Accounting Resume Examples

Building a Resume

As a job-seeker, you must make a resume that contains precise yet relevant information for the recruiter to evaluate your job application.

Contents of a Perfect Resume

Your resume must contain the pertinent details in the following chronological order –

• Your name and job title
• Contact information (address, phone number/s, professional email id)
• Resume objective  

Examples 

For a fresher

A zealous and detail-oriented intern keen to join XXX Inc. to take care of all the finance-related functions of the company and to resolve auditing-related issues by applying my accounting skills to ensure the effective management of finance of the organization. Prior 3-month internship experience in an accountant role in an XXX Pvt Ltd Company.

For an experienced professional

Trained and proficient accountant professional with 8+ years of experience in handling all types of accounts, managing payroll, auditing, and financial management. Desirous of joining XXX Co. to leverage my knowledge and experience gained in the accountant role and offer great accounting skills to ensure the best management of finance.

Avoid giving excessively generic information in a vague and simple form that appears dull and monotonous to the recruiter.

• Professional experience - Only relevant experience in accounting should be presented in reverse chronological order, i.e., starting from the most recent employment. The keywords should be in-sync with the job description to pass through the ATS process effectively. 

Examples 

• Maintain monthly and yearly financial records of an organization.

• Analyze expenses and give the advice to reduce costs, and increase profits.

• Duty to ensure payment of taxes on time

•  Duty to secure financial data by creating backups.

Achievements in previous organizations

Examples

• 30% increase in revenues through management of multiple projects on time

• Proper analysis of financial statements resulted in a 10% reduction in debt

• Improved 20% cash flow by ensuring tax payments on time

• Secure financial data by creating backups.

• Education 

• Bachelor’s Courses (Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Accounting or the Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) in Accounting)

• Master’s Courses in accounting (MBA M.COM)

• Specific names of the degree or diploma courses in the field of accounts

• Name of the college/school/other institution

• Year of passing (reverse chronological order)

Hard skills - Various hard skills required by an Accountant are

• Ability to prepare Financial Statements

• Knowledge of General Business Practices

• Ability to Analyse Data

• Critical Thinking Skills

• Business Acumen

• Technological Savvy

• Accounting Organizational Skills

• Time Management Skills

• Continual Learning

Soft skills – Various soft skills are required for an Accountant, which are

• Teamwork

• Problem-solving

• Written and Verbal Communication Skills

• Adaptability

• Interpersonal

• Organization and attention to detail

• Analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Systems analysis

• Mathematical and deductive reasoning

Achievements

Awards won in previous employment in an Accountant role)

Examples

Award for “The Best Accountant” of the year stint with XXX Co. (avoid giving company-specific titles and award names)

Additional information

Such as interests/hobbies that shows inclinations to accounting

Thus, your resume must mention the content/information that the recruiter and their Application Tracking System (ATS) will be seeking for the position of Accountant.