Senior accounting assistant vs junior accountant

The differences between senior accounting assistants and junior accountants can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. While it typically takes 4-6 years to become a senior accounting assistant, becoming a junior accountant takes usually requires 2-4 years. Additionally, a senior accounting assistant has an average salary of $51,551, which is higher than the $50,444 average annual salary of a junior accountant.

The top three skills for a senior accounting assistant include financial reports, vendor invoices and data entry. The most important skills for a junior accountant are reconciliations, general ledger accounts, and account reconciliations.

Senior accounting assistant vs junior accountant overview

	Senior Accounting Assistant	Junior Accountant
Yearly salary	$51,551	$50,444
Hourly rate	$24.78	$24.25
Growth rate	-5%	6%
Number of jobs	27,841	57,892
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 53%	Bachelor's Degree, 70%
Average age	51	44
Years of experience	6	4

Senior accounting assistant vs junior accountant salary

Senior accounting assistants and junior accountants have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Senior Accounting Assistant	Junior Accountant
Average salary	$51,551	$50,444
Salary range	Between $34,000 And $77,000	Between $38,000 And $66,000
Highest paying City	-	New York, NY
Highest paying state	-	New York
Best paying company	-	Fuhu
Best paying industry	-	Construction

Differences between senior accounting assistant and junior accountant education

There are a few differences between a senior accounting assistant and a junior accountant in terms of educational background:

	Senior Accounting Assistant	Junior Accountant
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 53%	Bachelor's Degree, 70%
Most common major	Accounting	Accounting
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Pennsylvania

Senior accounting assistant vs junior accountant demographics

Here are the differences between senior accounting assistants' and junior accountants' demographics:

	Senior Accounting Assistant	Junior Accountant
Average age	51	44
Gender ratio	Male, 16.7% Female, 83.3%	Male, 39.6% Female, 60.4%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 6.7% Unknown, 4.0% Hispanic or Latino, 14.3% Asian, 6.5% White, 67.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.6%	Black or African American, 7.9% Unknown, 3.9% Hispanic or Latino, 10.2% Asian, 16.6% White, 60.9% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.5%
LGBT Percentage	7%	7%

Differences between senior accounting assistant and junior accountant duties and responsibilities

Senior accounting assistant example responsibilities.

Accomplish through collaboration with corporate finance to analyze bad debt reserve and recommend monthly accruals.
Prepare account reconciliations for cash receipts, company health club memberships and inter-company balances.
Enter and process checks, wire transfers, and ACH payments through accounting system.
Complete daily and monthly journal entries that are uploaded to the general ledger via PeopleSoft.
Assist in the testing and implementation of the PeopleSoft accounts payable and travel and expense software.
Develop and implement operating procedures for ATM and ACH balancing as well as cash ordering, bank returns and others.

Junior accountant example responsibilities.

Manage and monitor accounting procedures for compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley and coordinate and facilitate external audit requirements.
Perform and assist with month-end close procedures, including preparation of monthly balance sheet and income statement account reconciliations.
Identify hundreds of daily transactions from banking statements using QuickBooks and present monthly financial reports
Perform bank and credit card reconciliations and assist with month-end accruals in addition to inter-company reconciliations.
Prepare financial schedules, account reconciliations, and detail financial statements and reports for analysis, financial reporting, and decision-making.
Deposit checks into lockbox and post to funds to proper accounts daily.

Senior accounting assistant vs junior accountant skills

Common senior accounting assistant skills

Financial Reports, 8%
Vendor Invoices, 8%
Data Entry, 7%
Payroll, 7%
Purchase Orders, 6%
Reconciliations, 6%

Common junior accountant skills

Reconciliations, 18%
General Ledger Accounts, 8%
Account Reconciliations, 5%
Data Entry, 5%
QuickBooks, 4%
Payroll Taxes, 4%

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