Billing and Posting Clerks
Compile, compute, and record billing, accounting, statistical, and other numerical data for billing purposes. Prepare billing invoices for services rendered or for delivery or shipment of goods.
Also known as: Account Clerk, Account Services Representative (Accounts Services Rep), Accounting Assistant, Accounting Machine Operator, Accounts Adjustable Clerk, Accounts Analyst, Accounts Payable Analyst, Accounts Payable Associate, ...
Annual Salary
Median annual wage (May 2024)
Job Outlook
Projected growth, 2024–2034 (Declining)
What You'd Do
- Post stop-payment notices to prevent payment of protested checks.
- Verify accuracy of billing data and revise any errors.
- Verify signatures and required information on checks.
- Prepare itemized statements, bills, or invoices and record amounts due for items purchased or services rendered.
- Perform bookkeeping work, including posting data or keeping other records concerning costs of goods or services or the shipment of goods.
- Operate typing, adding, calculating, or billing machines.
- Resolve discrepancies in accounting records.
- Contact customers to obtain or relay account information.
- Keep records of invoices and support documents.
- Route statements for mailing or over-the-counter delivery to customers.
- Monitor equipment to ensure proper operation.
- Fix minor problems, such as equipment jams, and notify repair personnel of major equipment problems.
- Answer inquiries regarding rates, routing, or procedures.
- Compile reports of cost factors, such as labor, production, storage, and equipment.
- Create billing documents, shipping labels, credit memorandums, or credit forms.
- Perform general administrative tasks, such as answering telephones, scheduling appointments, and ordering supplies or equipment.
- Return checks to customers or retrieve checks returned to customers in error, adjusting accounts and answering inquiries about errors as necessary.
- Review documents, such as purchase orders, sales tickets, charge slips, or hospital records, to compute fees or charges due.
- Weigh envelopes containing statements to determine correct postage and affix postage, using stamps or metering equipment.
- Compare previously prepared bank statements with canceled checks and reconcile discrepancies.
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Salary data: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2024. Outlook data: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–2034.
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