A professional who returns unpaid checks from correspondent banks, branches, or individual customers to adjust and balance accounts. Responsibilities include:

• Sorts returned checks into debit and credit groups.
• Types debit and credit forms listing amount, date, name of maker, name of bank, and reason for return, in order to adjust accounts and inform customers of nonpayment, using typewriter or computer.
• Totals and balances checks received, using adding machine or calculator, and submits checks and recapitulation sheet to department head.
• Visually examines checks to determine which checks to process, setting aside checks with no account, no signature on file, or forgeries for review by law enforcement official.
• Exchanges checks received by mistake with representatives of other banks.
• Photographs items returned to customers and other banks (photographic-machine operator ).
• Files copies of forms.