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Billing and Posting Clerks

Compile, compute, and record billing, accounting, statistical, and other numerical data for billing purposes. Prepare billing invoices for services rendered or for delivery or shipment of goods.

What you’d do

  • Verify accuracy of billing data and revise any errors.
  • Prepare itemized statements, bills, or invoices and record amounts due for items purchased or services rendered.
  • Keep records of invoices and support documents.
  • Operate typing, adding, calculating, or billing machines.
  • Create billing documents, shipping labels, credit memorandums, or credit forms.
  • Perform general administrative tasks, such as answering telephones, scheduling appointments, and ordering supplies or equipment.
  • Contact customers to obtain or relay account information.

Skills that matter

  • Reading Comprehension
  • Speaking
  • Active Listening
  • Critical Thinking
  • Mathematics
  • Monitoring

How to get there

Little to some preparation: usually a high school diploma or GED, though some jobs do not need one

Also called

  • Billing Clerk
  • Billing Coordinator
  • Pre Audit Clerk
  • Statement Clerk
  • Biller
  • Billing Accounts Representative

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