Occupation
Brokerage Clerks
Perform duties related to the purchase, sale, or holding of securities. Duties include writing orders for stock purchases or sales, computing transfer taxes, verifying stock transactions, accepting and delivering securities, tracking stock price fluctuations, computing equity, distributing dividends, and keeping records of daily transactions and holdings.
$65,750 medianBelow-avg outlookTraining or associate
O*NET 31.0 · 43-4011.00
A typical week, in the words of people in the job
- 01Prepare reports summarizing daily transactions and earnings for individual customer accounts.
- 02Document security transactions, such as purchases, sales, conversions, redemptions, or payments, using computers, accounting ledgers, or certificate records.
- 03File, type, or operate standard office machines.
- 04Perform clerical tasks, such as answering phones or distributing mail.
- 05Prepare forms, such as receipts, withdrawal orders, transmittal papers, or transfer confirmations, based on transaction requests from stockholders.
- 06Schedule and coordinate transfer and delivery of security certificates between companies, departments, and customers.
- 07Monitor daily stock prices and compute fluctuations to determine the need for additional collateral to secure loans.
- 08Verify ownership and transaction information and dividend distribution instructions to ensure conformance with governmental regulations, using stock records and reports.
- 09Compute total holdings, dividends, interest, transfer taxes, brokerage fees, or commissions and allocate appropriate payments to customers.
- 10Correspond with customers and confer with coworkers to answer inquiries, discuss market fluctuations, or resolve account problems.
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What the posting will be called
Registered Sales AssistantSales AssistantSales TraderTrading AssistantAccount AdministratorClient AssociateClient Service AssociateOperations ClerkOperations CoordinatorRegistered Account Administrator
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Knowledge the job leans on
English LanguageCustomer and Personal ServiceMathematicsComputers and ElectronicsEconomics and AccountingAdministrativeSales and MarketingLaw and Government
Skills that carry over from service
Time ManagementService OrientationJudgment and Decision MakingSocial PerceptivenessCoordinationComplex Problem SolvingNegotiationSystems Analysis