Accounts Clerk (Occupation Code : 431101)

The path to becoming a Accounts Clerk

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Description

Monitors creditor and debtor accounts, and undertakes related routine documentation. May work in a call centre.

Tasks

Checking figures, postings, and documents for correct entry, mathematical accuracy, and proper codes.

Operating computers programmed with accounting software to record, store, and analyze information.

Classifying, recording, and summarizing numerical and financial data to compile and keep financial records using journals and ledgers or computers.

Calculating, preparing, and issuing bills, invoices, account statements, and other financial statements according to established procedures.

Compiling tables pertaining to such matters as cash receipts, expenditures and accounts payable and receivable.

Alternate Occupation Names

Accounts Payable or Receivable Clerk

Audit Clerk

Account Coordinator / Controller

Billing Administrator / Representative / Officer

Creditors Clerk

Debtors Clerk

Ledger Clerk

Settlement Clerk / Officer

Accounting Clerk

Assets Clerk / Coordinator

Learning Pathways

No formal qualification 1

Step 1 : Admission requirements

Grade 12 Recommended

While a National Senior Certificate (Grade 12) or equivalent is not compulsory to enter this learning pathway, it is highly valued by employers, who set their own entry requirements.

Learnership 2

Step 2 : Learnerships

Learnership - Junior Bookkeeper Level 3

This learnership is offered through the Institute of Certified Bookkeepers (ICB).