Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks

Career Overview

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.

Also Known As

• Account Clerk
• Accounting Assistant
• Accounting Clerk
• Accounts Payables Clerk

Alternate Job Titles

• Account Administrator
• Account Clerk
• Account Information Clerk
• Account Receivable Clerk
• Accountant Assistant
• Accountant Clerk
• Accountant Helper
• Accounting Assistant
• Accounting Associate
• Accounting Bookkeeper
• Accounting Clerk
• Accounting Coordinator
• Accounting Representative
• Accounting Specialist
• Accounting Technician

What You'll Do

In this role, your typical responsibilities include:

• 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.
• 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.
• Code documents according to company procedures.
• Perform financial calculations, such as amounts due, interest charges, balances, discounts, equity, and principal.

Knowledge You'll Use

You'll need solid knowledge in these areas:

• Customer and Personal Service
• Administrative
• Mathematics

Key Abilities

This career requires key abilities in:

• Oral Comprehension
• Near Vision
• Written Comprehension
• Mathematical Reasoning
• Written Expression
• Oral Expression
• Problem Sensitivity
• Number Facility
• Speech Recognition
• Inductive Reasoning

Work Style

People who excel in this career typically demonstrate:

• Attention to Detail
• Dependability
• Integrity
• Cautiousness
• Achievement Orientation

What Matters in This Career

This career tends to satisfy these work values:

• Support
• Relationships
• Achievement
• Working Conditions
• Independence

Education & Preparation

Typical Education: High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)

Related Work Experience Needed: Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years

On-the-Job Training: Over 1 month, up to and including 3 months

Education Details: Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.

Experience Required: Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.

Technology You'll Use

Popular Technologies & Software

• Adobe Acrobat
• Epic Systems
• Google Docs
• Intuit QuickBooks
• MEDITECH software
• Microsoft Access
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Office software
• Microsoft Outlook
• Microsoft PowerPoint

Tools & Equipment

• 10-key calculators
• Desktop computers
• Financial calculators
• Image scanners
• Ledger sheets
• Notebook computers
• Receipt books

Work Environment

• E-Mail
• Indoors, Environmentally Controlled
• Telephone Conversations
• Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
• Importance of Repeating Same Tasks

Salary & Job Market

Salary Percentile	Annual Wage
Entry-Level (10th percentile)	$34,600
Median	$49,210
Top Earners (90th percentile)	$72,660

Workers Employed Nationally: 1,455,770

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Occupational data sourced from the O*NET OnLine database, developed by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. Wage data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), 2024.