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Statement Clerks

Prepare and distribute bank statements to customers, answer inquiries, and reconcile discrepancies in records and accounts.

Other names for Statement Clerks: Account Analyst, Accounting Clerk, Accounts Payable Specialist, Accounts Receivable Clerk, Bookkeeper, Bookkeeping Clerk, Bookkeeping Supervisor, Check Totaler, Data Entry Clerk, Data Processor, Item Processing Clerk, Reconciliation Clerk, Reconciling Clerk, Statement Clerk, Statement Distribution Clerk, Statement Processor, Statement Services Representative, Trust Financial Accountant,

What do Statement Clerks do?

  • Encode and cancel checks, using bank machines.
  • Take orders for imprinted checks.
  • Compare previously prepared bank statements with canceled checks, and reconcile discrepancies.
  • Verify signatures and required information on checks.
  • Post stop-payment notices in order to prevent payment of protested checks.
  • Maintain files of canceled checks and customers' signatures.
  • Match statements with batches of canceled checks by account numbers.
  • Weigh envelopes containing statements in order to determine correct postage and affix postage using stamps or metering equipment.
  • Load machines with statements, cancelled checks, and envelopes in order to prepare statements for distribution to customers, or stuff envelopes by hand.
  • Retrieve checks returned to customers in error, adjusting customer accounts and answering inquiries about errors as necessary.
  • Route statements for mailing or over-the-counter delivery to customers.
  • Monitor equipment in order to ensure proper operation.
  • Fix minor problems, such as equipment jams, and notify repair personnel of major equipment problems.