Use this step by step explanation to craft a good employee performance feedback review for an invoice clerk. Find the right words with quality phrases.

An Invoice Clerk is responsible for issuing invoices, credit memos, updating customer records and issuing monthly customer statements in the accounting department of any organization.

The responsibilities for this position are updating customer records and issuing monthly customer statements, interacting with vendors and clients to ensure accuracy, comparing invoices against purchase orders, receiving documents to verify receipts of the items ordered, recording data for follow up, contacting vendors regarding errors in bills, maintains all files of suitable ordered and received them on delivery, returning all returnable goods to the sellers, figuring out and confirming prices and discounts offered and cross checks to see they are accurate on the invoices.

Employee Performance Review Sample

Employee's Name: Title:
Review Period: __/__/__ to __/__/__ Employee SSN:
Work Location: Supervisor's Name:

Instructions

  1. Rating: Rate the employee against the core skills based on how well he/she demonstrates each skill. Give scores 1, 2, or 3 for each rating depending on the employee's performance.
  2. Comments: Use this area to give examples of employee's performance phrases. The phrases should describe how well an employee has performed on previously set goals based on the given core skill.
  3. Summary: Use this section to give a summary of the employee's strengths and areas for improvement or development. Recommend a step increase for an employee who has met the expectations and performance improvement plans for one who doesn't meet expectations.
  4. Human Resources Review: Human resources manager must examine and indicate whether he/she concurs with the evaluation and comments. If the manager agrees, then he/she must sign the evaluation form. If he/she doesn't concur, then he/she must provide reasons explaining why this is so.
  5. Signatures: Sign the evaluation form and give it to the employee to go through and answer the Self Evaluation Questions. Ask him/her to sign and date the evaluation form before giving it back to the human resources for filing.

Rating Meaning

The employee fails to perform the most important aspects of the job satisfactorily. Requires close guidance to carry out routine jobs. He/she needs significant improvement in all areas. Meetings should be held between the employee and the supervisor to discuss performance deficiencies.

1

Employee routinely meets and exceeds expectations in all areas of responsibility. Produces high-quality work that at times exceeds expectations. Consistently meets the most critical annual goals. Occasionally produces timely and accurate results.

2

The employee consistently and significantly exceeds the communicated expectations by producing exceptionally high-quality work. He/she demonstrates exceptional knowledge of his/her duties and is highly recognized by others as an authority in his/her area of work.

3

Supervisor's Feedback

Skill

Comments

Rating

CUSTOMER ORIENTED: Customer Oriented is a skill that focuses primarily on the client as the King offering quality services that meet the customer's expectations with an aim to inspire people rather than just try to sell their product.

Assists the customers to solve their problems and has become the go-to person.

Provides great service to customers and makes sure all their needs and requests are met.

2

VERBAL COMMUNICATION: Verbal Communication is the use of tones and language to relay a message; it aids as a vehicle for expressing ideas, concepts and it, is critical to the daily running of the business.

Emphasizes on the key vital points of a topic to ensure that the message is well understood by others.

Never beats around the bush but instead goes straight to the point.

2

WRITING SKILLS: Written Communication involves the interaction that makes use of the written word with precision and logic making it the very common form of business communication.

Researches thoroughly on a topic before writing about it to have concrete facts and information.

Has developed a specialty of writing about a particular subject with ease and comfort.

2

PHONE SKILLS: Phone Skills are useful to present a professional company image through the telephone to the customers while making them feel well informed and appreciated without necessarily seeing their faces.

Talks in a steady speed rate, not so fast and not so slow.

Ends telephone conversations professionally and ensures that the other person on the line is satisfied.

3

INTERPERSONAL SKILLS: Interpersonal Skills are a set of abilities that enable a person to positively interact and work with others effectively while avoiding office disputes and personal issues with each other.

Communicates unambiguously and concisely that gives others an easy time to comprehend what is being passed across.

Interprets and handles conflict well enough to ensure that all parties achieve a win-win solution.

3

DEALING WITH DIFFICULT PEOPLE: Dealing with Difficult People is learning how to tactfully calm down an obnoxious person who is either verbally attacking you or stealthily criticizing you or your professional contribution.

Avoids angering a difficult person as much as one can or giving them a reason to lose their temper

Speaks to a potential mediator, to help improve the situation, when one is not making headway with someone and needs to do so

2

ADAPTABILITY: Adaptability is the ability to cope with and adapt to unexpected situations in any environment and staying connected with a great attitude.

Encourages others to take the initiative when new projects come along and to quickly adapt to situations

Shifts attention to a client entering the facility even though immersed in detailed task

2

CUSTOMER SERVICE: Customer Service is the ability to cater for the needs of the client by providing excellent customer service without compromise.

Seeks assistance when handling customers with special needs and works well with most customers

Makes efforts to follow up with most customers to ensure they are satisfied

2

SCHEDULING: Scheduling is creating daily workflow charts that the employees are supposed to follow when working and submitting their projects.

Focuses on identifying more important tasks first and balances both quality and quantity

Constantly updates the list of activities and makes efforts to track most project schedules

2

DATA ENTRY: Data Entry is a skill to key in information from various sources as directed by the management while keeping to the policies and procedures of the company and ensuring they are accurate.

Understands the importance of maintaining data confidentiality and is willing to learn more about privacy issues

Shows willingness to work in a team and puts extra effort to work independently

2

Self Evaluation

Self Evaluation Question

Employee Comments

CUSTOMER ORIENTED:

Do you keep customers informed proactively whether formally or informally to ensure they are knowledgeable about the company?

How would you describe your relationship with clients? What impact has it had on your performance?

[employee comments]
VERBAL COMMUNICATION:

Have you ever tried to think about what you would say from another person's perspective?

Have you ever tried to copy somebody else's way of talking and how did it turn out?

[employee comments]
WRITING SKILLS:

How well do you do your research before you set out do any form of writing?

Do you take online courses to help yourself to improve your mastery in writing?

[employee comments]
PHONE SKILLS:

Have you ever made a call while drinking or eating? How can you rate the conversation?

How well do you close conversations and do you feel you leave the callers in a satisfied position?

[employee comments]
INTERPERSONAL SKILLS:

Give an instance your personality affected your relationships with others. How did you resolve it?

How well do you receive and at the same time give constructive feedback?

[employee comments]
DEALING WITH DIFFICULT PEOPLE:

Is there a time when you have had to deal with a difficult person at work? What was the problem? How did you go about it?

How do you differentiate between a person who is deliberately difficult from one who is difficult due to some stress he/she is going through?

[employee comments]
ADAPTABILITY:

Do you prefer an environment with a structured routine or one with new experiences?

Is there a time you had to adjust to a colleague's working style or technique in order to meet a deadline or achieve an objective?

[employee comments]
CUSTOMER SERVICE:

Were there any times you came across customers with special needs? How did you assist them?

Are there any instances where you delayed responding to a customer and did you give any explanations for the delay?

[employee comments]
SCHEDULING:

Have you ever failed to add contingency time when scheduling and how did you correct the mistake?

How often do you encourage others to work steadily towards both career and personal goals?

[employee comments]
DATA ENTRY:

What measures are you putting in place to maintain data confidentiality?

What efforts are you making to improve your ability to work with different data entry software packages?

[employee comments]

Summary

Sections 1-4: To be completed by the supervisor

Section 5: To be completed by the employee

1. Exceeds Job Related Expectations

2. Areas to improve

3. Goals completed since last performance feedback

4. Goals for next period

5. Employee comments

Signatures

I acknowledge that I discussed this performance feedback with my supervisor. My signature does not mean that I agree or disagree with this appraisal.
Employee: Date:
Supervisor: Date:
Human Resources: Date:
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