Process associate vs accounts receivable clerk

The differences between process associates and accounts receivable clerks can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 4-6 years to become both a process associate and an accounts receivable clerk. Additionally, a process associate has an average salary of $37,954, which is higher than the $36,425 average annual salary of an accounts receivable clerk.

The top three skills for a process associate include patients, customer service and extraction. The most important skills for an accounts receivable clerk are customer service, data entry, and collection calls.

Process associate vs accounts receivable clerk overview

	Process Associate	Accounts Receivable Clerk
Yearly salary	$37,954	$36,425
Hourly rate	$18.25	$17.51
Growth rate	-5%	-5%
Number of jobs	27,408	87,935
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 51%	Bachelor's Degree, 36%
Average age	51	51
Years of experience	6	6

What does a process associate do?

Process Associates are responsible for maintaining, monitoring, and improving the production processes for manufacturing organizations. They are responsible for inspecting existing processes to guide system upgrades, servicing production equipment, maintaining supplies and inventory, and adhering to safety and quality regulations for production processes. Process associates also write production process reports and help to troubleshoot issues pertinent to processes. They must be detailed oriented and possess technical knowledge of mechanical processes. A goof process associate will maintain the smooth running to achieve cost reduction and production rate improvement.

What does an accounts receivable clerk do?

An Accounts Receivable Clerk specializes in processing payment records and bill statements of a company or organization. Among the duties include calculating total revenues and unpaid invoices, maintaining financial records and keeping a detailed and organized database, and verifying financial transactions and payment delinquencies. Furthermore, an Accounts Receivable Clerk must resolve and examine deductions, prepare invoices and necessary documentation, and review customer payment plans and history records and coordinate with the collections department should there be any issues.

Process associate vs accounts receivable clerk salary

Process associates and accounts receivable clerks have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Process Associate	Accounts Receivable Clerk
Average salary	$37,954	$36,425
Salary range	Between $22,000 And $63,000	Between $29,000 And $45,000
Highest paying City	South San Francisco, CA	Boston, MA
Highest paying state	California	Massachusetts
Best paying company	McKinsey & Company Inc	IBM
Best paying industry	-	Finance

Differences between process associate and accounts receivable clerk education

There are a few differences between a process associate and an accounts receivable clerk in terms of educational background:

	Process Associate	Accounts Receivable Clerk
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 51%	Bachelor's Degree, 36%
Most common major	Business	Accounting
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Pennsylvania

Process associate vs accounts receivable clerk demographics

Here are the differences between process associates' and accounts receivable clerks' demographics:

	Process Associate	Accounts Receivable Clerk
Average age	51	51
Gender ratio	Male, 43.3% Female, 56.7%	Male, 13.7% Female, 86.3%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 6.9% Unknown, 4.0% Hispanic or Latino, 14.7% Asian, 6.6% White, 67.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%	Black or African American, 6.8% Unknown, 4.0% Hispanic or Latino, 14.4% Asian, 6.5% White, 67.7% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%
LGBT Percentage	7%	7%

Differences between process associate and accounts receivable clerk duties and responsibilities

Process associate example responsibilities.

Manage large scale MVS/ESA, VM & UNIX computer systems.
Manage all aspects of the shipping dock, including TDR, truck arrival/departure scheduling, and associate dock assignments.
Manage and operate departmental HPLC equipment.
Manage distillation process to determine product specification compliance, and prepare unit for shutdown or turnaround process.
Design layouts on the front-end using JavaScript, HTML, and CSS.
Manufacture sterile commercial human blood therapeutics in an ISO 5 clean room within BSC per FDA requirements.

Accounts receivable clerk example responsibilities.

Manage and monitor weekly bank deposit runs and record deposits into QuickBooks.
Manage profitable accounts receivable ledgers for existing and new clientele maintaining accuracy of monies enter to appropriate relate account.
Obtain online reports of bank transactions, including deposits, ACH, EFT and wire payments from multiple banking institutions.
Utilize QuickBooks accounting software for billing/invoices, generate statements.
Perform necessary adjustments using knowledge of Medicare and all third party insurance.
Investigate and resolve any out-of-balances including credit card discrepancies / lockbox exceptions.

Process associate vs accounts receivable clerk skills

Common process associate skills

Patients, 17%
Customer Service, 9%
Extraction, 8%
Business Process, 8%
Data Entry, 8%
HR, 7%

Common accounts receivable clerk skills

Customer Service, 12%
Data Entry, 9%
Collection Calls, 8%
Financial Data, 7%
Credit Card Payments, 5%
Process Payments, 5%

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Updated January 8, 2025

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