ACCOUNTANT RESUME EXAMPLE

Published: May 15, 2025 - The Accountant supports daily operations and month-end closing processes, including intercompany reconciliations and customer billing management. This position coordinates with teams to ensure timely vendor payments, accurate AR and AP maintenance, and assists with statutory tax reporting and audit requirements. This role ensures compliance with GAAP and US GAAP standards while contributing to various accounting projects and quality management support.

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1. Accountant, Greenfield Financial Services, Springfield, IL

Job Summary:
  • Assisting with the month-end close process.
  • Prepare journal entries with minimum supervision
  • Familiar with intercompany account reconciliations and journal entries
  • Responsible for preparing monthly reconciliations for assigned balance sheet accounts
  • Identify and communicate discrepancies in assigned general ledger accounts
  • Record cash transactions on a daily basis
  • Record daily sales and cost of goods sold for retail locations
  • Prepare and send monthly servicing invoices
  • Cash applications for accounts receivable
  • Calculate monthly amortization for prepaid expenses
  • Assist with researching monthly profit and loss variances and post necessary correcting entries
  • Taking care of the APRO Payment approval, including advance payments to Vendors
  • Preparing and posting non-rule based journals
  • Reviewing the P&L and Balance Sheet
  • Reviewing the procurement ARIBA orders

Skills on Resume: 
  • Month-end close (Hard Skills)
  • Journal entries (Hard Skills)
  • Account reconciliations (Hard Skills)
  • Discrepancy identification (Hard Skills)
  • Cash transactions (Hard Skills)
  • Invoice preparation (Hard Skills)
  • Communication skills (Soft Skills)
  • Problem solving (Soft Skills)

2. Accountant, Riverside Accounting Solutions, Dayton, OH

Job Summary:

  • Assist in the compilation and review of monthly, quarterly and annual segment reports and consolidated financial reports.
  • Prepare journal entries, accruals, general ledger reconciliations and other accounting-related administration.
  • Perform inter-company transactions and reconciliations including cross-border and multi-currency.
  • Perform all aspects of fixed asset accounting, including preparing depreciation schedules and accounting for capital and operating leases.
  • Prepare, manage and track loan schedules and payments.
  • Prepare and analyze monthly department-level expenses and variance reports.
  • Assist with the preparation of the annual budget as well as ad hoc reporting, planning and analysis.
  • Lead the execution and maintenance of external financial reporting requirements by completing all accounting processes and procedures and coordinating with external accounting firms.
  • Provide guidance and development to junior members of the team, including assisting in supervising AR, AP and Payroll functions.
  • Oversee the integration of acquisitions from an accounting system, processes, reporting, tax filings and the compliance requirement perspective.
  • Assist in the development, maintenance, and implementation of financial and operations standards, accounting policies, and procedures.
  • Oversee the maintenance of a comprehensive system of accounting records.
  • Establish internal control systems to ensure accuracy in financial statements.
  • Manage relationships with external accounting firms and other third parties.
  • Oversee regulatory reporting and ensure all required tax filings to federal, provincial and local government agencies are prepared and filed in a timely manner, and all tax positions are documented.


Skills on Resume: 

  • Financial reporting (Hard Skills)
  • Journal entries (Hard Skills)
  • Intercompany transactions (Hard Skills)
  • Fixed asset accounting (Hard Skills)
  • Loan management (Hard Skills)
  • Variance analysis (Hard Skills)
  • Team leadership (Soft Skills)
  • Internal controls (Hard Skills)

3. Accountant, Blue Horizon Tax Advisors, Madison, WI

Job Summary:

  • Assists with month-end close tasks and preparation of financial statements.
  • Prepares and records ticket sales deposits received from credit card merchants.
  • Records and maintains prepaid software and signing bonus amortization schedules
  • Reconciles credit card deposits to the ticketing system and resolves any discrepancies.
  • Reviews expense reports for all employees for proper GL coding, and prepares month-end accruals.
  • Prepares journal entries for weekly client advances & settlements in accordance with executed contracts.
  • Assisting with AR operations, including creating invoices and coordinating with internal/external partners for past due balances
  • Cross-train with the settlements team to assist during peak venue and festival settlement periods
  • Responsible for the manual check issuance process, positive pay review, and escheatment of unclaimed property to the state
  • Assists in analyzing and reconciling Balance Sheet accounts.
  • Completes special ad hoc projects on a basis.


Skills on Resume: 

  • Month-end close (Hard Skills)
  • Financial statements (Hard Skills)
  • Reconciliation skills (Hard Skills)
  • Journal entries (Hard Skills)
  • Accounts receivable (Hard Skills)
  • Problem solving (Soft Skills)
  • Cross training (Soft Skills)
  • Attention to detail (Soft Skills)

4. Accountant, Evergreen Bookkeeping Inc., Boulder, CO

Job Summary:

  • Reconcile bank transactions vs payment channels and Xero
  • Recording JE in the correct GL account in the accounting software
  • Review and reconcile purchase orders versus invoices issued by suppliers 
  • Issue bank remittance and provide to buyers
  • Issue intercompany invoices
  • Prepare tax returns for various tax authorities
  • Processes return transactions and customer refunds
  • Make payments to external suppliers
  • Reconcile intercompany purchase and sales records
  • Assist with month-end closing and financial reports
  • Assist in the documentation/implementation of internal controls and ensure SOX compliance in areas of responsibility
  • Proactively identify process inefficiencies and offer suggestions for improvements
  • Support senior staff members in completing special projects, ad-hoc reporting and analysis requests


Skills on Resume: 

  • Bank reconciliation (Hard Skills)
  • Journal entries (Hard Skills)
  • Invoice reconciliation (Hard Skills)
  • Tax preparation (Hard Skills)
  • Payment processing (Hard Skills)
  • Internal controls (Hard Skills)
  • Process improvement (Soft Skills)
  • Team support (Soft Skills)

5. Accountant, Horizon Payroll Services, Salem, OR

Job Summary:

  • Responsible for accurate and timely invoicing for assigned client accounts
  • Establishes self as part of the client teams they support and encourages teams to come to them for counsel
  • Proactively works with team on billing deadlines and understanding when expected details will arrive to complete billing
  • Proactively reconciles jobs to ensure teams are made aware when limits are being approached
  • Proactively escalates billing issues to the Accounting Manager
  • Closely monitors jobs on an ongoing basis once they are at 90% completion
  • Understands and is flexible to the needs and trends of the business (i.e. the timing of a large conference or other live event may impact billing submissions)
  • Open and close jobs, update trackers
  • Prepare estimates for new projects
  • Review, analyze and address budget variances
  • Assist with internal inquiries
  • Provide ad hoc financial analysis and reporting


Skills on Resume: 

  • Invoicing accuracy (Hard Skills)
  • Client relations (Soft Skills)
  • Deadline management (Soft Skills)
  • Issue escalation (Soft Skills)
  • Job monitoring (Hard Skills)
  • Budget analysis (Hard Skills)
  • Flexibility skills (Soft Skills)
  • Financial reporting (Hard Skills)

6. Accountant, Clearview Accounting Group, Rochester, NY

Job Summary:

  • Prepares bank reconciliations on a monthly basis and analyzes and explains any unreconciled differences.
  • Create and maintain a formal reconciliation process for credit card receipts through collaboration with Information Technology and Accounts Receivable departments.
  • Completes timely and accurate account reconciliations.
  • Participates in monthly, quarterly, and annual global consolidation and close by preparing and posting monthly journal entries into the ERP system.
  • Collaborates with external accounting/tax consultants for compliance with financial reporting in the respective jurisdiction in accordance with local and US GAAP.
  • Collects data and ensures accuracy, completeness, timeliness, and consistency of reporting financial records and account reconciliations.
  • Issues regular reports/analytics to various levels of the global organization.
  • Communicates with business partners to ensure transactions are handled appropriately.
  • Initiates continuous improvement solutions to increase efficiencies enterprise-wide.
  • Participates in all external audits (bank, statutory, consolidated).
  • Processes refunds, debits, credits, customer account statements and past due correspondence to keep all key accounts up to date for Commercial, Dealer, and International customers.
  • Collaborates with business teams to communicate customer conditions and risk.
  • Prepares updated information for monthly AR reports for internal clients i.e. Costco.
  • Maintains a solid understanding of end-to-end processes related to Order to Cash workflow, both from a systematic and business process perspective.


Skills on Resume: 

  • Bank reconciliation (Hard Skills)
  • Journal entries (Hard Skills)
  • Financial reporting (Hard Skills)
  • Audit participation (Hard Skills)
  • Data accuracy (Hard Skills)
  • Cross-functional collaboration (Soft Skills)
  • Process improvement (Soft Skills)
  • Communication skills (Soft Skills)

7. Accountant, Summit Financial Partners, Boise, ID

Job Summary:

  • Undertake monthly and end-of-financial-year processes.
  • Lead the end-of-month process with accounts closed by business day 6 and support the FC in the preparation of the monthly and Quarterly financials.
  • Process payroll, superannuation and tax for LMAP and maintain paperwork
  • Undertake financial administration for LMAP
  • Create, maintain and provide documents required for quarterly and annual external audit & reporting.
  • Support the FC in the development of the annual budget and Quarterly Forecasts
  • Daily cash flow management and long-term cash flow forecasting
  • Undertake all other duties as directed by the Financial Controller
  • Provide back-up support to the finance team.
  • Follows company procedures with respect to all essential duties and responsibilities of the job.
  • Processes vendor payments and agency bill payments in a timely manner.
  • Assists with month-end and year-end processing and reporting.
  • Conducts account and bank reconciliations.


Skills on Resume: 

  • Month-end close (Hard Skills)
  • Payroll processing (Hard Skills)
  • Financial reporting (Hard Skills)
  • Budget forecasting (Hard Skills)
  • Cash management (Hard Skills)
  • Account reconciliation (Hard Skills)
  • Team support (Soft Skills)
  • Compliance adherence (Soft Skills)

8. Accountant, Pinecrest Accounting LLC, Little Rock, AR

Job Summary:

  • Preparation of monthly financial statements in an accurate and timely manner, including preparing and posting transactions to the general ledger.
  • Prepare year-end and other reports and assist with the year-end audit.
  • Track and collect on accounts receivable.
  • Reconciliations of recoverables and receivables.
  • Assist with preparing and posting bank deposits.
  • Assist with other office tasks due to vacations or absences.
  • Communicate with other departments and vendors to obtain information
  • Assists with journal entries within the Agency Management System.
  • Processes expense report reimbursements.
  • Processes monthly payments to outside brokers.
  • Entering Direct Bill commission statements, as time permits.
  • Complete monthly, quarterly, and yearly closing procedures
  • Maintain general ledger accounts, prepare and input journal entries, including monthly, adjusting, recurring, allocation, accrual generation and reversal, prepaid accounting, straight-lining reclass, and rectifications
  • Perform monthly balance sheet, profit-and-loss (P&L), and expense fluctuation analysis


Skills on Resume: 

  • Financial statements (Hard Skills)
  • Year-end audit (Hard Skills)
  • Accounts receivable (Hard Skills)
  • Bank deposits (Hard Skills)
  • Journal entries (Hard Skills)
  • Expense processing (Hard Skills)
  • Communication skills (Soft Skills)
  • Balance analysis (Hard Skills)

9. Accountant, Lakeside Tax Consultants, Duluth, MN

Job Summary:

  • Proper administration and timely monitoring of the company’s payable inbox, responding to vendor inquiries in a timely manner.
  • Independently processes all vendor invoices in a timely manner, including preparation of vendor invoice support package, obtaining proper approvals from other departments, and properly entering the transaction into Microsoft Dynamics Navision, for review and posting by the Corporate Controller or Senior Accountant.
  • Closely monitor and reconcile the Accounts Payables Aging report.
  • Assist in a junior capacity in the facilitation of the Purchasing department including submitting and processing purchase orders, analyzing customer awards, sourcing through approved suppliers, and assisting with contract negotiations. 
  • Serves as the Administrator for all Corporate credit cards, including verifying charges through review of receipts submitted and accurately recognizing expenses in the proper period through preparation of journal entries in support of the month-end close.
  • Administers the Company’s expense reporting system (currently Concur), including independently providing new employee access & training, monitoring compliance with Corporate expense reporting policies, assuring validity of charges through review & approval of receipts submitted, identifying and promptly resolving expense report issues, and accurately recognizing expenses in the proper period through preparation of journal entries.
  • Serves as a liaison between the accounting and marketing departments to ensure all activities covered by market development funds are accurately recognized in the accounting system.
  • Assists with month-end close processes, prepares standard monthly journal entries and general ledger account reconciliations on a timely basis and identifies any discrepancies and communicates with the accounting team to complete these tasks in a timely manner. 
  • Prepares sales and use tax filings and resellers’ certificates and completes related sales and use tax license applications or renewals
  • Assists in the preparation of year-end work papers and reconciliations for annual audits with the external auditors with providing supporting documentation in response to auditor requests.  
  • Assists in the preparation of the annual 1099 and 1096 filings.


Skills on Resume: 

  • Invoice processing (Hard Skills)
  • Vendor communication (Soft Skills)
  • Accounts payable (Hard Skills)
  • Expense administration (Hard Skills)
  • Journal entries (Hard Skills)
  • Tax filings (Hard Skills)
  • Audit support (Hard Skills)
  • Cross-functional liaison (Soft Skills)

10. Accountant, Silverline Financial Services, Charleston, SC

Job Summary:

  • Handle a full set of accounts, prepare accounts reconciliation, month-end closing, financial statements, etc
  • Explain financial fluctuations and liaise with external auditors for statutory reporting
  • Assist in Tax Equalization calculation
  • Calculate year-end tax provision including current/deferred tax expenses and tax (re)payable
  • Work closely with external tax consultants for tax filing, review the profit tax return and computation
  • Prepare management accounts for annual filing
  • Work closely with external tax consultants and review monthly tax returns, annual Tax on Income, indirect and direct tax for expenses, AIT statement, VAT return, etc.
  • Monitor the local tax audit case and manage the timeline for filing/payments
  • Ensure the completed works comply with local tax regulations
  • Undertake the preparation of a wide range of financial compliance requirements of varying complexity, relating to preparing annual accounts and income tax returns
  • Assisting with data gathering and knowledge transfer
  • Deliver quality technical compliance work, and support the development of others within the team in the delivery of this work


Skills on Resume: 

  • Full accounts (Hard Skills)
  • Tax calculation (Hard Skills)
  • Financial reporting (Hard Skills)
  • Audit liaison (Soft Skills)
  • Compliance management (Hard Skills)
  • Data gathering (Hard Skills)
  • Team support (Soft Skills)
  • Technical expertise (Hard Skills)

11. Accountant, Oakwood Accounting Firm, Albany, GA

Job Summary:

  • Formulate solutions to client problems and issues
  • Contribute to the high performance of the team by suggesting innovations (technical & process) to enhance the delivery & value of technical compliance work
  • Support leadership team in building high highly-performing team culture and mindset within the DDX
  • Ensure accuracy of financial statements in accordance with U.S. and local GAAP and compliance with internal policies
  • Perform balance sheet and P&L account reconciliations
  • Prepare audit and tax schedule
  • Coordinate with internal and external auditors
  • Closely coordinate with IT, Procurement, People (HR), and Administration teams in terms of ensuring company policies and compliance with commercial activities
  • Provide cash flow projection and expenses forecast for the business and finance teams in collaboration with the treasury
  • Discuss with the Line manager if there are any disputable transactions
  • Obtain approval from the line manager prior to processing any urgent payment
  • Ensure accounting policies and procedures comply with Legal and Corporate guidelines.
  • Assist in documenting, implementing and maintaining an effective and robust internal controls system in compliance with SOX requirements, and ensure adherence to approval processes


Skills on Resume: 

  • Problem solving (Soft Skills)
  • Team collaboration (Soft Skills)
  • Financial accuracy (Hard Skills)
  • Account reconciliations (Hard Skills)
  • Audit coordination (Hard Skills)
  • Cash forecasting (Hard Skills)
  • Policy compliance (Hard Skills)
  • Internal controls (Hard Skills)

12. Accountant, Maple Ridge Tax Services, Fargo, ND

Job Summary:

  • Shared responsibility for statutory balances, statutory declarations, liaising with local accounting consultant, KES Asia Pacific consolidations group and KES tax team.
  • Working with North Asian business leaders to provide regular analysis on the financial condition of the ledger.
  • Forecast data on an annual basis, providing monthly variance analysis to the key business drivers.
  • General journal entries for Revenues, Cost of Sales, and periodic accruals.
  • Review of inter-company invoices and recharges, according to the existing policies and agreements.
  • Review of job costing and inventory.
  • Manage booking and backlog recording.
  • Income and consumption tax calculation and reporting.
  • Manage periodic accounts reconciliations.
  • Issuing bank guarantees and negotiating Letters of Credit with the in-house Treasury
  • Assistance and collating monthly time sheet submissions/payroll calculations with external service providers.
  • Work with the KES credit department to manage the credit exposure of customers
  • Preparation of quarterly and year-end HQ reporting
  • Manage US GAAP entries, including monthly reporting.


Skills on Resume: 

  • Statutory reporting (Hard Skills)
  • Financial analysis (Hard Skills)
  • Variance analysis (Hard Skills)
  • Journal entries (Hard Skills)
  • Intercompany review (Hard Skills)
  • Tax calculation (Hard Skills)
  • Account reconciliation (Hard Skills)
  • Credit management (Hard Skills)

13. Accountant, Crescent City Accounting, Baton Rouge, LA

Job Summary:

  • Support the daily operating and month-end closing process.
  • Responsible for monthly intercompany reconciliation and settlement.
  • Assist with monthly balance sheet reconciliation and reporting.
  • Manage customer billing and collection activities including follow-up with past-due accounts, referring collection issues to engagement partners.
  • Prepare AR Aging Report and comment on a weekly basis including a monthly meeting with the sales team
  • Prepare Stock Report, Inventories and Fixed Asset monitoring
  • Coordinate between the team and the AP team and ensure vendor payments happen on a timely basis
  • Coordinate with the shared service team to ensure AP and AR are properly maintained and closed
  • Assist with local statutory reporting and tax reporting, including VAT, CIT, withholding tax and business tax filing.
  • Assist with VAT reconciliation between SAP and the local billing system.
  • Assist with internal and external audit requirements.
  • Provide support to audit processes and the quality management system
  • Work on various projects by the Accounting Manager.
  • Comply with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) for financial statements and US GAAP for group reporting


Skills on Resume: 

  • Month-end close (Hard Skills)
  • Intercompany reconciliation (Hard Skills)
  • Account reconciliation (Hard Skills)
  • Customer billing (Hard Skills)
  • Vendor coordination (Soft Skills)
  • Tax reporting (Hard Skills)
  • Audit support (Hard Skills)
  • GAAP compliance (Hard Skills)

14. Accountant, Brightpath Financial Group, Des Moines, IA

Job Summary:

  • Manage and handle monthly, quarterly, and yearly closing transactions in general accounting, accounts payable, accounts receivable, taxes, etc.
  • Prepare and review financial reports in a timely and accurate manner
  • Prepare monthly account reconciliations and perform month-end closing
  • Ensure compliance with accounting standards and regulations
  • Review SAP financial statements/hyperion reports to ensure the reasonableness of data entered
  • Prepare balance sheet reconciliations and ensure accruals, prepayments and deferred income according to accounting standards and government regulations
  • Perform monthly vendor master data validation and maintenance in SAP.
  • Support system project initiatives, such as documentation of processes and review of existing processes for enhancements, and developing test scenarios.
  • Ensure the finance team prepares year-end audit schedules and reviews prior to submission to the auditor.
  • Review the audit report and present the completeness and accuracy of reporting
  • Support in taxation-related related, Tax filing, VAT & WHT for the region
  • Assist with year-end audit and tax submission including liaising with the external auditor and tax agent.
  • Ensure effective communication and teamwork with the team
  • Ensure all the documents are properly filed or archived


Skills on Resume: 

  • Month-end close (Hard Skills)
  • Financial reporting (Hard Skills)
  • Account reconciliation (Hard Skills)
  • Regulatory compliance (Hard Skills)
  • SAP proficiency (Hard Skills)
  • Audit preparation (Hard Skills)
  • Tax filing (Hard Skills)
  • Team communication (Soft Skills)
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