Monthly Pay: $3,520 - $5,204 USD per month
Summary
Accurate entries, complete notes, and timely corrections are the standards that define good work in this role. The Data Entry Clerk sits within the administrative support team and works under an administrative team lead to keep shared business information current and usable. The clerk works with request owners and administrative colleagues to clarify source information and resolve missing details before completing updates. This fully remote position offers work from home in Wisconsin, United States. Consistent data entry helps colleagues find dependable information without repeating checks or correcting avoidable mistakes. The role requires a 40-hour weekly commitment. Working days and shift times may vary.
Job Responsibilities
- Review incoming data entry requests from a shared work queue and email, noting the requested update, source information, and completion priority before starting each task.
- Check supplied names, reference numbers, dates, and category fields against approved sources, identifying missing values or conflicting instructions before entering information.
- Enter and update approved business information using a database application such as Microsoft Access, following established field formats and access permissions.
- Use saved database queries and search filters to locate existing entries, confirm the correct match, and avoid creating duplicates during routine updates.
- Compare completed entries with their source information, checking character accuracy, numeric values, required fields, and consistent formatting before marking work complete.
- Reconcile differences between source values and existing entries within assigned instructions, leaving uncertain information unchanged until the request owner confirms the correct value.
- Record completed changes, correction reasons, and unresolved questions in the designated task notes so another team member can understand the work performed.
- Follow up with request owners when clarification is needed, and elevate conflicting directions, repeated errors, or access problems to the administrative team lead.
- Review returned corrections, update affected entries after confirmation, and apply feedback to similar tasks without changing information outside the assigned request.
- Close completed queue items and report outstanding work during handoffs; quality is judged by accuracy, turnaround, complete notes, and dependable follow-up.
Qualifications
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- No experience required; related data entry or clerical experience preferred, including practice checking information against an original source.
- Basic familiarity with database forms, relational databases, saved queries, and a database application such as Microsoft Access, with willingness to learn established procedures.
- Ability to enter alphabetic and numeric information carefully while maintaining consistent field formatting and reviewing work before submission.
- Understanding of duplicate detection, data reconciliation, and routine data auditing, including when to ask for confirmation rather than assume an answer.
- Clear written communication for clarification requests, concise task notes, and progress updates to request owners and the administrative team lead.
- Ability to follow access restrictions, handle business information carefully, and keep shared entries organized within the assigned system.
- A reliable computer, high-speed internet, and a quiet private workspace suitable for focused, desk-based work and remote team communication.
- Availability for the 40-hour weekly commitment and agreed working days and shift times.
- Authorization to work in the United States.
- Fully remote work from home in Wisconsin, without commuting for routine duties.
- Structured onboarding and training on database workflows using a database application such as Microsoft Access.
- Regular check-ins with the administrative team lead for feedback, questions, and clarification of work priorities.
- Opportunities to build data entry, reconciliation, database navigation, and quality-checking skills through practical assignments.
- Health coverage, paid leave, a 401(k), maternity leave, and stipends.