Billing Clerk
Billing clerks are responsible for collecting purchase information, figuring costs and charges, issuing statements and invoices, and billing customers. Clerks gather and examine all necessary information from various sources (such as purchase orders, sales receipts, credit slips, shipping invoices, tax statements, and order forms) to organize billing.
Billing clerks must also contact customers and keep up to date, accurate customer information on file. Shipping labels, bills of lading, and purchase orders are all completed by billing clerks with complete details and supporting documentation. Other responsibilities of billing clerks include: issuing credit memos, maintaining accounts payable, tracking and reporting returned merchandise, correcting erroneous bills, preparing invoices from various accounts, preparing work orders, and operating general office equipment (such as computers, accounting software, calculation equipment, and invoicing programs).
A combination of work experience and approximately three to six months of specific training is required to become a billing clerk. In addition to these requirements, other basic skills such as: administrative writing skills, data entry skills, basic accounting or finance software skills, basic math skills, research skills, planning skills, reporting skills, computer skills, organizational abilities, time management skills, communication skills, and analytical skills are necessary to perform the required duties.
The typical average salary of an experienced billing clerk is about $29,990 per year. Starting salaries pay an average of about $22,560 per year.
