Processes incoming and outgoing payments and fixes errors.
You post 500 payments, match them to accounts and research ones that don't match.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
High school diploma, about 0 years after high school. A high school diploma plus on-the-job training in payment systems; accounting classes and attention to detail help.
Ways in: On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Shrinking. Declining with automation.
High risk for 10 years. Payment processing and error matching are highly automatable; this entry role is likely to shrink sharply.
Age 18+. One way to start: Apply for payment processing clerk roles at banks, payroll firms or large companies
Classes: Accounting class, Keyboarding or computer apps.
Official data: O*NET occupation 43-3099.
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