How do they match: Tellers

  • Receiving Teller
  • Coupon Clerk
  • Exchange Clerk
  • Foreign Exchange Clerk
  • Money Order Clerk
  • Sales and Service Specialist

  • Receive and pay out money. Keep records of money and negotiable instruments involved in a financial institution's various transactions.

  • Receive and count daily inventories of cash, drafts, and travelers' checks.
  • Receive checks and cash for deposit, verify amounts, and check accuracy of deposit slips.
  • Receive mortgage, loan, or public utility bill payments, verifying payment dates and amounts due.
  • Inform customers about foreign currency regulations and compute transaction fees for currency exchanges.
  • Arrange monies received in cash boxes and coin dispensers according to denomination.
  • Count currency, coins, and checks received, by hand or using currency-counting machine, to prepare them for deposit or shipment to branch banks or the Federal Reserve Bank.
  • 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.
  • Explain, promote, or sell products or services, such as travelers' checks, savings bonds, money orders, and cashier's checks, using computerized information about customers to tailor recommendations.
  • Obtain and process information required for the provision of services, such as opening accounts, savings plans, and purchasing bonds.

  • Answer telephones to direct calls or provide information.
  • Enter information into databases or software programs.
  • Interpret financial information for others.
  • Obtain personal or financial information about customers or applicants.
  • Send information, materials or documentation.