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O*NET detailed work activityVerify accuracy of financial or transactional data
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AI is a tireless proofreader. It catches inconsistencies, missing fields and errors across documents and data, so your review time goes on what matters.
Part of Evaluate the quality or accuracy of data, under the O*NET work activity group Processing Information. Individual tasks below can carry a different label when their own wording calls for it (26 AI-ready, 1 AI-assist, 3 stays human).
Tasks built on this activity
- Cash checks and pay out money after verifying that signatures are correct, that written and numerical amounts agree, and that accounts have sufficient funds.
- Receive checks and cash for deposit, verify amounts, and check accuracy of deposit slips.
- Examine checks for endorsements and to verify other information, such as dates, bank names, identification of the persons receiving payments, and the legality of the documents.
- Verify customers' credit, and establish how the customer will pay for the accommodation.
- Check figures, postings, and documents for correct entry, mathematical accuracy, and proper codes.
- Verify accuracy of reports, such as authorization forms, transaction reconciliations, or exchange summary reports.
- Verify accuracy of billing data and revise any errors.
- Prepare and verify cashier's checks.
- Identify transaction mistakes when debits and credits do not balance.
- Compare information or figures on one record against same data on other records, or with original copy, to detect errors.
- Review orders for completeness according to reporting procedures and forward incomplete orders for further processing.
- Ensure payment for services by verifying benefits with the person's insurance provider or working out financing options.
- Verify and examine information and accuracy of loan application and closing documents.
- Monitor bank vaults to ensure cash balances are correct.
- Review requisition orders to verify accuracy, terminology, and specifications.
- Review and verify data, such as age, name, address, and principal sum and value of property, on insurance applications and policies.
- Compare suppliers' bills with bids and purchase orders to verify accuracy.
- Match order forms with invoices, and record the necessary information.
- Compare computer printouts to manually maintained journals to determine if they match.
- Complete general financial activities, such as processing accounts payable, reviewing invoices, collecting cash payments, or issuing receipts.
- Evaluate information on applications to verify completeness and accuracy and to determine whether applicants are qualified to obtain desired licenses.
- Verify ownership and transaction information and dividend distribution instructions to ensure conformance with governmental regulations, using stock records and reports.
- Verify signatures and required information on checks.
Tasks where it is part of the work
- Compare data with source documents, or re-enter data in verification format to detect errors.
- Receive mortgage, loan, or public utility bill payments, verifying payment dates and amounts due.
- Calculate, review, and correct errors on interest, principal, payment, and closing costs, using computers or calculators.
- Prepare bank deposits by compiling data from cashiers, verifying and balancing receipts, and sending cash, checks, or other forms of payment to banks.
- Count, verify, and post armored car deposits.
- Compute and verify totals on report forms, requisitions, or bills, using adding machine or calculator.
- Compare disputed merchandise with original requisitions and information from invoices and prepare invoices for returned goods.