Perform clerical duties involving the purchase or sale of securities. Duties include writing orders for stock purchases and sales, computing transfer taxes, verifying stock transactions, accepting and delivering securities, tracking stock price fluctuations, computing equity, distributing dividends, and keeping records of daily transactions and holdings.

Other names for Brokerage Clerks: Account Administrator, Broker Assistant, Cashier, Clerk, Client Administrator, Client Service Associate, Coupon Clerk, Dividend Clerk, Information Clerk Brokerage, Margin Analyst, Margin Clerk, Operations Clerk, OTC Clerk (Over the Counter Clerk), Portfolio Assistant, Quotation Checker, Quotation Clerk, Registered Account Administrator, Registered Sales Assistant, Sales Assistant, Securities Clerk, Stock Clerk, Telephone Quotation Clerk, Transfer Clerk,

• Correspond with customers and confer with coworkers in order to answer inquiries, discuss market fluctuations, and resolve account problems.
• Record and document security transactions, such as purchases, sales, conversions, redemptions, and payments, using computers, accounting ledgers, and certificate records.
• Schedule and coordinate transfer and delivery of security certificates between companies, departments, and customers.
• Prepare forms, such as receipts, withdrawal orders, transmittal papers, and transfer confirmations, based on transaction requests from stockholders.
• File, type, and operate standard office machines.
• Monitor daily stock prices, and compute fluctuations in order to determine the need for additional collateral to secure loans.
• Compute total holdings, dividends, interest, transfer taxes, brokerage fees, and commissions, and allocate appropriate payments to customers.
• Prepare reports summarizing daily transactions and earnings for individual customer accounts.
• Verify ownership and transaction information and dividend distribution instructions to ensure conformance with governmental regulations, using stock records and reports.

• Calculators or accessories
• Desktop computers
• Special purpose telephones
• Personal computers

Office suite software

Accounting software

Financial analysis software

Word processing software

Presentation software

Calendar and scheduling software

Spreadsheet software

Customer relationship management CRM software

Data base user interface and query software

Desktop communications software

Internet browser software

Electronic mail software