Specialist, cost control

Accounting and bookkeeping clerks compute, classify and record numerical data to keep financial records complete. They perform any combination of routine calculating, posting and verifying duties to obtain primary financial data for use in maintaining accounting records.

• checking figures, postings and documents for correct entry, mathematical accuracy and proper codes;
• operating computerised accounting software to enter, store and analyse information;
• classifying, recording and summarising numerical and financial data to compile and keep financial records, using journals, ledgers and computers;
• calculating, preparing and issuing bills, invoices, account statements and other financial statements according to established procedures;
• compiling statistical, financial, accounting or auditing reports and tables relating to cash receipts, expenditure, accounts payable and receivable, and profit and loss.
• Examples of occupations in this unit group:
• Clerk, accounting
• Invoice clerk
• Cashier, bursar