Billing Clerk
Key facts
Billing clerks create credit memos, invoices and monthly customer statements and issue them to customers by all necessary means. They update customer files accordingly.
Billing clerks are essential for maintaining accurate financial records and ensuring customers receive correct invoices and statements. This role requires meticulous attention to detail and strong organizational skills. You'll be responsible for creating and distributing billing documents, updating customer information, and resolving billing inquiries. It's a great entry point into the accounting and finance field, offering opportunities to develop valuable skills.
- • Generate invoices, credit memos, and monthly customer statements.
- • Distribute billing documents through various channels (mail, email, online portals).
- • Update and maintain accurate customer files and records.
Where this occupation is in demand
Reported labour shortages and surpluses, by year. Published for occupation groups, not for individual job titles.
Figures cover Numerical and material recording clerks — 39 jobs including this one.
In shortage: Bulgaria, Denmark, Italy, Poland.
Longest-running shortage: Poland, 4 years.
Select a place on the map to see its figures.
About this source›
Source: ELA/EURES labour shortages and surpluses. Readings are published at occupation-group level, and cover Europe. Editions differ in annex layout and country coverage, so a change between years does not always mean the labour market changed. Countries in grey were not reported, which is not the same as being in balance.
What these words mean
The four things this section reports
- Reported demand
- Whether employers report needing people in this job — a judgement published by a national or EU body, not a count.
- Where it is heading
- Which way employment in this job is expected to move over the coming years, from an official projection.
- Openings
- Roughly how many openings arise — from growth and from people leaving the job.
- Typical pay
- What people in this job typically earn where the source publishes it. Blank does not mean unpaid; it means nobody publishes it for that place.
A measure is left out when nobody publishes it for that place, rather than shown as zero.
Which way the market leans for you
- In your favour
- More openings than people looking — employers are competing for candidates.
- Balanced
- Openings and candidates are roughly matched.
- Competitive
- More people looking than openings — expect to compete.
- Mixed evidence
- Sources disagree, or the same occupation group is short in one part and oversupplied in another.
Every source resolves to one of these four, so there is a single vocabulary to learn. What differs is the evidence behind it, which is printed underneath each verdict — a measured ratio of openings to jobseekers, or an assessment published by a national body.
How this job compares with other jobs in the same country
- Strong
- Among the strongest in that country
- Good
- Stronger than most jobs in that country
- Mixed
- About typical for that country
- Weak
- Weaker than most jobs in that country
This is a rank within one country, not a score you can carry across borders — the registers behind two countries count different people, so the same number means different things in each. It is also why a job can be among the strongest in a country and still show as Competitive: it leads the field in a market that is crowded overall.
Where these come from
Every figure is published by a national statistics office, a public employment service or an EU body, and each card names its source and the period it covers. Some places are counted monthly, others assessed once or twice a year, so two places on the same map can be describing different moments — the date is always shown.
None of this predicts one person’s chances. It describes a market.
Reported demand · Typical pay · Where it is heading (United States, Ireland, Australia, Malta)
| Reported demand | Typical pay | Where it is heading | |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Not reported | $48,500 2025-05 | −0.4% 2024–2034 · BLS 2024-2034 |
| Ireland | Not reported | — | +38.5% 2023–2035 · Cedefop 2026 * |
| Australia | Assessed as balanced Jobs and Skills Australia 2025 * | — | — |
| Malta | Shortage reported ELA/EURES 2024 * | — | — |
* Published for occupation groups, not for individual job titles.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS)
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Future Outlook for billing clerk
The outlook for billing clerk reflects a balanced mix of automation exposure and durable, human-led work.
How are these scores calculated?
The Resilience Score (0–100) estimates how structurally protected this occupation is from automation and AI disruption, based on task-level analysis. Higher scores mean more human-judgment-intensive tasks. AI Exposure shows the estimated percentage of task hours that current AI capabilities could affect. These are model-derived structural indicators, not predictions about individual job security.
How could billing clerk change as AI adoption grows?
Several task areas may shift toward AI-assisted workflows, so reskilling becomes more important.
Illustrative scenario based on task automatability — not a forecast. Values are rounded the further ahead you look.
Several task areas may shift toward AI-assisted workflows, so reskilling becomes more important.
Illustrative scenario based on task automatability — not a forecast. Values are rounded the further ahead you look.
Model-based estimate. Use it as a planning signal, not a guarantee.
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How AI may change this role
Deterministic, model-based interpretation of current role signals — not a guarantee of replacement.
What still depends on people
- handle financial transactions
- allocate bills
- organise business documents
Where AI may become a co-pilot
Limited AI co-pilot overlap right now.
Tasks most exposed to automation
- fill out forms
- maintain customer records
- maintain financial records
Vital Signs & AI Vectors
AI Exposure Vectors
0-100%Exposure to AI-assisted analysis, pattern recognition, and predictive modelling tasks
Exposure to content generation, creative augmentation, and large language model tools
Exposure to workflow automation, decision-support software, and process digitisation
Exposure to physical automation, robotics, and sensor-driven task displacement
Technical Details
NexFuture v3.0 estimates automation exposure natively from ESCO essential-skill groups, weighted by skill mass and calibrated against expert anchors. Scores are probabilistic estimates, not guarantees. See the NexFuture Methodology White Paper for full details.
Measures automation exposure. It does not measure pay, demand, or how many jobs exist near you.
What people in this role usually do
Management & Entrepreneurship
A typical day as a billing clerk
09 09:00 · Morning allocate bills
10 10:30 · Mid-morning handle financial transactions
12 12:00 · Midday fill out forms
14 14:00 · Afternoon maintain credit history of clients
15 15:30 · Late afternoon file documents
17 17:00 · Wrap-up follow up accounts receivables
Task order is illustrative. Individual days vary.
What you need to do this work
The skills, knowledge and tools this role calls for — and the traits and rewards that come with it.
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maintain financial records
Keep track of and finalise all formal documents representing the financial transactions of a business or project.
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follow up accounts receivables
Revise the accounts receivables section in the financial statements in order to breakdown the financial rights that the company has over other entities. Take actions in order to close the accounts and collect the money.
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maintain credit history of clients
Create and maintain the credit history of clients with relevant transactions, supporting documents, and details of their financial activities. Keep these documents updated in case of analysis and disclosure.
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handle financial transactions
Administer currencies, financial exchange activities, deposits as well as company and voucher payments. Prepare and manage guest accounts and take payments by cash, credit card and debit card.
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allocate bills
Prepare and issue bills to clients and debtors taken from the accounts receivable of the financial statements. Disclose the amount to pay, the due date, taxing information, and additional details as necessary.
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organise business documents
Put together documents coming from the photocopier, the mail, or the daily operations of businesses.
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use office systems
Make appropriate and timely use of office systems used in business facilities depending on the aim, whether for the collection of messages, client information storage, or agenda scheduling. It includes administration of systems such as customer relationship management, vendor management, storage, and voicemail systems.
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maintain customer records
Keep and store structured data and records about customers in accordance with customer data protection and privacy regulations.
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file documents
Create a filing system. Write a document catalogue. Label documents etc.
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fill out forms
Fill out forms of a different nature with accurate information, legible calligraphy, and within a timely manner.
financial department processes
The different processes, duties, jargon, role in an organisation, and other specificities of the financial department within an organisation. Understanding of financial statements, investments, disclosing policies, etc.
- financial capability
Path to become a billing clerk
What it typically takes to qualify: education level, where it is a regulated profession, and where to study.
Primary education
332 programmes in 22 countries teach the core skills of this job. Plus 186 short courses that build single skills.
A few examples, taught in the language of this page:
Doctor of Philosophy (Accounting and Finance)
The University of Newcastle (UoN) · Australia
These are 6 of 518.
Sources
- 1. Source: Commonwealth of Australia (Department of Education), CRICOS, data.gov.au, CC BY 2.5 AU. Data as at 01/09/2026. Adapted by NexPath.
- 2. Source: Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (students.kuccps.ac.ke).
- 3. Course information from Qualifax (qualifax.ie), Quality and Qualifications Ireland
- 4. Source: South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA), All Qualifications and Unit Standards (allqs.saqa.org.za).
- 5. Source: Study in Serbia, an initiative of Foundation Tempus (bazaobrazovanja.rs).
- 6. Contains information from MySkillsFuture Course Run accessed on 2026-09-28 from data.gov.sg which is made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0 (https://data.gov.sg/open-data-licence)
Growth Pathways & Similar Roles
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Similarity scores based on skill overlap from ESCO data.
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Sources: ESCO O*NET ELA/EURES Cedefop BLS Data updated October 3, 2026 About our data