Finance and Insurance Clerk Supervisors

Job description

These individuals supervise and coordinate the work done by:

  • Accounting clerks
  • Pay administrators
  • Bank, insurance, and other financial services clerks
  • Collectors

Environment

  • Controlled ambient temperature

Main tasks

  • Develop effective schedules, procedures, and work methods.
  • Coordinate, assign, and review the work of clerks.
  • Authorize transactions.
  • Coordinate activities with other departments or divisions.
  • Solve problems.
  • Draft and submit reports.
  • Train staff on company tasks and policies.
  • Order supplies and equipment.
  • Maintain, repair, and ensure the proper operation of computer systems and equipment.
  • Perform the same duties as supervised staff as required.

Hourly wage

The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2022 to 2024.
Minimum
$22.00
Median
$33.00
Maximum
$49.80

Job prospects for 2024-2028

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Job prospects

All of Québec

Good

All of Québec

Non available

Total jobs for 2023

All of Québec

4,000

All of Québec

na

Gender distribution

All of Québec

Not available.
74.9% Female
25.1% Male

Not available.
  • 74.9% Female
  • 25.1% Male

Job types

All of Québec

Not available.
Full time
Part time

Not available.
  • Full time
  • Part time

Yearly wage on 2020

All of Québec

$66,000

All of Québec

Other characteristics

All of Québec

  • Non traditional for men
  • None

All of Québec

  • Non traditional for men
  • None

Sectors of activity

All of Québec

Not available.
  1. NAICS 521, 522, 523, 526
    16% of jobs
  2. NAICS 524
    8% of jobs
  3. NAICS 91
    8% of jobs
  4. NAICS 5411, 5412
    8% of jobs
  5. NAICS 48, 49
    7% of jobs
  6. Others
    53% of jobs

All of Québec

Not available.
  1. NAICS 521, 522, 523, 526
    16% of jobs
  2. NAICS 524
    8% of jobs
  3. NAICS 91
    8% of jobs
  4. NAICS 5411, 5412
    8% of jobs
  5. NAICS 48, 49
    7% of jobs
  6. Others
    53% of jobs

Training and requirements

Formation

Most training programs are offered in French only.

College

DCS in accounting and Management Technology
Code : 410B0

Placement rate: 45.4%

52.5% of graduates pursue further studies

More on graduates’ employment situation

Also required

  • Experience in office work related to the duties supervised.

Main skills and characteristics

Skills

  • Data collection
  • Information processing
  • Reading comprehension
  • Coordination
  • Active listening
  • Result evaluation
  • Oral expression
  • Social perception
  • Critical thought
  • Active learning
  • Teaching
  • Written expression
  • Human resource management
  • Time management
  • Judgment and decision-making
  • Negotiation
  • Service oriented
  • Persuasion
  • Learning strategies
  • Solving complex problems
  • Systems evaluation
  • System analysis

Abilities

  • Oral comprehension
  • Written comprehension
  • Verbal skills
  • Speech clarity
  • Written expression
  • Speech recognition
  • Awareness of issues
  • Information organization
  • Deductive reasoning
  • Inductive reasoning
  • Near vision
  • Idea generation
  • Originality
  • Classification
  • Selective attention

Knowledge and attributes

  • Leadership
  • Knowledge of administration and management
  • Autonomy
  • Spoken and written bilingualism (French and English)
  • Knowledge of customer and personalized services
  • Capacity to work in a team
  • Rigour
  • Sense of initiative
  • Capacity to be discrete
  • Knowledge of office work

Interests

  • Direct, organize, and manage
  • Work with numbers
  • Work in sales or client service
  • Work in an office

Personality profiles (RIASEC)

Enterprising
People with this profile prefer having responsibilities, influencing others and responding to challenges.
Social
People with this profile prefer to be in contact with others, in particular to entertain, help or teach them.
Conventional
People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.

Official name of the NOC 12011

Supervisors, finance and insurance office workers

Job titles

  • Assistant accountant
  • Accounting clerks supervisor
  • Accounting supervisor
  • Pay and benefits supervisor
  • Credit and collection supervisor
  • Paymaster
  • Accounts payable analyst
  • Credit service group leader
  • Accounting section head
  • Billing unit head
  • Assistant financial institution accountant - financial services
  • Assistant bank accountant
  • Billing coordinator
  • Claims adjusters supervisor
  • Clerks supervisor - bank or financial institution
  • Collection clerks supervisor
  • Assessment clerks supervisor
  • Merchandise clerks supervisor
  • Bank clerks supervisor
  • Customs brokerage clerks supervisor
  • Credit clerks supervisor
  • Accounts receivable supervisor
  • Financial accounting supervisor
  • Billing supervisor
  • Payroll supervisor
  • Petty cash supervisor
  • Tabulating supervisor
  • Bookkeeping supervisor
  • Sales records supervisor
  • Credit supervisor
  • Payment processing unit supervisor
  • Claims service supervisor
  • Tabulators supervisor
  • Bookkeepers and accounting clerks supervisor
  • Tollgate supervisor
  • Payroll clerk supervisor
  • Accounts payable supervisor
  • Cash receipts supervisor
  • Cost supervisor
  • Budget supervisor
  • Financial control supervisor
  • Collection supervisor

Skill type

Business, finance and administration

Last update: January 29, 2026

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