(Career Asssessments, Exploration & Counselling)
Career: Billing, Cost, and Rate Clerks
Job Description
Compile data, compute fees and charges, and prepare invoices for billing purposes. Duties include computing costs and calculating rates for goods, services, and shipment of goods; posting data; and keeping other relevant records. May involve use of computer or typewriter, calculator, and adding and bookkeeping machines.
Job Tasks
Importance %age |
Task Description |
98
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Verify accuracy of billing data and revise any errors. |
98
|
Operate typing, adding, calculating, or billing machines. |
91
|
Contact customers to obtain or relay account information. |
90
|
Perform bookkeeping work, including posting data and keeping other records concerning costs of goods and services and the shipment of goods. |
89
|
Prepare itemized statements, bills, or invoices, recording amounts due for items purchased or services rendered. |
83
|
Resolve discrepancies in accounting records. |
81
|
Type billing documents, shipping labels, credit memorandums, and credit forms, using typewriters or computers. |
80
|
Keep records of invoices and support documents. |
78
|
Review documents such as purchase orders, sales tickets, charge slips, or hospital records to compute fees and charges due. |
76
|
Answer mail and telephone inquiries regarding rates, routing, and procedures. |
70
|
Compute credit terms, discounts, shipment charges, and rates for goods and services to complete billing documents. |
64
|
Update manuals when rates, rules, or regulations are amended. |
55
|
Consult sources such as rate books, manuals, and insurance company representatives in order to determine specific charges and information such as rules, regulations, and government tax and tariff information. |
32
|
Compile reports of cost factors, such as labor, production, storage, and equipment. |
29
|
Track accumulated hours and dollar amounts charged to each client job in order to calculate client fees for professional services such as legal and accounting services. |
29
|
Estimate market value of products or services. |
26
|
Review compiled data on operating costs and revenues to set rates. |
Work Activities
Importance %age |
Activity Description |
65
|
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
|
61
|
Processing Information
|
60
|
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
|
60
|
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
|
56
|
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
|
55
|
Analyzing Data or Information
|
52
|
Getting Information
|
52
|
Performing Administrative Activities
|
51
|
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
|
50
|
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
|
47
|
Interacting With Computers
|
47
|
Documenting/Recording Information
|
42
|
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
|
41
|
Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others
|
41
|
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
|
39
|
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People
|
37
|
Assisting and Caring for Others
|
37
|
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization
|
36
|
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
|
31
|
Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information
|
31
|
Thinking Creatively
|
29
|
Developing Objectives and Strategies
|
28
|
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others
|
26
|
Training and Teaching Others
|
23
|
Developing and Building Teams
|
19
|
Coaching and Developing Others
|
19
|
Provide Consultation and Advice to Others
|
18
|
Monitoring and Controlling Resources
|
15
|
Scheduling Work and Activities
|
15
|
Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
|
15
|
Handling and Moving Objects
|
14
|
Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
|
14
|
Staffing Organizational Units
|
10
|
Selling or Influencing Others
|
10
|
Performing General Physical Activities
|
9
|
Controlling Machines and Processes
|
6
|
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
|
3
|
Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment
|
2
|
Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
|
2
|
Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
|
1
|
Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment
|