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Accounting Clerks

ANZSCO 5511

Employed

139,500

Part-time share

30%

Female share

80%

Median weekly earnings

$1,442

Median age

45 yrs

Employment outlook

Declining

Source: Jobs and Skills Australia · ABS 2021 Census of Population and Housing.

Accounting Clerks is a job in Australia. The job figures on this page come from Jobs and Skills Australia and the ABS Census, where they are published. The courses listed here lead to this job. Compare the fee, study mode, length, place, and how to get in before you enquire.

Courses linked to this job include Diploma of Accounting and Certificate III in Accounts Administration.

Jobs and Skills Australia rates the job outlook as Declining.

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About this career

Accounting Clerks monitor creditor and debtor accounts, undertake related routine documentation, and calculate and investigate the cost of wages, materials, overheads and other operating costs.

What they typically do

  • Preparing and processing documentation related to accounts payable and receivable
  • Reconciling invoices and despatching payments
  • Calculating, analysing and investigating the costs of proposed expenditure, wages and standard costs
  • Preparing bank reconciliations
  • Allocating expenditure to specified budget accounts
  • Summarising expenditure and receipts
  • Preparing records of standard costs and values for items such as raw materials and packaging supplies
  • Recording cost variations and contract price movements
  • Compiling cost data for preparation of operating budgets, and profit and loss calculations
  • Investigating the costs of proposed expenditures, quotations and estimates
  • Preparing reports of total costs, inventory adjustments, selling prices and profits
  • May work in a call centre

States and territories

Share of workers by location

NSW
32.5%
VIC
24.4%
QLD
20.1%
WA
12.6%
SA
5.8%
ACT
1.9%
TAS
1.8%
NT
1.1%

Qualification pathways

These accredited qualifications can lead to a career as an Accounting Clerks.