Billing, Cost, & Rate Clerks
Accounts Payable Clerk, Billing Clerk, Billing Coordinator, Office Manager
see titles from the Air Force, Marine Corps, or Navy.
Contracting; Contracting Apprentice; Contracting Helper; Contracting Superintendent; Financial Management and Comptroller Apprentice; Financial Management and Comptroller Helper; Financial Management and Comptroller Journeyman; Traffic Management; Traffic Management Craftsman; Traffic Management Journeyman
Aviation Supply Specialist; Financial Management Resource Analyst; Supply Chain and Materiel Management Specialist
Personnel Specialist
What they do:
Compile data, compute fees and charges, and prepare invoices for billing purposes. Duties include computing costs and calculating rates for goods, services, and shipment of goods; posting data; and keeping other relevant records. May involve use of computer or typewriter, calculator, and adding and bookkeeping machines.
On the job, you would:
- 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.
- Perform bookkeeping work, including posting data or keeping other records concerning costs of goods or services or the shipment of goods.
Business
- administrative services
- customer service
Arts and Humanities
Math and Science
- arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
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Basic Skills
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- talking to others
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
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Verbal
- communicate by speaking
- listen and understand what people say
Math
- add, subtract, multiply, or divide
- choose the right type of math to solve a problem
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People interested in this work like activities that include data, detail, and regular routines.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Integrity
- Attention to Detail
- Dependability
- Cooperation
- Stress Tolerance
- Independence
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You might use software like this on the job:
Accounting software
- Intuit QuickBooks
- Sage 50 Accounting
Medical software
- Medical condition coding software
- MEDITECH software
Data base user interface and query software
- Database software
- Microsoft Access
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high school diploma/GED or
associate's degree
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are very likely in the future.
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You might like a career in one of these industries:
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In the military:
see titles from the Air Force, Marine Corps, or Navy.
