Will AI Replace Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks?

Operate computers programmed with accounting software to record, store, and analyze information.

Routine cognitive or manual task with high vulnerability to automation.

Check figures, postings, and documents for correct entry, mathematical accuracy, and proper codes.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Comply with federal, state, and company policies, procedures, and regulations.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Operate 10-key calculators, typewriters, and copy machines to perform calculations and produce documents.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Receive, record, and bank cash, checks, and vouchers.

Routine cognitive or manual task with high vulnerability to automation.

Code documents according to company procedures.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Perform financial calculations, such as amounts due, interest charges, balances, discounts, equity, and principal.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Reconcile or note and report discrepancies found in records.

Routine cognitive or manual task with high vulnerability to automation.

Perform general office duties, such as filing, answering telephones, and handling routine correspondence.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Access computerized financial information to answer general questions as well as those related to specific accounts.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Classify, record, and summarize numerical and financial data to compile and keep financial records, using journals and ledgers or computers.

Routine cognitive or manual task with high vulnerability to automation.

Debit, credit, and total accounts on computer spreadsheets and databases, using specialized accounting software.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Match order forms with invoices, and record the necessary information.

Routine cognitive or manual task with high vulnerability to automation.

Prepare and process payroll information.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Prepare bank deposits by compiling data from cashiers, verifying and balancing receipts, and sending cash, checks, or other forms of payment to banks.

Routine cognitive or manual task with high vulnerability to automation.

Calculate and prepare checks for utilities, taxes, and other payments.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Monitor status of loans and accounts to ensure that payments are up to date.

Semi-structured cognitive task involving analysis, inspection, or monitoring.

Reconcile records of bank transactions.

Routine cognitive or manual task with high vulnerability to automation.

Compile budget data and documents, based on estimated revenues and expenses and previous budgets.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Compare computer printouts to manually maintained journals to determine if they match.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Transfer details from separate journals to general ledgers or data processing sheets.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Complete and submit tax forms and returns, workers' compensation forms, pension contribution forms, and other government documents.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Calculate, prepare, and issue bills, invoices, account statements, and other financial statements according to established procedures.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Calculate costs of materials, overhead, and other expenses, based on estimates, quotations and price lists.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Prepare purchase orders and expense reports.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Prepare trial balances of books.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Compile statistical, financial, accounting, or auditing reports and tables pertaining to such matters as cash receipts, expenditures, accounts payable and receivable, and profits and losses.

Routine cognitive or manual task with high vulnerability to automation.

Maintain inventory records.

Routine cognitive or manual task with high vulnerability to automation.