Business Office Accounting Clerk

Careers which correspond to the skills learned include:

• Accounting Clerk
• Accounts Payable/Accounts Receivable Clerk
• Audit and Billing Clerk
• Budget and Costing Clerk
• Deposit, Finance, or Invoice Clerk
• Tax Services Clerk
• Bookkeeper

• Average to above-average communication and thinking skills
• Good numeracy and personal management skills
• Able to meet deadline
• Reliable

• Calculate, prepare and issue bills, invoices and other financial statements using manual and computerized systems.
• Process, verify and balance financial records and business transactions and enter data in a ledger or computerized system.
• Compile budget data and documents based on estimated revenues and expenses and previous budgets.
• Calculate costs of materials, overhead and other expenses based on estimates, quotations and price lists.
• Post journal entries and reconcile accounts, prepare trial balances of books, maintain general ledgers and prepare financial statements.
• Prepare cheques for payrolls and for utility, tax, and other bills.
• Complete and submit tax remittance forms, worker’s compensation forms, pension contribution forms and other government documents.
• Prepare financial and accounting reports.