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Accountant resume example

A complete, ATS-friendly accountant resume you can copy from: summary, experience bullets with real numbers and a skills line. The sample person is fictional; the wording works.

Jordan Ellis

jordan.ellis@email.com · (555) 014-2290 · Columbus, OH · linkedin.com/in/jordanellis

Summary

Accountant with 6 years of experience in general ledger, month-end close and audit support. Shortened the monthly close from 9 to 5 days and supported two clean annual audits.

Experience

Accountant 2022 – Present
  • Own month-end close for two entities with $120M in combined revenue.
  • Cut close time from 9 to 5 business days with a shared checklist and automated accruals.
  • Reconcile 50+ balance sheet accounts monthly and resolved a $210K legacy variance.
Accountant 2019 – 2022
  • Prepared audit schedules for two consecutive years with no material findings.
  • Built a Power Query model that replaced a 5-hour manual report.
  • Trained two staff accountants on reconciliations and journal entries.

Skills

General ledger · Month-end close · Reconciliations · GAAP · Audit preparation · NetSuite · QuickBooks · Excel (Power Query, pivots) · Accruals · Financial reporting

Education

Degree or certificate relevant to the role 2019
Recruiter's noteClose speed, audit results and the size of the books you manage are what finance hiring managers compare. Put all three on the page.

How to write a accountant summary

Three lines are enough: your title and years of experience, the one result you are proudest of, and what kind of work you want next. Write it last, after the bullets, so you can pull the strongest number into it.

Bullets that get past the scan

Start each bullet with a verb, keep it to one line or two, and end with a number: money, time, volume or percentage. Copy key words from the job posting exactly. An ATS matches words, so "Epic EHR" and "electronic health records" can count as different skills.

Format that the software reads

Use one column, standard headings (Summary, Experience, Skills, Education), your contact details in the body of the page and a common font. Export a PDF from Word or Google Docs so the text stays selectable. Every Halden template is built this way.

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