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Billing and Posting Clerks

$42.81K Median Salary 48.9K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 2.9% Job Growth

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About This Career

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.

Reported Job Titles

Account Services Representative (Accounts Services Rep), Biller, Billing Clerk, Billing Coordinator, Item Processing Clerk (IP Clerk), Medical Biller, Pre-Audit Clerk, Statement Clerk, Statement Distribution Clerk, Statement Services Representative (Statement Services Rep)

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Skills You'll Need

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Abilities

Near Vision

Written Comprehension

Information Ordering

Oral Expression

Oral Comprehension

Speech Recognition

Written Expression

Problem Sensitivity

Speech Clarity

Category Flexibility

Deductive Reasoning

Number Facility

Inductive Reasoning

Knowledge

Administrative

Customer and Personal Service

English Language

Economics and Accounting

Mathematics

Computers and Electronics

Administration and Management

Skills

Reading Comprehension

Mathematics

Active Listening

Critical Thinking

Monitoring

Speaking

Time Management

Writing

Technology Skills

Accounting software

Presentation software

Medical software

Graphics or photo imaging software

Enterprise resource planning ERP software

Financial analysis software

Document management software

Access software

Data base user interface and query software

Spreadsheet software

Electronic mail software

Optical character reader OCR or scanning software

Expert system software

Customer relationship management CRM software

Office suite software

Operating system software

Word processing software

Business intelligence and data analysis software

Internet browser software

Project management software

Industrial control software

Desktop publishing software

Tools

Franking or postage machines

Check endorsing machines

Mail sealing machines

Accounting machines

Optical character recognition systems

Postal scales

Mail opening machines

Sorters

Filing cabinets or accessories

Digital image printers

Letter folders

Paper sorting machines

Pocket calculator

Laser fax machine

Scientific calculator

Desktop calculator

Photocopiers

Microfilm cameras

Scanners

Digital cameras

Desktop computers

Abilities

Near Vision: The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Written Comprehension: The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Information Ordering: The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
Oral Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Oral Comprehension: The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Speech Recognition: The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
Written Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
Problem Sensitivity: The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
Speech Clarity: The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
Category Flexibility: The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Number Facility: The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.
Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).

Knowledge

Administrative: Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology.
Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Economics and Accounting: Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking, and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
Administration and Management: Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

Skills

Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
Mathematics: Using mathematics to solve problems.
Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others.
Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.

Technology Skills

Accounting software: Billing software; Bookkeeping software; Intuit QuickBooks; Sage 50 Accounting
Presentation software: Microsoft PowerPoint
Medical software: Henry Schein Dentrix; Medical condition coding software; Medical procedure coding software; MEDITECH software
Graphics or photo imaging software: SmugMug Flickr
Enterprise resource planning ERP software: Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne; Oracle PeopleSoft; Oracle PeopleSoft Financials; SAP software
Financial analysis software: Delphi Technology
Document management software: Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat; Filing system software; Records management software; Transcription system software
Access software: Citrix cloud computing software
Data base user interface and query software: Blackboard software; Database software; Microsoft Access; Yardi software
Spreadsheet software: Microsoft Excel
Electronic mail software: IBM Notes; Microsoft Exchange; Microsoft Outlook
Optical character reader OCR or scanning software: Text scanning software
Expert system software: MASterMind
Customer relationship management CRM software: Blackbaud The Raiser's Edge; Microsoft Dynamics; Salesforce.com Salesforce CRM
Office suite software: Microsoft Office software
Operating system software: Microsoft Windows
Word processing software: 3M Post-it App; Evernote; Google Docs; Microsoft Word
Business intelligence and data analysis software: BrightEdge; Conductor Searchlight; IBM Digital Analytics; Searchmetrics Suite
Internet browser software: Web browser software
Project management software: Mavenlink; Microsoft Project
Industrial control software: Industrial Scientific iNET; QuestSuite Professional
Desktop publishing software: Adobe Systems Adobe InDesign; Microsoft Publisher

Tools

Franking or postage machines: Postage machines
Check endorsing machines: Check encoders; Official check imprinters
Mail sealing machines: Envelope sealing machines; Envelope stuffers
Accounting machines: Billing machines; Bookkeeping machines
Optical character recognition systems: Optical readers and writers
Postal scales:
Mail opening machines: Envelope opening machines
Sorters: Sorting machines
Filing cabinets or accessories: Filing Cabinets
Digital image printers: Blueprint machines
Letter folders: Letter folding machines
Paper sorting machines: Paper collaters
Pocket calculator: Handheld calculators
Laser fax machine: Laser facsimile machines
Scientific calculator: Digital calculators
Desktop calculator: 10-key calculators
Photocopiers: Photocopying equipment
Microfilm cameras: Filmers
Scanners: Data input scanners
Digital cameras:
Desktop computers:

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