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Accounts Clerk

551111 · Sedentary Next-day ready

Description

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

Typical work tasks

Prepares and processes documentation related to accounts payable and receivable; reconciles invoices and despatches payments; calculates, analyses and investigates the costs of proposed expenditure, wages and standard costs; prepares bank reconciliations; allocates expenditure to specified budget accounts; summarises expenditure and receipts; may work in a call centre.

Typical work environment

  • Indoor office environment which may range from a large corporate-type head offices down to a smaller sole-charge office.
  • Works predominantly at office desks, usually with a computer workstation.
  • Usually works in adequately heated and ventilated spaces.

Typical physical and mental demands

  • Physical demand level is sedentary.
  • Employees spend the day predominantly sitting at a workstation carrying out a variety of both manual and computerised data entry and processing tasks.
  • Employees will also need to operate printers, copiers and a range of other minor office equipment and refill paper trays and ink supplies.
  • Occasional standing and walking about the office is required.
  • Lifting, stretching, twisting or climbing is not a significant component of the job.
  • Repetitive arm hand and finger movements are constant in regards to data-entry and data processing tasks.
  • Bending, squatting or crouching is not a significant component of the job.
  • Driving is not required.
  • Use of minor office hand-held objects such as pens, calculators and staplers, as well as telephones will also be occasional to frequent.
  • Mental skills necessary include a high level of concentration, mathematical accuracy, and organisation skills.
Entry signal Reviewed

Enter via experience or on-the-job training; no mandatory pre-entry qualification. Flagged next-day ready.

Entry barrier Experience or on-job training
Licence / registration No licence required
ANZSCO skill level 4
Next-day ready Yes

How this was determined (model-generated): Accounts Clerk: 1 yr experience or low qual, on-the-job training sufficient; no licence.

Entry Requirements

A New Zealand Register Level 2 or 3 qualification (ANZSCO Skill Level 4) or at least one year of relevant experience. In some instances particular experience and/or on-the-job training may be required. For entry-level positions on-the-job training is sufficient.

Further Comments

  • There are opportunities for flexibility of movement.