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Review score
96
Evidence
100%
Words
261

Scored by the same rules the Studio uses. How scoring works

Why it works

  • One page in all six layouts261 words, so switching designs never pushes it to a second page.
  • 5 of 10 bullets name a resultThe rest show the scale of the work, which a recruiter reads as proof too. Counted by the same Review the Studio runs.
  • Headings an ATS already knowsSummary, Experience, Education, Certifications, Skills, in that order.
  • The credential has its own lineCertified Public Accountant (CPA), each with issuer and year.
  • Reads back as plain textOne column with no tables or icons. The ATS text tab shows what a parser gets.
What a recruiter sees
Elena Park
Senior Accountant
elena.park@example.com · +1 (404) 555-0159 · Atlanta, GA · linkedin.com/in/elenapark
SUMMARY

CPA with seven years running GAAP month-end close, reconciliations and audit support for SaaS and manufacturing companies. Cut a five-entity close from eight days to four.

EXPERIENCE
Senior Accountant
2022 – Present
Piedmont Cloud Systems · Atlanta, GA
  • Own month-end close for five entities, posting about 110 journal entries a month; rebuilt the close checklist in FloQast and cut the close from eight days to four.
  • Reconcile balance-sheet accounts covering $38M of monthly activity in BlackLine.
  • Set NetSuite accrual deadlines with seven department heads, cutting late accruals 41%.
  • Prepare 24 PBC schedules for the external auditors each year; the last three SOX audits found no deficiencies in the close controls.
Staff Accountant
2019 – 2022
Northstar Manufacturing · Marietta, GA
  • Rebuilt QuickBooks bank rules for 18 operating accounts and four lockboxes, clearing two-thirds of the reconciliation backlog within one quarter.
  • Set up fixed-asset controls for a $12M equipment ledger across three plants.
  • Built monthly variance packages for nine cost centers that found $420K of freight and scrap miscoding, corrected before the year-end close.
Junior Accountant
2017 – 2019
Grant & Bell Advisors · Atlanta, GA
  • Prepared about 85 journal entries and accrual schedules a month for client books.
  • Cleared 1,200 vendor exceptions in an SAP migration, recovering $260K of duplicates.
  • Built two audit binders a year that cut auditor follow-up questions by about a quarter.
EDUCATION
B.B.A. Accounting
2013 – 2017
Georgia State University · Atlanta, GA
CERTIFICATIONS
Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Georgia State Board of Accountancy
2021
SKILLS
Accounting: US GAAP, month-end close, accruals, journal entries, reconciliations
Audit & Controls: SOX, PBC schedules, internal controls, fixed assets
Systems: NetSuite, SAP, QuickBooks, FloQast, BlackLine, Excel
Layout

A centred serif name, an italic title and headings between thin rules. Switching layouts never changes the words.

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Accountant resumes fail when they promise accuracy but hide close speed, reconciliation volume and ERP ownership. A screener is checking whether GAAP work happened at monthly scale, under audit pressure, with clean controls. The template above gives those proofs first, and the page score is actual proof-engine output, not marketing.

Accountant resume summary example

Target roleSenior Accountant
SummaryCPA with seven years running GAAP month-end close, reconciliations and audit support for SaaS and manufacturing companies. Cut a five-entity close from eight days to four.
3 of this role's keywords are in the summary
  • GAAP
  • month-end close
  • audit support

The candidate is fictional, so swap in your own numbers. Stuck? The resume summary generator drafts one from your title and results.

Why most accountants don't get the call

Skills and keywords for an accountant resume

Applicant tracking systems match on literal strings. Spell each term the way the job posting spells it, and group related skills so people and parsers can both follow it.

Accounting standards

  • GAAP
  • accruals
  • journal entries
  • general ledger
  • variance analysis
  • financial statements

Close & reconciliations

  • month-end close
  • balance sheet reconciliations
  • bank reconciliations
  • intercompany
  • fixed assets
  • prepaids

Systems

  • NetSuite
  • SAP
  • Oracle
  • QuickBooks
  • FloQast
  • BlackLine
  • Excel
  • Power Query

Audit & controls

  • SOX
  • PBC schedules
  • audit support
  • internal controls
  • CPA candidate
  • ASC 842

Have the real job posting? Paste it into the keyword scanner to see the skills it asks for most, and which ones your resume is missing.

Why each choice was made

  1. Why close days appear before software

    ERP names help a parser, but close speed is the operating result. The template leads with an 8-to-4-day close reduction before naming NetSuite and FloQast.

  2. Why reconciliations include dollars

    Reconciliation volume alone can be clerical. Pairing account count with $38M of monthly activity tells a reviewer the materiality of the work.

  3. Why CPA status is precise

    CPA language is heavily searched and often overstated. The example lists the license under Certifications with the state board and year, which survives a credential check. If you are still a candidate, say so and name the sections passed.

Accountant resume questions

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What skills should I put on an accountant resume?

The skills the job posting names, spelled the way it spells them. For an accountant that often includes GAAP, accruals, month-end close, balance sheet reconciliations, NetSuite and SAP. Show each one in a bullet with a result, then list the core ones again in a short skills section.

How do I write an accountant resume summary?

Keep it to two or three sentences: your years of experience and where, the scale of your work, and one result with a number. Leave out words a recruiter cannot check, like hardworking or passionate. The example summary on this page shows the pattern.

Is this accountant resume template free?

Yes. Open it in the Studio, replace the example with your own work and download it as a PDF in a free design (Signal, Editorial and Minimal). Word files and the other designs come with ATSPrep Pro. There is no watermark; downloading needs a free account.

Is this accountant resume template ATS friendly?

Yes. It is one column of real text with standard section headings, and no tables, text boxes or text inside images, so parsers read it in order. Run your finished file through the free ATS resume checker to see the text it gives back.

Keep the pattern. Tell your story.

The Studio opens with this accountant example loaded. Edit any bullet and the Review score updates as you type. Editing needs no account; downloading needs a free one.

  1. Keep the hierarchy. Same section order, plain-text contact details.
  2. Replace every claim. Your scope, your numbers, your tools. Never borrowed achievements.
  3. Run the Review again. Watch the score respond to the evidence in your version.
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