Which tasks appear in relevant job advertisements and how often? What is required in the accounting clerk job?

Job advertisements for an accounting clerk job contain all the requirements that a company places on a new employee for the vacant job. People looking for a job will find all the important information about the vacancy they are looking for in job advertisements, such as

  • the activities
  • the employer's requirements (previous education, professional experience, personal skills and characteristics)
  • more info about the company

This information on the accounting clerk job varies depending on the employer. We have collected the information from relevant job advertisements on various job boards, looked at it and summarized it for you*:

 

Different job titles:

  • Accounting clerk
  • Accounting Clerk
  • Financial Accounting Clerk
  • Accounting Clerk
  • Finance clerk
  • Audit clerk
  • Accounts payable or accounts receivable clerk
  • Accounting Assistant
  • Accounting Assistant
  • Financial Accounting Assistant
  • Accounting Assistant
  • Auditing Assistant
  • Assistant Accounts Receivable / Accounts Payable
  • Accounting clerk
  • Accounting clerk
  • Accounting assistant
  • Accounting Assistant
  • Financial clerk
  • Financial assistant
  • Accounting assistant
  • Accounting assistant
  • Junior Accountant

 

Distribution of the individual tasks in an accounting clerk job:

Complete handling of projects, coordination and support of all parties involved, responsibility for costs, deadlines and quality

 approx. 25% of the time

Support and optimization of the product portfolio, observation of markets and competition, developing ideas for new products, specifications and feasibility studies, realization of new developments up to series production readiness

 approx. 35% of the time

Support for production and assembly, commissioning and customer services, quality assurance

 approx. 15% of the time

Creating and maintaining documentation, responsibility for change management, training operators, customer service and the sales department, coordinating patent work

 approx. 25% of the time

Requirements mentioned in job advertisements for accounting clerk job

Professional requirements
  • Basic technical training
  • Further training as a mechanical engineer FH or process engineer FH
  • Several years of experience in development/construction
Specialist knowledge for an accounting clerk job
  • Professional experience in development/construction
  • Knowledge of project management
  • Good command of CAD and MS Office
  • Very good oral and written German language skills
  • Good knowledge of English, knowledge of French is an advantage
Personal characteristics
  • Good analytical skills and enjoy working with numbers
  • High quality awareness (accuracy, reliability) and decisiveness
  • High social competence, discretion and loyalty
  • Independence and solution orientation
  • Willingness to travel
Other Accounting Clerk Job

Detail orientation and organizational skills - i.e. accounting requires a high level of accuracy and attention to detail. It also requires the ability to prioritize and manage several tasks simultaneously.

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*The information listed here comes from an ad hoc study to provide a unique insight into the job market and what is required in an Accounting Clerk job.

Schools with training for accounting clerks