How to become a billing clerk

Official title: Billing clerk

Also called: Invoice clerk, Payment processing clerk, Payment settlement clerk, Posting clerk, Sales clerk, Ÿ Invoice clerk, Ÿ Payment processing clerk, Ÿ Payment settlement clerk

Billing clerk prepares invoices and credit memos, issuing them to customers by all necessary means for services rendered or for delivery or shipment of goods. He/she issues invoices to customers and monthly customer statements, updates customer files, processes credit memos, enters and submits invoices, etc.

Main tasks

• Checking figures, postings, and documents for correct entry, mathematical accuracy, and proper codes
• Operating computers programmed with accounting software to record, store, and analyse information
• Classifying, recording, and summarising numerical and financial data to compile and keep financial records, using journals and ledgers or computers
• Calculating, preparing, and issuing bills, invoices, account statements, and other financial statements according to established procedures
• Compiling statistical, financial, accounting or auditing reports and tables pertaining to such matters as cash receipts, expenditures, accounts payable and receivable, and profits and losses

Pay · Outlook · AI and this job

• Median pay: $37,200 a year. The middle half earn $26,400 to $48,600 a year.
• Generative AI could change many tasks in this job, which usually reshapes the work more than it replaces it, by the ILO's global estimate.

Related jobs

• Bookkeeper
• Ledger/Accounts clerk
• Audit clerk
• Payroll/Wages clerk
• Procurement/Purchasing clerk

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Questions people ask

How much does a billing clerk earn in Singapore?

Median full-time pay is $37,200 a year (Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg)). The middle half earn $26,400 to $48,600.

Will AI change the work of a billing clerk?

Generative AI could change many tasks in this job, which usually reshapes the work more than it replaces it, by the ILO's global estimate.

Sources

• Ministry of Manpower (via data.gov.sg): Resident Occupational Wages (Occupational Wage Survey) (June 2024 (data.gov.sg update 2026-04-01)), Singapore Open Data Licence v1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
• International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026

Updated 4 October 2026