Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks

How AI is changing bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks work

5 of 13 main tasks for this job show up in real AI-use data, so we rate it Amber (some AI use) — 38% when main tasks are weighted. This shows where people already use AI, not whether the job will disappear. How we measure this.

Tasks in this job and recorded AI use

• Perform financial calculations (main task) — some recorded AI use
• Classify, record, and summarize numerical and financial data to compile and keep financial records, using journals and ledgers or computers (main task) — some recorded AI use
• Operate computers programmed with accounting software to record, store, and analyze information (main task) — some recorded AI use
• Debit, credit, and total accounts on computer spreadsheets and databases, using specialized accounting software (main task) — some recorded AI use
• Perform general office duties (main task) — some recorded AI use
• Check figures, postings, and documents for correct entry, mathematical accuracy, and proper codes (main task) — no recorded AI use
• Comply with federal, state, and company policies, procedures, and regulations (main task) — no recorded AI use
• Operate 10-key calculators, typewriters, and copy machines to perform calculations and produce documents (main task) — no recorded AI use
• Receive, record, and bank cash, checks, and vouchers (main task) — no recorded AI use
• Code documents according to company procedures (main task) — no recorded AI use
• Reconcile or note and report discrepancies found in records (main task) — no recorded AI use
• Access computerized financial information to answer general questions as well as those related to specific accounts (main task) — no recorded AI use
• Match order forms with invoices, and record the necessary information (main task) — no recorded AI use
• Calculate costs of materials, overhead, and other expenses, based on estimates, quotations and price lists — some recorded AI use
• 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 — some recorded AI use
• Prepare and process payroll information — some recorded AI use
• Compile budget data and documents, based on estimated revenues and expenses and previous budgets — some recorded AI use
• Reconcile records of bank transactions — some recorded AI use
• Calculate and prepare checks for utilities, taxes, and other payments — some recorded AI use
• Calculate, prepare, and issue bills, invoices, account statements, and other financial statements according to established procedures — some recorded AI use
• Prepare bank deposits by compiling data from cashiers, verifying and balancing receipts, and sending cash, checks, or other forms of payment to banks — no recorded AI use
• Monitor status of loans and accounts to make sure that payments are up to date — no recorded AI use
• Compare computer printouts to manually maintained journals to determine if they match — no recorded AI use
• Transfer details from separate journals to general ledgers or data processing sheets — no recorded AI use
• Complete and submit tax forms and returns, workers' compensation forms, pension contribution forms, and other government documents — no recorded AI use
• Prepare purchase orders and expense reports — no recorded AI use
• Prepare trial balances of books — no recorded AI use
• Maintain inventory records — no recorded AI use

Tasks: O*NET 31.0. AI use: Anthropic Economic Index (exact or close text match).

Your first steps (guidance)

1. Week 1: Open a free AI assistant and say hello. Follow our “Getting started with AI” guide. Ask it one simple question about your work.
2. Week 2: Use AI on one task you do often. Try the prompt for: “Perform financial calculations”. Try the prompt for: “Classify, record, and summarize numerical and financial data to compile and keep financial records, using journals and ledgers or computers”.
3. Weeks 3–4: Make it a habit. Use AI 3 times a week for 15 minutes. Always check facts, numbers and names yourself.

Tick your own tasks above to get a plan based on what you really do. New to AI? Read our beginner’s guide.

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