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Accountant resume example
Accounting resumes are read for accuracy, deadlines and scope: what you closed, how fast, how clean, and how big.
What we would lead with
- The close: how many days, how many entities, how you shortened it
- Scope in numbers: revenue, accounts, transaction volume
- Systems and credentials: the ERP you know, where you are with the CPA
The mistake we would warn you about
Listing "accounts payable, accounts receivable, reconciliations" as if they were achievements. They are the job. The achievement is the close that went from ten days to six.
Bullet points that work for accountants
Each one opens with an action verb, says what was done, and ends with a result.
- Reduced the month-end close from ten business days to six across three entities by standardizing accrual templates.
- Reconciled 45 balance sheet accounts a month, with zero audit adjustments in two consecutive years.
- Automated the bank reconciliation in NetSuite, saving 12 hours a month.
- Recovered $86,000 in duplicate vendor payments through a quarterly accounts payable review.
Skills to list as an accountant
Accounting
Month-end closeReconciliationsAccrualsGAAPFixed assets
Systems
NetSuiteQuickBooksExcel
Credentials
CPA candidate