6 Accountant resume examples. Plus the keywords recruiters search for.

1. Sample 2 of 6Entry level · 1 year

   Entry-level staff accountant resume

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   Brandon Lee

   Staff Accountant

   Kansas City, MO · brandon.lee@email.com · linkedin.com/in/brandonlee

   Summary

   Staff accountant with a year in corporate accounting and an audit internship. I keep reconciliations current, prepare clean accruals and I'm working toward my CPA.

   Experience

   Staff Accountant, Prairieland Foods · Jun 2025 – Present

   • • Reconcile 9 bank and credit card accounts monthly in Sage Intacct, clearing a 4-month backlog in my first quarter
   • • Prepare prepaid, accrual and fixed-asset schedules for the month-end close
   • • Built an Excel tracker for customer deductions that cut open items over 90 days by half

   Audit Intern, Moreland & Price CPAs · Jan 2025 – Apr 2025

   • • Tested cash, receivables and expense samples on 4 audits of manufacturers and nonprofits
   • • Documented workpapers and drafted confirmation letters under the audit senior

   Education & certifications

   B.S. Accounting, University of Missouri–Kansas City, 2025 · CPA candidate (passed AUD and FAR)

   Skills

   Bank reconciliations · Accruals · Fixed assets · Accounts receivable · Sage Intacct · Excel (pivot tables) · Audit workpapers · GAAP basics · Attention to detail · Month-end support

   Brandon Lee

   Staff Accountant

   brandon.lee@email.com · Kansas City, MO

   linkedin.com/in/brandonlee

   Summary

   Staff accountant with a year in corporate accounting and an audit internship. I keep reconciliations current, prepare clean accruals and I'm working toward my CPA.

   Experience

   Staff Accountant — Prairieland Foods

   Jun 2025 – Present

   • Reconcile 9 bank and credit card accounts monthly in Sage Intacct, clearing a 4-month backlog in my first quarter

   • Prepare prepaid, accrual and fixed-asset schedules for the month-end close

   • Built an Excel tracker for customer deductions that cut open items over 90 days by half

   Audit Intern — Moreland & Price CPAs

   Jan 2025 – Apr 2025

   • Tested cash, receivables and expense samples on 4 audits of manufacturers and nonprofits

   • Documented workpapers and drafted confirmation letters under the audit senior

   Education

   University of Missouri–Kansas City

   B.S. Accounting · 2025

   Certifications

   CPA candidate (passed AUD and FAR)

   Skills

   Bank reconciliations, Accruals, Fixed assets, Accounts receivable, Sage Intacct, Excel (pivot tables), Audit workpapers, GAAP basics, Attention to detail, Month-end support

   Why it works

   Entry-level accounting hires are judged on accuracy and progress toward the CPA. The sample shows reconciliations and schedules a staff accountant really owns, an audit internship and the exact CPA sections passed.

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2. Sample 3 of 6Public accounting tax · 6 years

   Tax accountant resume

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   Michelle Tran

   Senior Tax Accountant, CPA

   Irvine, CA · michelle.tran@email.com · linkedin.com/in/michelletran

   Summary

   CPA with 6 years in public accounting tax for closely held businesses and their owners. I prepare and review complex partnership and S corporation returns and find planning ideas clients act on.

   Experience

   Senior Tax Accountant, Whitlock Avery LLP · Jan 2022 – Present

   • • Prepare and review about 120 returns a season — Forms 1065, 1120-S and 1040 — for real estate and professional services clients
   • • Handle multistate apportionment and composite filings for partnerships operating in up to 14 states
   • • Recommended entity and timing changes that saved one client group about $180K in federal and state tax
   • • Review work from 3 staff accountants in CCH Axcess and train them on workpaper standards

   Staff Tax Accountant, Harbor & Finch CPAs · Sep 2020 – Dec 2021

   • • Prepared individual, trust and small business returns and quarterly estimates
   • • Drafted responses to 40+ IRS and state notices, most resolved without penalties

   Education & certifications

   M.S. Taxation, California State University, Fullerton, 2020 · Certified Public Accountant (CPA), California

   Skills

   Partnership returns (1065) · S corporation returns (1120-S) · Individual returns (1040) · Multistate tax · Tax planning · Tax research · IRS notices · CCH Axcess · Workpaper review · Client service

   Michelle Tran

   Senior Tax Accountant, CPA

   michelle.tran@email.com · Irvine, CA

   linkedin.com/in/michelletran

   Summary

   CPA with 6 years in public accounting tax for closely held businesses and their owners. I prepare and review complex partnership and S corporation returns and find planning ideas clients act on.

   Experience

   Senior Tax Accountant — Whitlock Avery LLP

   Jan 2022 – Present

   • Prepare and review about 120 returns a season — Forms 1065, 1120-S and 1040 — for real estate and professional services clients

   • Handle multistate apportionment and composite filings for partnerships operating in up to 14 states

   • Recommended entity and timing changes that saved one client group about $180K in federal and state tax

   • Review work from 3 staff accountants in CCH Axcess and train them on workpaper standards

   Staff Tax Accountant — Harbor & Finch CPAs

   Sep 2020 – Dec 2021

   • Prepared individual, trust and small business returns and quarterly estimates

   • Drafted responses to 40+ IRS and state notices, most resolved without penalties

   Education

   California State University, Fullerton

   M.S. Taxation · 2020

   Certifications

   Certified Public Accountant (CPA), California

   Skills

   Partnership returns (1065), S corporation returns (1120-S), Individual returns (1040), Multistate tax, Tax planning, Tax research, IRS notices, CCH Axcess, Workpaper review, Client service

   Why it works

   Tax hiring managers read for return types, volume and complexity. The form numbers, return count and multistate work show level at a glance, and one planning result shows advice, not just compliance.

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3. Sample 4 of 6Public accounting audit · 4 years

   Audit senior resume

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   Jonah Feldman

   Audit Senior, CPA

   Hartford, CT · jonah.feldman@email.com · linkedin.com/in/jonahfeldman

   Summary

   Audit senior and CPA with 4 years in public accounting. I run fieldwork on manufacturing, nonprofit and benefit plan audits, and I keep staff and clients on schedule.

   Experience

   Audit Senior, Brightwater Kane LLP · Oct 2024 – Present

   • • Lead fieldwork on 7 engagements a year, supervising teams of 2–4 associates
   • • Plan audits with risk assessments and materiality, and design tests of internal controls
   • • Run single audits under the Uniform Guidance for 3 nonprofit clients that receive federal grants
   • • Brought two engagements in 15% under budget by sending clients a request list and timeline before fieldwork

   Audit Associate, Brightwater Kane LLP · Sep 2022 – Sep 2024

   • • Performed substantive testing on revenue, inventory and payroll for 12 clients
   • • Tested participant data and contributions on 6 employee benefit plan audits

   Education & certifications

   B.S. Accounting, University of Connecticut, 2022 · Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Connecticut

   Skills

   Audit planning · Risk assessment · Internal controls testing · Substantive testing · Single audits (Uniform Guidance) · Employee benefit plan audits · CaseWare · Team supervision · Client communication · Budget management

   Jonah Feldman

   Audit Senior, CPA

   jonah.feldman@email.com · Hartford, CT

   linkedin.com/in/jonahfeldman

   Summary

   Audit senior and CPA with 4 years in public accounting. I run fieldwork on manufacturing, nonprofit and benefit plan audits, and I keep staff and clients on schedule.

   Experience

   Audit Senior — Brightwater Kane LLP

   Oct 2024 – Present

   • Lead fieldwork on 7 engagements a year, supervising teams of 2–4 associates

   • Plan audits with risk assessments and materiality, and design tests of internal controls

   • Run single audits under the Uniform Guidance for 3 nonprofit clients that receive federal grants

   • Brought two engagements in 15% under budget by sending clients a request list and timeline before fieldwork

   Audit Associate — Brightwater Kane LLP

   Sep 2022 – Sep 2024

   • Performed substantive testing on revenue, inventory and payroll for 12 clients

   • Tested participant data and contributions on 6 employee benefit plan audits

   Education

   University of Connecticut

   B.S. Accounting · 2022

   Certifications

   Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Connecticut

   Skills

   Audit planning, Risk assessment, Internal controls testing, Substantive testing, Single audits (Uniform Guidance), Employee benefit plan audits, CaseWare, Team supervision, Client communication, Budget management

   Why it works

   Audit resumes are read for engagement count, industries and who you supervise. This sample names each, shows the audit types that require specialized knowledge, and proves the senior can manage a budget.

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4. Sample 5 of 6Manufacturing · 7 years

   Cost accountant resume

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   Carlos Mendoza

   Senior Cost Accountant, CMA

   Grand Rapids, MI · carlos.mendoza@email.com · linkedin.com/in/carlosmendoza

   Summary

   Cost accountant with 7 years in manufacturing. I keep standard costs right, explain variances in plain words and show operations which products and plants make money.

   Experience

   Senior Cost Accountant, Lakeshore Furniture Works · Feb 2021 – Present

   • • Own standard costs for 1,800 SKUs across 2 plants and lead the annual standard cost roll
   • • Explain purchase price, labor and overhead variances to plant managers in a monthly review
   • • Product-line margin analysis showed 60 SKUs losing money; discontinuing them added about 1.5 points of gross margin
   • • Partner with operations on cycle counts, cutting inventory adjustments at year end by 70%

   Cost Accountant, Kent County Plastics · Jun 2019 – Jan 2021

   • • Maintained bills of materials and routings in Epicor and fixed cost errors on 200+ items
   • • Built the inventory reserve analysis for slow-moving and obsolete stock

   Education & certifications

   B.B.A. Accounting, Grand Valley State University, 2019 · Certified Management Accountant (CMA)

   Skills

   Standard costing · Variance analysis · Inventory accounting · Bills of materials · Margin analysis · Cycle counts · Inventory reserves · Epicor ERP · Power BI · Budgeting

   Carlos Mendoza

   Senior Cost Accountant, CMA

   carlos.mendoza@email.com · Grand Rapids, MI

   linkedin.com/in/carlosmendoza

   Summary

   Cost accountant with 7 years in manufacturing. I keep standard costs right, explain variances in plain words and show operations which products and plants make money.

   Experience

   Senior Cost Accountant — Lakeshore Furniture Works

   Feb 2021 – Present

   • Own standard costs for 1,800 SKUs across 2 plants and lead the annual standard cost roll

   • Explain purchase price, labor and overhead variances to plant managers in a monthly review

   • Product-line margin analysis showed 60 SKUs losing money; discontinuing them added about 1.5 points of gross margin

   • Partner with operations on cycle counts, cutting inventory adjustments at year end by 70%

   Cost Accountant — Kent County Plastics

   Jun 2019 – Jan 2021

   • Maintained bills of materials and routings in Epicor and fixed cost errors on 200+ items

   • Built the inventory reserve analysis for slow-moving and obsolete stock

   Education

   Grand Valley State University

   B.B.A. Accounting · 2019

   Certifications

   Certified Management Accountant (CMA)

   Skills

   Standard costing, Variance analysis, Inventory accounting, Bills of materials, Margin analysis, Cycle counts, Inventory reserves, Epicor ERP, Power BI, Budgeting

   Why it works

   Cost accounting is where finance meets the factory floor. The bullets use plant terms — SKUs, standard cost roll, variances, cycle counts — and show a margin decision the analysis drove. The CMA fits management accounting work better than a CPA alone.

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5. Sample 6 of 6Manager · 11 years

   Accounting manager resume

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   Denise Harper

   Accounting Manager, CPA

   Indianapolis, IN · denise.harper@email.com · linkedin.com/in/deniseharper

   Summary

   Accounting manager and CPA with 11 years in logistics and healthcare. I lead the accounting team, build controls and systems that scale, and give leadership numbers they can trust.

   Experience

   Accounting Manager, Crossroads Logistics · Mar 2020 – Present

   • • Lead a team of 5 covering general ledger, payables, receivables and payroll accounting
   • • Led the move from QuickBooks to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central across 4 entities, live in 7 months
   • • Wrote the company's first internal controls matrix ahead of a private equity investment
   • • Adopted ASC 842 for 60 warehouse and equipment leases and built the 13-week cash forecast

   Senior Accountant, Monon Health Partners · Jul 2015 – Feb 2020

   • • Prepared monthly financial statements and board reporting packages for a 12-clinic group
   • • Coordinated the annual audit and the payroll tax filings across 3 states

   Education & certifications

   B.S. Accounting, Indiana University, 2015 · Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Indiana

   Skills

   Team leadership · ERP implementation · Internal controls · ASC 842 · Cash forecasting · Financial reporting · Audit management · Dynamics 365 Business Central · Process improvement · Hiring and training

   Denise Harper

   Accounting Manager, CPA

   denise.harper@email.com · Indianapolis, IN

   linkedin.com/in/deniseharper

   Summary

   Accounting manager and CPA with 11 years in logistics and healthcare. I lead the accounting team, build controls and systems that scale, and give leadership numbers they can trust.

   Experience

   Accounting Manager — Crossroads Logistics

   Mar 2020 – Present

   • Lead a team of 5 covering general ledger, payables, receivables and payroll accounting

   • Led the move from QuickBooks to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central across 4 entities, live in 7 months

   • Wrote the company's first internal controls matrix ahead of a private equity investment

   • Adopted ASC 842 for 60 warehouse and equipment leases and built the 13-week cash forecast

   Senior Accountant — Monon Health Partners

   Jul 2015 – Feb 2020

   • Prepared monthly financial statements and board reporting packages for a 12-clinic group

   • Coordinated the annual audit and the payroll tax filings across 3 states

   Education

   Indiana University

   B.S. Accounting · 2015

   Certifications

   Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Indiana

   Skills

   Team leadership, ERP implementation, Internal controls, ASC 842, Cash forecasting, Financial reporting, Audit management, Dynamics 365 Business Central, Process improvement, Hiring and training

   Why it works

   A manager's resume should show team, systems and controls rather than individual entries. The bullets give team size, a dated ERP go-live, a controls project and a new accounting standard — the work a controller hands to a manager.

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Sample resumes. Names, companies and figures are illustrative.

• Entry level

  Accounting graduate with a tax-season internship and the credit hours for CPA eligibility. Prepared 60+ individual returns and reconciled client accounts in QuickBooks.

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• Mid level

  CPA with 5 years in corporate accounting. I lead the close for 3 entities and cut it from 9 business days to 5.

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• Senior

  Accounting manager who has led a team of 6, owned consolidated reporting for a $500M company and managed external audits and an ERP migration.

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More for other jobs and situations (no experience, career change, senior): resume summary examples.

• Close

  Instead of: Did month-end close

  ✓ Write: Cut month-end close from 9 business days to 5 by standardizing reconciliations

• Audit

  Instead of: Helped with audits

  ✓ Write: Prepared schedules for an external audit that closed with no material adjustments

• Reconciliation

  Instead of: Reconciled accounts

  ✓ Write: Reconciled 40+ balance sheet accounts monthly and resolved a $250K intercompany variance

• Compliance

  Instead of: Handled sales tax

  ✓ Write: Prepared sales tax filings in 12 states with zero penalties