Accounts Clerk or Bookkeeper

Accounting, Banking & Financial Services

ANZSCO ID 551111

Summary

Accounts Clerks monitor creditor and debtor accounts, and undertake related routine documentation. They may work in call centres.

Employment Pathway

Formal qualifications are not essential to work as an Accounts Clerk. Although some workers have a Vocational Education and Training (VET) qualification or university degree in accounting, business administration, banking and finance, management and commerce, secretarial and clerical.

Top Skills Required

Mathematics - Using mathematics to solve problems
Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times
Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems
Reading Comprehension - Understanding the meaning of written sentences and paragraphs
Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively

Key tasks

Prepares and processes documentation related to accounts payable and receivable.
Reconciles invoices and dispatches payments.
Calculates, analyses and investigates the costs of proposed expenditure, wages and standard costs.
Prepares bank reconciliations.
Allocates expenditure to specified budget accounts.
Summarises expenditure and receipts.
May work in a call centre.

Facts about this occupation

4.3% Growth

63% Full-time Share

$1,250 Avg Pay/Wk

93,300 Workers

44 years Avg Age

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