Account Payable Clerk Aptitude Test

About Account Payable Clerk Aptitude Test

Account payable clerks are responsible for processing all invoices received for payment and for undertaking the payment of all creditors in an accurate, efficient and timely manner. The accounts payable clerk is responsible for providing financial, administrative and clerical services.

Responsibilities of Account Payable Clerk:

• Perform day-to-day management of all payment cycle activities and provide efficient client service.
• Keep track, process and reconcile payments and expenditures, including payroll, purchase orders, invoices, statements, checks, refund requisitions, etc. in compliance with financial policies and procedures.
• Ensure correct approval, sorting, coding, and matching of invoices/receipts.
• Liaise with internal and external clients.
• Regularly tabulate data and compile necessary reports.
• Continuously improve payment processes.
• Check and approve all vouchers for payment.
• Enter all accounts payable invoices that are scheduled to be paid into the system.
• Answer all vendor inquiries.
• Analyze vendor accounts and negotiate extended terms with vendors when cash is restricted.
• Print all accounts payable reports and maintain all accounts payable files.

KEY SKILLS REQUIRED: 

• PROVEN ABILITY TO CALCULATE, POST AND MANAGE ACCOUNTING FIGURES AND FINANCIAL RECORDS - Quantitative Aptitude
• EXCELLENT WRITTEN AND VERBAL COMMUNICATION SKILLS - Verbal Ability, Verbal Reasoning
• SOLID COMPUTER AND DATA ENTRY SKILLS - Microsoft Excel Basics
• HIGH DEGREE OF ACCURACY AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL

VERBAL ABILITY

Verbal ability is essential because grammar and vocabulary is a prerequisite for good spoken and written English. 

VERBAL REASONING

Reading comprehension indicates an ability to comprehend and reason with the concepts on a written page. 

QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE

Quantitative ability will indicate analytical thinking and problem-solving ability. 

MS WORD

The questions are on Keyboard shortcuts, Keyboard Combinations, Page orientations, Tables, Charts, formatting, commands.
 
The account payable clerk test may contain MCQ's (Multiple Choice Questions), MAQ's (Multiple Answer Questions), Fill in the Blanks, Descriptive, Whiteboard Questions, Audio / Video Questions, Job-based Simulations, True or False Questions, etc.