Accounting/office manager vs senior accounting clerk

The differences between accounting/office managers and senior accounting clerks can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 4-6 years to become both an accounting/office manager and a senior accounting clerk. Additionally, an accounting/office manager has an average salary of $50,431, which is higher than the $46,531 average annual salary of a senior accounting clerk.

The top three skills for an accounting/office manager include customer service, reconciliations and general ledger accounts. The most important skills for a senior accounting clerk are data entry, general ledger accounts, and reconciliations.

Accounting/office manager vs senior accounting clerk overview

	Accounting/Office Manager	Senior Accounting Clerk
Yearly salary	$50,431	$46,531
Hourly rate	$24.25	$22.37
Growth rate	7%	-5%
Number of jobs	60,425	82,627
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 47%	Bachelor's Degree, 47%
Average age	47	51
Years of experience	6	6

What does an accounting/office manager do?

An accounting/office manager oversees the operation of an accounting team and the administrative parts of its transactions. Broadly, their responsibilities are to manage all operations in the office, ensure the organization of each process, and look after the welfare of all accounting team personnel. This includes tasks such as safeguarding financial documents, managing employee workloads, delegating tasks, scheduling meetings, and overseeing the creation of reports for the company executives and stockholders.

What does a senior accounting clerk do?

Senior Accounting Clerks lead in a complex set of work staff and are responsible for performing governmental fund accounting that involves reporting and financial record keeping. They are responsible for resolving discrepancies, verifying and auditing financial reports, and inputting data into their financial accounting system. They must know methods of verifying and reconciling accounting records, accounts payable and receivable, and how to familiarize themselves with their firm's financial accounting software. They must also be skilled in handling large sums of cash with integrity and making manual arithmetical calculations with speed and accuracy.

Accounting/office manager vs senior accounting clerk salary

Accounting/office managers and senior accounting clerks have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Accounting/Office Manager	Senior Accounting Clerk
Average salary	$50,431	$46,531
Salary range	Between $34,000 And $74,000	Between $33,000 And $64,000
Highest paying City	East Providence, RI	San Jose, CA
Highest paying state	Alaska	California
Best paying company	Northrop Grumman	Encore Capital Group
Best paying industry	Professional	Finance

Differences between accounting/office manager and senior accounting clerk education

There are a few differences between an accounting/office manager and a senior accounting clerk in terms of educational background:

	Accounting/Office Manager	Senior Accounting Clerk
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 47%	Bachelor's Degree, 47%
Most common major	Accounting	Accounting
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Pennsylvania

Accounting/office manager vs senior accounting clerk demographics

Here are the differences between accounting/office managers' and senior accounting clerks' demographics:

	Accounting/Office Manager	Senior Accounting Clerk
Average age	47	51
Gender ratio	Male, 12.5% Female, 87.5%	Male, 18.0% Female, 82.0%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 10.1% Unknown, 4.8% Hispanic or Latino, 17.9% Asian, 5.5% White, 61.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%	Black or African American, 6.8% Unknown, 4.0% Hispanic or Latino, 14.4% Asian, 6.6% White, 67.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%
LGBT Percentage	8%	7%

Differences between accounting/office manager and senior accounting clerk duties and responsibilities

Accounting/office manager example responsibilities.

Train employees how to sign into ADP, request PTO and manage deductions and banking.
Manage all accounting functions relate to cost accounting, AP / AR and general ledger.
Conduct corporate treasury management planning and analysis, manages controls for inventory and cost accumulation for all products sell.
Optimize billing processes, resolve delinquent accounts, and utilize QuickBooks expertise in tracking AR/AP, profits and overhead.
Key in weekly payroll to ADP website as well as responsible for updating employee records, direct deposits and payroll changes.
Coordinate and submit year-end information to CPA for corporate tax preparation.

Senior accounting clerk example responsibilities.

Manage payroll general ledger accounts including account reconciliations and monthly accruals.
Implement premium accounting statistical reports of all monies collect, including return items and general accounting from bank reconciliations.
Process ACH payments in accordance with company deadlines.
Cross train on many functions within the ACH department.
Monitor and clear holding accounts daily using PeopleSoft; prepare journals as necessary.
Assist with monthly, quarterly, and yearly closing processes, including accruals.

Accounting/office manager vs senior accounting clerk skills

Common accounting/office manager skills

Customer Service, 11%
Reconciliations, 8%
General Ledger Accounts, 6%
Purchase Orders, 5%
Credit Card, 5%
Journal Entries, 5%

Common senior accounting clerk skills

Data Entry, 10%
General Ledger Accounts, 9%
Reconciliations, 8%
Senior Accounting, 7%
Purchase Orders, 7%
Credit Card Payments, 5%

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