Tellers

What Does a Tellers Do?

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

Day-to-Day Responsibilities

• 1Balance currency, coin, and checks in cash drawers at ends of shifts and calculate daily transactions, using computers, calculators, or adding machines.
• 2Receive checks and cash for deposit, verify amounts, and check accuracy of deposit slips.
• 3Monitor bank vaults to ensure cash balances are correct.
• 4Cash checks and pay out money after verifying that signatures are correct, that written and numerical amounts agree, and that accounts have sufficient funds.
• 5Count 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.
• 6Enter customers' transactions into computers to record transactions and issue computer-generated receipts.
• 7Examine 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.
• 8Resolve problems or discrepancies concerning customers' accounts.

Required Skills

• Active Listening
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• Information Technology Incorporated Premier Teller
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• Microsoft Dynamics
• Microsoft Excel
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