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Accounts Clerk

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  • Job description
  • Advancement and mobility
  • Hourly wage
  • Job prospects for 2021-2025
  • Sectors of activity
  • Training and requirements
  • Main skills and characteristics
  • Personality profiles (RIASEC)
  • Additional information

Job description

These individuals calculate, prepare, and process invoices, accounts, and budgets. They also maintain other financial records according to established procedures.

Environment

  • Controlled ambient temperature

Main tasks

  • Calculate data as well as prepare and distribute documents associated with the accounts.
  • Code, total, batch, record, verify, and reconcile transactions.
  • Compile budget data and documents.
  • Prepare statements, cost reports, or periodicals.
  • Calculate material costs, overhead, and other expenses.
  • Respond to requests for information, maintain good relations with customers, and solve problems.
  • Perform word processing, record keeping, and filing.
  • Send and photocopy documents.

Advancement and mobility

  • Experience and additional training allow access to supervisory or specialized financial positions.

Hourly wage

The hourly wage is calculated by averaging wages from 2019 to 2021.
Minimum
$16.00
Median
$22.50
Maximum
$32.97

Job prospects for 2021-2025

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Job prospects for 2021-2025

Job prospects

All of Québec

Non available
Limited
Good
Very good
Good

All of Québec

Non available
Limited
Good
Very good
Non available

Total jobs for 2020

All of Québec

29,000

All of Québec

na

Gender distribution

All of Québec

Not available.
84.8% Female
15.2% Male

Not available.
  • 84.8% Female
  • 15.2% Male

Job types

All of Québec

Not available.
Full time
Part time

Not available.
  • Full time
  • Part time

Yearly wage on 2015

All of Québec

$41,000

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. Retail Trade
    NAICS 44, 45
    12% of jobs
  2. Legal and Accounting Services
    NAICS 5411, 5412
    12% of jobs
  3. Wholesale Trade
    NAICS 41
    10% of jobs
  4. Public Administration
    NAICS 91
    7% of jobs
  5. Transportation and Warehousing
    NAICS 48, 49
    6% of jobs
  6. Others
    53% of jobs

All of Québec

Not available.
  1. Retail Trade
    NAICS 44, 45
    12% of jobs
  2. Legal and Accounting Services
    NAICS 5411, 5412
    12% of jobs
  3. Wholesale Trade
    NAICS 41
    10% of jobs
  4. Public Administration
    NAICS 91
    7% of jobs
  5. Transportation and Warehousing
    NAICS 48, 49
    6% of jobs
  6. Others
    53% of jobs

Training and requirements

Formation

Most training programs are offered in French only.

Secondary

DVS in accounting This hyperlink will open in a new window.
Code : 5731

Placement rate: 72%

10.3% of graduates pursue further studies

More on graduates’ employment situation
DVS in comptabilité This hyperlink will open in a new window.
Code : 5231

Placement rate: 80.7%

8.8% of graduates pursue further studies

More on graduates’ employment situation

College

DCS in accounting and Management Technology This hyperlink will open in a new window.
Code : 410B0

Placement rate: 42.7%

53.4% of graduates pursue further studies

More on graduates’ employment situation
DCS in administration générale (Programme expérimental) This hyperlink will open in a new window.
Code : 410E0
ACS in comptabilité This hyperlink will open in a new window.
Code : LCAC8
ACS in comptabilité financière informatisée This hyperlink will open in a new window.
Code : LCA6Y

Placement rate: 74.1%

7.4% of graduates pursue further studies

More on graduates’ employment situation

Main skills and characteristics

Skills

  • Data collection
  • Information processing
  • Mathematics
  • Reading comprehension
  • Active listening
  • Critical thought
  • Written expression
  • Oral expression
  • Result evaluation
  • Time management
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Abilities

  • Oral comprehension
  • Written comprehension
  • Mathematical reasoning
  • Near vision
  • Written expression
  • Basic numeracy
  • Verbal skills
  • Awareness of issues
  • Classification
  • Information organization
  • Inductive reasoning
  • Speech recognition
  • Selective attention
  • Speech clarity
  • Deductive reasoning
More Less abilities

Knowledge and attributes

  • Autonomy
  • Capacity to adapt
  • Spoken and written bilingualism (French and English)
  • Knowledge of customer and personalized services
  • Honesty
  • Capacity to work in a team
  • Knowledge of mathematics
  • Sense of initiative
  • Capacity to be discrete
  • Knowledge of office work

Interests

  • Draft, communicate, and inform
  • Work with numbers
  • Work in an office

Personality profiles (RIASEC)

Conventional
People with this profile prefer specific, well-defined tasks. They like to respect the order of things and follow established rules.
Realistic
People with this profile prefer carrying out concrete tasks and being physically involved in what they do.
Investigative
People with this profile prefer relying on theoretical knowledge before acting. They like observation, analysis and problem solving.
Additional information

Note about CNP

Occupational information is provided based on the National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2016. The 5-digit code of the NOC 2021 is shown in parentheses for information purposes only for occupations that correspond to those of NOC 2016.

Official name of the NOC 1431 (14200)

Accounting and related clerks

Job titles

  • Accounting assistant
  • Invoice clerk
  • Budget clerk
  • Cost accounting clerk
  • Revenue accounting clerk
  • Accounting clerk
  • Accounting and auditing clerk
  • Patient-billing clerk
  • Utilities billing clerk
  • Freight-rate revision clerk
  • Tariff clerk
  • Freight-rate clerk
  • Fiscal clerk
  • Tax clerk
  • Treasury clerk
  • Auditing clerk
  • Account audit clerk
  • Journal entry audit clerk
  • Costing clerk
  • Assessment clerk
  • Control clerk - hotel and restaurant
  • Cheque control clerk
  • Ledger clerk
  • Accounts receivable clerk
  • Remittance accounts clerk
  • Accounts payable clerk
  • Accounts payable and receivable clerk
  • Cost clerk
  • Disbursement clerk
  • Expenditure clerk
  • Deposit clerk
  • Wharf clerk
  • Journal entry clerk
  • Financial investigation clerk
  • Cod (cash on delivery) clerk
  • Finance clerk
  • Investment clerk
  • Balance clerk
  • Traffic rate clerk
  • Senior accounting clerk
  • Junior invoice clerk
  • Billing machine operator
  • Wharfinger
  • Tax return preparer
  • Vault clerk
  • Rate reviewer
  • Currency sorter
  • Voucher clerk
  • Transfer clerk
  • Commis aux comptes clients
More Less job titles

Skill type

Business, finance and administration

Related occupations

  • Accounting technicians and bookkeepers
  • Banking, insurance and other financial clerks
  • Collectors
  • Financial auditors and accountants
  • Payroll administrators
  • Supervisors, finance and insurance office workers

See also

  • Glossary (PDF 229 Kb)
  • Québec emploi This hyperlink will open in a new window.

Last update: December 22, 2022

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