Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerk resume
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Also called bookkeeping accounting and auditing clerks, bookkeeping clerk, account administrator and account clerk.
$50,670
Median pay a year
1,373,680
People do this work
6
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Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerk
Summary
Bookkeeping clerk computing, classifying, and recording financial data, ensuring accuracy in transactions and compliance with regulations. Operates accounting software, reconciles bank records, and processes payroll information
Experience
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerk
Where you worked
Month Year to Month Year
Operated computers programmed with accounting software to record, store, and analyze information
Checked figures, postings, and documents for correct entry, mathematical accuracy, and proper codes
Complied with federal, state, and company policies, procedures, and regulations
Received, recorded, and banked cash, checks, and vouchers
Performed financial calculations, such as amounts due, interest charges, and balances
Reconciled records of bank transactions and reported discrepancies found in records
Prepared and processed payroll information and calculated costs of materials and expenses
Skills
Core Skills
Calculating financial data, Verifying financial or transactional accuracy, Compiling data or documentation, Maintaining financial records, Reconciling sales records, Preparing compliance documents, Searching files, Monitoring financial information, Monitoring compliance, Preparing cash for deposits, Intuit QuickBooks
Tools and software
Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office software, Microsoft Outlook, SAP software, SAP Concur
Open to
On site, Remote
Education
Certificate Your training program, Year
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Operated accounting software for data analysisChecked figures and documents for accuracyComplied with policies and regulationsOperated calculators and typewriters for calculationsReceived and recorded cash and checksReconciled discrepancies in financial records
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Operated accounting software to analyze and manage financial data, ensuring accuracy and compliance with regulations.
Operated accounting software to record and analyze financial data, ensuring accuracy and compliance with regulations.
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Operated accounting software daily for multiple accounts to analyze and manage financial data, ensuring accuracy and compliance with regulations
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Daily for multiple accountsWeekly for monthly reportsRegularly for quarterly audits
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Operated accounting software to record and analyze financial data, ensuring accuracy and compliance with regulations.
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Reduced errors in financial reportsImproved accuracy in budget forecastsStreamlined the reconciliation process
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Calculating financial data
Verifying financial or transactional accuracy
Compiling data or documentation
Maintaining financial records
Reconciling sales records
Preparing compliance documents
Searching files
Monitoring financial information
Monitoring compliance
Preparing cash for deposits
Calculating costs of goods or services
Operating office equipment
The work itself
What a Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerk does
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Compute, classify, and record numerical data to keep financial records complete. Perform any combination of routine calculating, posting, and verifying duties to obtain primary financial data for use in maintaining accounting records. May also check the accuracy of figures, calculations, and postings pertaining to business transactions recorded by other workers.
What it pays
How much does a Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerk make?
Annual pay across the United States. The middle figure is the median: half earn less than that, and half earn more.
25th percentile
$43,520
Median
$50,670
75th percentile
$61,470
About 1,373,680 people do this work in the United States.
This page is about the occupation Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks. What this job involves and what it is made of come from O*NET 30.3, the US Department of Labor's occupation database, refreshed July 2026; Rung writes those records into the plain sentences you see. Pay comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS release for 2025. Rung is an independent service and is not affiliated with or endorsed by either agency. How Rung handles accuracy is on the accuracy page, and the full data credits are on the credits page.