Business & Office Accounting Clerk
The objective of this program is to provide the student with opportunities to acquire and apply the knowledge of business accounting and office skills to meet the demands of today’s business.
Career Opportunities
Careers which correspond to the skills learned include:
- Accounting clerk
- Accounts payable clerk
- Accounts receivable clerk
- Audit and billing clerk
- Bookkeeper
- Budget and costing clerk
- Deposit clerk
- Finance clerk
- Invoice clerk
- Tax services clerk
Duties & Responsibilities
- Calculate, prepare and issue bills, invoices and other financial statements using manual and computerized systems.
- Process, verify and balance financial records and business transactions and enter data in a ledger or computerized system.
- Compile budget data and documents based on estimated revenues and expenses and previous budgets.
- Calculate costs of materials, overhead and other expenses based on estimates, quotations and price lists.
- Post journal entries and reconcile accounts, prepare trial balances of books, maintain general ledgers and prepare financial statements.
- Prepare cheques for payrolls and for utility, tax, and other bills.
- Complete and submit tax remittance forms, worker’s compensation forms, pension contribution forms and other government documents.
- Prepare financial and accounting reports.