software
Compliance software
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