Accounting Clerks

This occupation may include associated occupations with varying tasks.

• 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

Accounting industry suits well to the analytically minded. If you love dealing with numbers, detail and technology, then this career path could be for you. There is a diverse range of different jobs in the industry and they are always in high demand.

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