// Unit group · 4311

Accounting and Bookkeeping Clerks

Accounting and bookkeeping clerks compute, classify and record numerical data to keep financial records complete. They perform any combination of routine calculating, posting and verifying duties to obtain primary financial data for use in maintaining accounting records.

4 Clerical Support Workers / 43 Numerical and Material Recording Clerks / 431 Numerical Clerks / All level 4

// Working conditions

Sitting and standing

// Hand tools

No hand tools in this set.

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

operating computers programmed with accounting software to record, store and analyse information

classifying, recording and summarizing numerical and financial data to compile and keep financial records, using journals and ledgers or computers

calculating, preparing and issuing bills, invoices, account statements and other financial statements according to established procedures.

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

Included occupations

Examples of the occupations included here:
- Accounts clerk
- Bookkeeping clerk
- Cost computing clerk

Excluded occupations

Some related occupations classified elsewhere:
- Accounting assistant- 3313
- Bookkeeper - 3313

Indexed job titles 8