SOUTH AFRICA · SALARY IN RANDS

Billing and Posting Clerks

What the work involves, the skills employers want, and how to get started in South Africa.

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

What do Billing and Posting Clerks do?

Billing and Posting Clerks in South Africa: pay, the work, and how to get started.

What the work actually is

  • Verify accuracy of billing data and revise any errors.
  • Resolve discrepancies in accounting records.
  • Prepare itemized statements, bills, or invoices and record amounts due for items purchased or services rendered.
  • Operate typing, adding, calculating, or billing machines.
  • Post stop-payment notices to prevent payment of protested checks.

Skills employers expect

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.

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.

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.

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How people get into it

Education of new hires

Some college, no degree
High school diploma or equivalent
or: GED, High School Equivalency Certificate
Post-secondary certificate
Awarded for training completed after high school (for example, in Personnel Services, Engineering-related Technologies, Vocational Home Economics, Construction Trades, Mechanics and Repairers, Precision Production Trades)

A normal week

  • Working with Computers
  • Getting Information
  • Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
  • Processing Information
  • Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge

Tools used on the job

Technology

  • Accounting software Allscripts Professional PM · Intuit QuickBooks · Sage 50 Accounting · Thomson Reuters Elite Enterprise
  • Presentation software Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Medical software eMDs Medisoft · Epic Systems · Medical procedure coding software · MEDITECH software
  • Graphics or photo imaging software Check imaging software · Fiserv PEP+ reACH · Mitek Systems ImageNet Payments · VECTORsgi Image Exchange Solution
  • Enterprise resource planning ERP software Microsoft Dynamics · Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne · Oracle PeopleSoft Financials · SAP software

Tools

  • Franking or postage machines Digital postal meters · Mechanical postal meters
  • Check endorsing machines Check and document signers · Check cancelling machines
  • Mail sealing machines Envelope sealing machines · Envelope stuffers
  • Accounting machines Billing machines · Bookkeeping machines
  • Optical character recognition systems Magnetic ink character recognition MICR encoding machines · Magnetic ink character recognition MICR readers

Who it suits

Conventional

Work involves following procedures and regulations to organize information or data, typically in a business setting. Conventional occupations are often associated with office work, accounting, mathematics/statistics, information technology, finance, or human resources.

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Questions people ask

How much do Billing and Posting Clerks earn in South Africa?

Billing and Posting Clerks salaries in South Africa vary by experience, province and employer.

What do Billing and Posting Clerks do?

Verify accuracy of billing data and revise any errors, Resolve discrepancies in accounting records and Prepare itemized statements, bills, or invoices and record amounts due for items purchased or services rendered.

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