Auditing-Clerk

The main responsibility of an auditing clerk is to check for accuracy in financial records of all kinds. This professional may review accounting records kept on traditional spreadsheets or check financial records stored in a database. Depending on what type of business it is, the person may check dozens of pages filled with records or just a few rows of figures. If a clerk finds a major inaccuracy, he or she must meet with the accountant or other professional responsible for entering the data to solve the problem. Oftentimes, clerks find an inaccuracy in the form of a transposed digit. This is a minor error that the clerk can correct on his or her own. It’s a clerk’s duty to see that all of the numbers match up with the final totals.