14200 Accounting and related clerks

What this occupation covers

Accounting and related clerks calculate, prepare and process bills, invoices, accounts payable and receivable, budgets and other financial records according to established procedures. They are employed throughout the private and public sectors.

Official main duties

The NOC profile lists 7 main duties for this code.

• Calculate, prepare and issue documents related to accounts such as bills, invoices, inventory reports, account statements and other financial statements using computerized and manual systems
• Code, total, batch, enter, verify and reconcile transactions such as accounts payable and receivable, payroll, purchase orders, cheques, invoices, cheque requisitions, and bank statements in a ledger or computer system
• Compile budget data and documents based on estimated revenues and expenses and previous budgets
• Prepare period or cost statements or reports
• Calculate costs of materials, overhead and other expenses based on estimates, quotations, and price lists
• Respond to customer inquiries, maintain good customer relations and solve problems
• Perform related clerical duties, such as word processing, maintaining filing and record systems, faxing and photocopying.

Do not copy these lines into your reference letter. The letter has to describe what you actually did, in your employer’s words. DUTYPROOF flags wording lifted from the NOC as something to review, and an officer reading a letter that mirrors the NOC reads it the same way.

What DUTYPROOF screens for

This is DUTYPROOF’s screening threshold, not IRCC’s decision. For this NOC, screening requires at least 2 of its 7 official duties to be evidenced in your own words, plus the required letter elements. IRCC asks that you performed the actions in the occupation’s lead statement and a substantial number of its main duties — so treat the duty coverage as the number that matters, not the badge.

Codes this one is confused with

The NOC profile names these itself. Choosing the wrong code of a look-alike pair is the most common way genuine work experience fails to establish eligibility.

• 12200 Accounting technicians and bookkeepers
• 14201 Banking, insurance and other financial clerks
• 14202 Collection clerks
• 11100 Financial auditors and accountants
• 13102 Payroll administrators
• 12011 Supervisors, finance and insurance office workers

Excluded from this code

• Accounting technicians and bookkeepers (See 12200 Accounting technicians and bookkeepers)
• Banking, insurance and other financial clerks (See 14201 Banking, insurance and other financial clerks)
• Collection clerks (See 14202 Collection clerks)
• Financial auditors and accountants (See 11100 Financial auditors and accountants)
• Payroll administrators (See 13102 Payroll administrators)
• Supervisors, finance and insurance office workers (See 12011 Supervisors, finance and insurance office workers)

Job titles filed under this code

A title on this list does not by itself put your experience in this code — the duties in your letter decide that.

account audit clerk · account verification clerk · accounting and auditing clerk · accounting assistant · accounting clerk · accounting clerk - Canadian Armed Forces · accounts payable and receivable clerk · accounts payable clerk · accounts receivable clerk · assessment clerk · audit clerk · auditing clerk · balance clerk · bill clerk · billing clerk · billing machine operator · budget clerk · cash on delivery (COD) clerk · cheque control clerk · control clerk - hotel and restaurant · cost accounting clerk · cost clerk · costing clerk · currency sorter

Employment requirements

• Completion of secondary school is usually required.
• Completion of college or other courses certified by the Certified General Accountants Association of Canada, Canadian Securities Institute or Canadian Bookkeepers Association may be required.
• Some accounting clerks must be bondable.