Accounting Clerks
- Classification
- Unit
- Major group
- Clerical and Administrative Workers
Classification
- Major group
- 5Clerical and Administrative Workers
- Sub-major group
- 55Numerical Clerks
- Minor group
- 551Accounting Clerks and Bookkeepers
Description
UNIT GROUP 5511 ACCOUNTING CLERKS ACCOUNTING CLERKS monitor creditor and debtor accounts, undertake related routine documentation, and calculate and investigate the cost of wages, materials, overheads and other operating costs.
Skill level
Australia
AQF Certificate II or III (ANZSCO Skill Level 4)
New Zealand
NZQF Level 2 or 3 qualification (ANZSCO Skill Level 4) At least one year of relevant experience may substitute for the formal qualifications listed above. 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
- reconciling invoices and despatching payments
- calculating, analysing and investigating the costs of proposed expenditure, wages and standard costs
- preparing bank reconciliations
- allocating expenditure to specified budget accounts
- summarising expenditure and receipts
- preparing records of standard costs and values for items such as raw materials and packaging supplies
- recording cost variations and contract price movements
- compiling cost data for preparation of operating budgets, and profit and loss calculations
- investigating the costs of proposed expenditures, quotations and estimates
- preparing reports of total costs, inventory adjustments, selling prices and profits
- may work in a call centre
Occupations in this unit group
Sources
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