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1431 – Accounting and Related Clerks
Accounting and related clerks calculate, prepare and process bills, invoices, accounts payable and receivable, budgets and other financial records according to established procedures. They are employed throughout the private and public sectors.
Profile
Index of titles Example job titles
- Account audit clerk
- Account verification clerk
- Accounting and auditing clerk
- Accounting assistant
- Accounting clerk
- Accounting machine operator
- Accounts payable and receivable clerk
- Accounts payable clerk
- Accounts receivable clerk
- Assessment clerk
- Audit clerk
- Auditing clerk
- Balance clerk
- Bill clerk
- Billing clerk
- Billing machine operator
- Bookkeeping machine operator
- Budget clerk
- Cash coupon clerk
- Cash on delivery (COD) clerk
- Charge account audit clerk
- Charge account clerk
- Cheque control clerk
- COD (cash on delivery) clerk
- Coin machine tender
- Control clerk - hotel and restaurant
- Cost accounting clerk
- Cost clerk
- Costing clerk
- Currency sorter
- Demurrage clerk
- Deposit clerk
- Disbursement clerk
- Expenditure clerk
- Finance clerk
- Finance clerk - military
- Financial investigation clerk
- Fiscal clerk
- Food and beverage control clerk - inventory
- Food controller - inventory
- Foreign invoice clerk
- Freight-rate clerk
- Freight-rate revision clerk
- Income tax return preparer
- Interline accounts clerk
- Investment clerk
- Invoice clerk
- Journal entry audit clerk
- Journal entry clerk
- Junior billing clerk
- Junior invoice clerk
- Ledger clerk
- Liquor controller - inventory
- Magnetic ink character recognition clerk
- Money-sorting machine operator
- Patient-billing clerk
- Proof machine operator
- Rate reviewer
- Remittance accounts clerk
- Revenue accounting clerk
- Senior accounting clerk
- Tariff clerk
- Tax clerk
- Tax return preparer
- Traffic rate clerk
- Transfer clerk
- Treasury clerk
- Utilities billing clerk
- Vault clerk
- Voucher clerk
- Wharfinger
- Accounting clerk
- Accounts payable clerk
- Accounts receivable clerk
- Audit clerk
- Billing clerk
- Budget clerk
- Costing clerk
- Deposit clerk
- Finance clerk
- Freight-rate clerk
- Income tax return preparer
- Invoice clerk
- Ledger clerk
- Tax clerk
Main duties
This group performs some or all of the following duties:
Accounting and related clerks perform some or all of the following duties:
- Calculate, prepare and issue documents related to accounts such as bills, invoices, inventory reports, account statements and other financial statements using computerized and manual systems
- Code, total, batch, enter, verify and reconcile transactions such as accounts payable and receivable, payroll, purchase orders, cheques, invoices, cheque requisitions, and bank statements in a ledger or computer system
- Compile budget data and documents based on estimated revenues and expenses and previous budgets
- Prepare period or cost statements or reports
- Calculate costs of materials, overhead and other expenses based on estimates, quotations, and price lists
- Respond to customer inquiries, maintain good customer relations and solve problems
- Perform related clerical duties, such as word processing, maintaining filing and record systems, faxing and photocopying.
Employment requirements
- Completion of secondary school is usually required.
- Completion of college or other courses certified by the Certified General Accountants Association of Canada, Canadian Securities Institute or Canadian Bookkeepers Association may be required.
- Some accounting clerks must be bondable.
Additional information
- Progression to supervisory or skilled financial occupations, such as accounts payable supervisor, bookkeeper or office manager is possible with additional training and experience.
Exclusions
Breakdown summary
- Broad occupational category
- 1 – Business, Finance and Administration Occupations
- Skill level
- C – Occupations usually require secondary school and/or occupation-specific training.
- Major group
- 14 – Clerical Occupations
- Minor group
- 143 – Finance and Insurance Clerks
- Version
- NOC 2006 Version 1.0