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Profession financial clerk

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Financial clerks 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.

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Tasks financial clerk

  • Check figures, postings and documents for correct entry, mathematical accuracy and proper codes.
  • Operate computers programmed with accounting software to record, store and analyse information.
  • Debit, credit and total accounts on computer spreadsheets and databases using specialised accounting software.
  • Classify, record and summarise numerical and financial data to compile and keep financial records, using journals and ledgers or computers.
  • Calculate, prepare and issue bills, invoices, account statements and other financial statements according to established procedures.
  • 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 relevant procedures.
  • Access computerised financial information to answer general questions as well as those related to specific accounts.

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