Accounting resume template (text format)
FIRST & LAST NAMES
Email: your-name@example.com
Phone: (123) 456-7890
Address: City, State
LinkedIn: LinkedIn.com/in/your-name
RESUME SUMMARY
Dedicated accounting professional with [number] years of experience. Seeking to leverage my experience in [relevant abilities] to fill the [Job Title] position. Hold a [degree/diploma/certification] in [Degree/Diploma/Certification Title]. Skilled at [2–3 relevant skills]. A [adjective #1] and [adjective #2] worker aiming to contribute to the success of [Company Name].
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE
- Include a bulleted list of your achievements as a senior payroll specialist
- Start each bullet point with an action verb (like “develop” or “manage”) to grab attention
- Use the present tense for your current senior payroll specialist position, unless describing a completed project or initiative
- Use hard numbers when possible to quantify your accomplishments as a senior payroll specialist
- Mention how you’ve used some of the accounting skills listed in your skills section to demonstrate your mastery of these abilities
- List relevant accomplishments from your previous role as a payroll specialist
- Assuming you’re no longer working in this payroll specialist role, use past tense verbs to describe your work
- Include 3–6 bullet points for each accounting role, both your current one and previous ones
- Skip the pronoun “I” and begin directly with a verb
- Although you’ll usually list work experience, feel free to include accounting-relevant internships as well as any volunteer work and extracurricular activities if you lack formal work experience
EDUCATION
- GPA: 3.X/4.0 (optional)
- Latin honors (if applicable)
SKILLS & CERTIFICATIONS
- List skills and certifications relevant to the accounting job you’re applying for
- Look at the job description for ideas of the skills the employer wants and that are common in the accounting sector
- Emphasize accounting-specific hard skills and technical skills in this section
- Be as specific as possible by including names of tools, equipment, and software you’ve mastered that are used in the accounting industry