Statement Clerks

Tasks Include:

• Encode and cancel checks, using bank machines.
• Take orders for imprinted checks.
• Compare previously prepared bank statements with canceled checks and reconcile discrepancies.
• Verify signatures and required information on checks.
• Post stop-payment notices to prevent payment of protested checks.
• Maintain files of canceled checks and customers' signatures.
• Match statements with batches of canceled checks by account numbers.
• Weigh envelopes containing statements to determine correct postage and affix postage, using stamps or metering equipment.
• Load machines with statements, cancelled checks, or envelopes to prepare statements for distribution to customers or stuff envelopes by hand.
• Retrieve checks returned to customers in error, adjusting customer accounts and answering inquiries about errors as necessary.
• Route statements for mailing or over-the-counter delivery to customers.
• Monitor equipment to ensure proper operation.

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