Bookkeepers & Accounting Technicians
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NOC 2021: 12200 / NOC 2016: 1311
Job Description
Bookkeepers maintain complete sets of books, keep records of accounts and verify the procedures used for recording financial transactions.
As a bookkeeper you perform the following duties:
- Keep financial records and establish, maintain and balance various accounts using manual and computerized bookkeeping systems
- Post journal entries and reconcile accounts, prepare trial balance of books, maintain general ledgers and prepare financial statements
- Calculate and prepare cheques for payrolls and for utility, tax and other bills
- Complete and submit tax remittance forms, workers’ compensation forms, pension contribution forms and other government documents
- Prepare tax returns and perform other personal bookkeeping services
- Prepare other statistical, financial and accounting reports.