Job Description

Cemetery Burial Accounts Clerk

Basic duties of Burial Accounts Clerk

1. Update all burial accounts starting 1973 upto 2014. Make out separate
listings of :
 unpaid plot rentals with known lessees or relatives,
 another list for unpaid plot rentals with no lessee or known
relatives.
 Physical Inventory of the dates of burials, conducted on
August 23 and 30,, should be the base reference when
computing rental charges.
 Maintain soft and hard copy of all burial accounts.

2. Keep on file, envelopes for every buried church member. The envelope
should contain:
 contract of lease signed by lessee,
 Index card to record burial charges and payments,
 and other pertinent documents.
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3. Establish record of all unpaid burial accounts, prepare collection letters
to lessees or relatives of deceased persons duly signed by the
Administrative Pastor. The letter should be prepared in two copies, the
duplicate copy returned duly signed by the address.

4. Always execute lease contracts for new burials as well as renewal of

plot rentals and charges for such renewals to be based on the 2014
schedule of plot rentals.

5. Records date and time of funeral services.

6. Records time and day of complaints received

7. Issue Cemetery official receipts, collects and balances money received

from burial permits, rental of burial plots and turns over money daily to
church treasurer.

8 Answer the phone in the absence of the church secretary

9. Enter burial data into the computer accurately and establish

backup.

10. For every new burial, provide lessee/relative copy of the

Cemetery Rules & Regulations
11. Terms of renewal of plot rentals strictly for five (5) years only.
For every renewal, a lease contract must be executed and
notarized

12. Assists Admin Pastor in location of plots, locates gravesite

to be prepared for burial.

13. Maintain good relations with church members when

transacting burial business.

14. Perform other duties as requested by the Admin Pastor