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Ocupacions

Bookkeeper

Latest available data: June 2025 (includes accumulated data from the past 12 months)

Other denominations:
Account information clerk Accounting bookkeeper Accounting clerk Accounting technician Accounts clerk Book-keeper Book-keeping clerk Bookkeeper Bookkeeping clerk General bookkeeper General-ledger bookkeeper

Bookkeepers record and assemble the day-to-day financial transactions of an organisation or company, consisting usually of sales, purchases, payments and receipts. They ensure all financial transactions are documented in the appropriate (day) book and general ledger, and that they are balanced out. Bookkeepers prepare the recorded books and ledgers with financial transactions for an accountant to then analyse balance sheets and income statements.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Maintaining complete records of all financial transactions of an undertaking according to general bookkeeping principles, with guidance from accountants;
(b) Verifying accuracy of documents and records relating to payments, receipts and other financial transactions;
(c) Preparing financial statements and reports for specified periods;
(d) Applying knowledge of bookkeeping principles and practices in order to identify and solve problems arising in the course of their work;
(e) Using standard computer software packages to perform accounting and related calculations;
(f) Supervising the work of accounts and bookkeeping clerks.

Knowledge

  • Accounting and taxation
  • Finance, banking and insurance
  • Work skills
  • Law
  • Statistics

Digital competencies

  • Preparing financial documents, records, reports, or budgets
  • Executing financial transactions
  • Managing budgets or finances
  • Performing general clerical and administrative tasks
  • Performing calculations

Digital competencies

No skills and knowledge of the occupation have been found. Only skills and knowledge relevant and requested by companies in their job offers are displayed.

Personal competencies

No skills and knowledge of the occupation have been found. Only skills and knowledge relevant and requested by companies in their job offers are displayed.

Professional groups of the occupation

Elementary occupations

Cleaners and helpers

Vehicle, window, laundry and other hand cleaning workers

Other cleaning workers

Other occupations of the professional group

Do you want to know what the hiring rate for this occupation is in the market?

Contracts and job seekers in the last year in Barcelonès

Other cleaning workers

31

Number of contracts in Barcelonès

59,62%

Percentage of contracts in Catalonia

-35,42% Interannual variation of contracts in Barcelonès

48,39%

Permanent contracts over total contracts in Barcelonès

,00%

Part-time contracts

1,24% Turnover index

416

Average of job seekers in Barcelonès

-2%

Interannual variation of job seekers in Barcelonès

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

The market for this profile is hiring

Contracts in u00e8 over the past year by sex and age

Contracts by gender in Barcelonès.

Cleaners and helpers

22%

78%

Men
Women

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

Contracts by age groups.

Cleaners and helpers

Data source: Observatori del Treball i Model Productiu, Government of Catalonia

What vacancies are published in the professional family?

Vacancies published by professional family and type of contract in Barcelonès over the past year

Vehicle, window, laundry and other hand cleaning workers

Occupation Vacancies Permanent contracts

Data source: Data generated from the analysis of Lightcast data and the Observatory of Work and Productive Model of the Government of Catalonia.

What experience is required for the vacancies? Which sectors are looking for this occupation?

Other cleaning workers

No experience
10%
Less than 1 year
21%
Between 1 and 2 years
18%
Between 2 and 4 years
30%
Between 4 and 8 years
6%
More than 8 years
15%
Administrative and support service activities
40%
Professional, scientific and techinical activities
14%
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security
12%
Manufacturing
7%
Information and communication
6%
Others
21%

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.

The vacancies published are for working in:

Job vacancies posted by county

Data source: Own elaboration based on the data of vacancies extracted by Lightcast.