(Career Asssessments, Exploration & Counselling)
Career: Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks
Job Description
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.
Job Tasks
Importance %age |
Task Description |
98
|
Operate 10-key calculators, typewriters, and copy machines to perform calculations and produce documents. |
96
|
Perform general office duties such as filing, answering telephones, and handling routine correspondence. |
92
|
Operate computers programmed with accounting software to record, store, and analyze information. |
92
|
Check figures, postings, and documents for correct entry, mathematical accuracy, and proper codes. |
85
|
Comply with federal, state, and company policies, procedures, and regulations. |
83
|
Classify, record, and summarize numerical and financial data to compile and keep financial records, using journals and ledgers or computers. |
82
|
Debit, credit, and total accounts on computer spreadsheets and databases, using specialized accounting software. |
82
|
Access computerized financial information to answer general questions as well as those related to specific accounts. |
73
|
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. |
73
|
Reconcile or note and report discrepancies found in records. |
72
|
Code documents according to company procedures. |
71
|
Match order forms with invoices, and record the necessary information. |
69
|
Receive, record, and bank cash, checks, and vouchers. |
63
|
Calculate, prepare, and issue bills, invoices, account statements, and other financial statements according to established procedures. |
62
|
Compare computer printouts to manually maintained journals to determine if they match. |
58
|
Prepare bank deposits by compiling data from cashiers, verifying and balancing receipts, and sending cash, checks, or other forms of payment to banks. |
50
|
Monitor status of loans and accounts to ensure that payments are up to date. |
49
|
Reconcile records of bank transactions. |
48
|
Compile budget data and documents, based on estimated revenues and expenses and previous budgets. |
47
|
Calculate and prepare checks for utilities, taxes, and other payments. |
47
|
Transfer details from separate journals to general ledgers or data processing sheets. |
47
|
Prepare purchase orders and expense reports. |
46
|
Prepare and process payroll information. |
45
|
Prepare trial balances of books. |
43
|
Perform financial calculations such as amounts due, interest charges, balances, discounts, equity, and principal. |
33
|
Complete and submit tax forms and returns, workers' compensation forms, pension contribution forms, and other government documents. |
29
|
Perform personal bookkeeping services. |
23
|
Compute deductions for income and social security taxes. |
23
|
Maintain inventory records. |
17
|
Calculate costs of materials, overhead and other expenses, based on estimates, quotations and price lists. |
Work Activities
Importance %age |
Activity Description |
65
|
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge
|
63
|
Processing Information
|
62
|
Getting Information
|
61
|
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work
|
59
|
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
|
58
|
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
|
53
|
Documenting/Recording Information
|
53
|
Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
|
53
|
Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings
|
51
|
Monitoring and Controlling Resources
|
50
|
Interacting With Computers
|
49
|
Making Decisions and Solving Problems
|
49
|
Analyzing Data or Information
|
47
|
Performing Administrative Activities
|
44
|
Communicating with Persons Outside Organization
|
40
|
Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards
|
40
|
Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others
|
40
|
Training and Teaching Others
|
40
|
Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
|
40
|
Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others
|
39
|
Thinking Creatively
|
38
|
Scheduling Work and Activities
|
36
|
Assisting and Caring for Others
|
35
|
Coaching and Developing Others
|
31
|
Developing Objectives and Strategies
|
30
|
Provide Consultation and Advice to Others
|
28
|
Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People
|
26
|
Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates
|
24
|
Developing and Building Teams
|
24
|
Performing for or Working Directly with the Public
|
20
|
Handling and Moving Objects
|
19
|
Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information
|
18
|
Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material
|
13
|
Controlling Machines and Processes
|
12
|
Staffing Organizational Units
|
12
|
Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment
|
10
|
Selling or Influencing Others
|
9
|
Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment
|
8
|
Performing General Physical Activities
|
7
|
Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment
|
6
|
Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment
|