Accounts Clerk

Responsible for maintaining financial records, running reports and recording a wide range of transactions. Purpose includes providing administrative assistance to accountant as well as preparing statements that confirm the accuracy of database information.

• Provide accounting and clerical support to the accounting department
• Prepare and maintain accounting documents and records in a timely and accurate manner
• Prepare statements, including credit notes
• Reconcile accounts in a timely manner
• Daily enter key data of financial transactions in database
• Research, track and restore accounting or documentation problems and discrepancies
• Inform management and compile reports/summaries on activity areas
• Function in accordance with established standards, procedures and applicable laws
• Constantly update job knowledge.
• Collect and sort invoices
• Keep a thorough record of business transactions and enter data from daily work logs into the company’s general ledger system
• Support supervisory and executive staff by performing any assigned accounting and clerical tasks
• Keep a thorough record of all company charges, as well as any refunds that have been issued
• Keep track of any consumer issues that require a refund and make sure that the refunds are issued in a timely manner
• Assist senior accounting personnel with any tasks conducted within the accounting department, or any tasks that require accounting personnel to take part
• Key in any  documents or items that the accounting department is responsible for, including cheques and invoices, as well as vouchers, accounting statements, and other reports and records
• Match orders to invoices
• Process invoices/bills so that they can be paid
• Contact consumers to notify them of delinquent accounts and accept any payments made at the time of contact.
• Attend to inventories at various work sites as and when required.
• Count cash
• Ensure proper filing