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.

**Indicative skill level:**

Most occupations in this unit group have a level of skill commensurate with the qualifications and experience outlined below.

#### In Australia:

- AQF Certificate II or III (ANZSCO Skill Level 4)

#### In 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 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