Bookkeeping
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
43-3031.00
Median wages
$34,470
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.
- 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.
- Debit, credit, and total accounts on computer spreadsheets and databases, using specialized accounting software.
- Operate 10-key calculators, typewriters, and copy machines to perform calculations and produce documents.
- Receive, record, and bank cash, checks, and vouchers.
- Comply with federal, state, and company policies, procedures, and regulations.
- Compile statistical, financial, accounting, or auditing reports and tables pertaining to such matters as cash receipts, expenditures, accounts payable and receivable, and profits and losses.
- Code documents according to company procedures.
- Reconcile or note and report discrepancies found in records.
- Access computerized financial information to answer general questions as well as those related to specific accounts.
- Match order forms with invoices, and record the necessary information.
- Perform general office duties, such as filing, answering telephones, and handling routine correspondence.
- Perform personal bookkeeping services.
- Prepare bank deposits by compiling data from cashiers, verifying and balancing receipts, and sending cash, checks, or other forms of payment to banks.
- Prepare trial balances of books.
- Calculate, prepare, and issue bills, invoices, account statements, and other financial statements according to established procedures.
- Calculate and prepare checks for utilities, taxes, and other payments.
- Compute deductions for income and social security taxes.
- Prepare and process payroll information.
- Compare computer printouts to manually maintained journals to determine if they match.
- Reconcile records of bank transactions.
- Transfer details from separate journals to general ledgers or data processing sheets.
- Complete and submit tax forms and returns, workers' compensation forms, pension contribution forms, and other government documents.
- Prepare purchase orders and expense reports.
- Monitor status of loans and accounts to ensure that payments are up to date.
- Perform financial calculations, such as amounts due, interest charges, balances, discounts, equity, and principal.
- Calculate costs of materials, overhead, and other expenses, based on estimates, quotations and price lists.
- Compile budget data and documents, based on estimated revenues and expenses and previous budgets.
- Maintain inventory records.
- Accounting software — FlexiFinancials FlexiLedger; Infor Global Solutions Starbuilder; Intuit QuickBooks
; Sage 50 Accounting - Business intelligence and data analysis software — IBM Cognos Impromptu
- Compliance software — Corporate Responsibility System Technologies Limited CRSTL Compliance Positioning System; FLS eDP.Payrolltax; Intrax ProcedureNet; Paisley Cardmap
- Customer relationship management CRM software — Blackbaud The Raiser's Edge ; Sage ACT!
- Data base reporting software — SAP Crystal Reports
- Data base user interface and query software — Data entry software ; Microsoft Access ; Sage 100 Contractor; Yardi
- Document management software — Accutrac Records Management Software; Document management system software; OmniRIM Records Management Suite; Records management software
- Electronic mail software — IBM Notes ; Microsoft Outlook
- Enterprise application integration software — SAP BusinessObjects Data Integrator
- Enterprise resource planning ERP software — Microsoft Dynamics ; Oracle PeopleSoft ; Oracle PeopleSoft Financials ; SAP
- Financial analysis software — AuditWare; Oracle E-Business Suite Financials ; Paisley AutoAudit; RSM McGladrey Auditor Assistant
- Human resources software — ADP Workforce Now ; Human resource management software HRMS
- Information retrieval or search software — LexisNexis
- Internet browser software — Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Medical software — Healthcare common procedure coding system HCPCS ; Medical condition coding software ; Medical procedure coding software ; MEDITECH software
- Office suite software — Microsoft Office
- Presentation software — Microsoft PowerPoint
- Project management software — HCSS HeavyBid; HCSS HeavyJob
- Spreadsheet software — Microsoft Excel
- Time accounting software — ADP Pay eXpert; HMS; Payroll software
- Transaction server software — Customer information control system CICS ; Tumbleweed SecureTransport
- Word processing software — Microsoft Word
- 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.
- Reading Comprehension — Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Mathematics — Using mathematics to solve problems.
- Monitoring — Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Time Management — Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Writing — Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Social Perceptiveness — Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
