Office, Clerical, and Administration

Accounting

Who verifies employee timesheets? Who helps reconcile company bank statements? Who prepares monthly expenditure reports? Accounting clerks are the ones who do these things. read more [+]

Clerical accounting work handles specific routine accounting tasks that every company must take care of on an ongoing basis. Accounting clerks may prepare and issue invoices, bills, and account statements; process accounts receivable and accounts payable items; maintain databases and spreadsheets; compile statistics and reports; ensure correct payments; prepare bank deposits; record financial information; verify mathematical figures and invoices; process purchase orders; maintain vendor and supplier files; process payroll payments; pay a company’s insurance premiums; verify overtime calculations; monitor department budgets; or other tasks as needed by the company.

Accounting clerk education programs generally take one year to complete and include courses in accounting principles, economics, and software applications.

To work as an accounting clerk, you must be familiar with multiple bookkeeping systems and have good math skills.

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Recommended Schools (11 schools found. Showing the first five.)

Jones International University

Bachelor
BBA in General Business
Online School

CDI College

Diploma
Accounting Administrative Assistant
Alberta

ECPI

Certificate
Accounting Administration
Virginia, North Carolina

National College

Diploma
Diploma - Accounting Office Assistant
Kentucky, Virginia, Ohio, Tennessee, West Virginia, Indiana

The College of Westchester

Certificate
Business Office Specialist
New York

Harrison College

Diploma
Accounting Assistant Diploma, Accounting Assistant
Online School, Indiana

Berkeley College

Bachelor
BBA, General Business
New York

Pittsburgh Technical Institute

Associate
Accounting Administration
Pennsylvania

Summit Career College

Certificate
Accounting Assistant
California

Berkeley College - Online

Bachelor
BBA, General Business
Online School

Consolidated School of Business

Diploma
Clerical Accounting Specialist
Pennsylvania