Accounting Clerks and Bookkeepers
- Classification
- Minor
- Major group
- Clerical and Administrative Workers
Classification
- Major group
- 5Clerical and Administrative Workers
- Sub-major group
- 55Numerical Clerks
Description
MINOR GROUP 551 ACCOUNTING CLERKS AND BOOKKEEPERS ACCOUNTING CLERKS AND BOOKKEEPERS compile, record and process documents relating to creditors and debtors, operating costs, financial transactions and payrolls.
Skill level
Australia
AQF Certificate III including at least two years of on-the-job training, or AQF Certificate IV or at least three years of relevant experience (ANZSCO Skill Level 3); or AQF Certificate II or III, or at least one year of relevant experience (ANZSCO Skill Level 4)
New Zealand
NZQF Level 4 qualification, or at least three years of relevant experience (ANZSCO Skill Level 3); or NZQF Level 2 or 3 qualification, or at least one year of relevant experience (ANZSCO Skill Level 4) In some instances relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification.
Tasks
Tasks include
- preparing and processing documentation related to accounts payable and receivable, and wages and salaries
- reconciling invoices and despatching payments
- investigating, compiling and preparing reports of operating cost data
- keeping financial records
- maintaining, reconciling and balancing accounts
- processing payments of accounts, and wages and salaries