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Financial Accountant resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what financial accountants actually do day to day, not generic filler. Download and replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Which resume format should you use?
Reverse chronological
You have a steady work history. This is the format almost every recruiter and ATS expects by default.
Functional
You're changing fields or have gaps in your employment. Leads with skills rather than a job-by-job timeline.
Combination
You're early career or have worked consistently but for only a few employers. Blends a skills summary with a shorter chronological history.
This template uses the reverse chronological format: the one most financial accountants should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Financial accountant with experience preparing statutory financial statements and supporting external audits under Australian accounting standards. Skilled in reconciliations, ledger maintenance and month-end close, with hands-on use of MYOB, Xero and SAP. Focused on accuracy and compliance so reporting obligations are met without last-minute surprises.
Key skills
- Financial reporting
- Regulatory compliance
- Auditing and assurance
- Bookkeeping and ledgers
- Management accounting
- MYOB
- Xero
- SAP
- Excel
- Sage
- Attention to detail
- Problem solving
Experience: example bullet points
- Prepared statutory financial statements and notes in line with AASB requirements, meeting lodgement deadlines for the annual reporting cycle.
- Reconciled general ledger and bank accounts monthly, tracing and resolving discrepancies before they flowed into the trial balance.
- Recorded journal entries, accruals and prepayments accurately, maintaining a clear audit trail for external auditors.
- Assisted external auditors with evidence packs, reconciliations and queries, helping keep the year-end audit on schedule.
- Reviewed month-end and year-end accounts for coding errors and unusual balances, improving the reliability of reports passed to the financial controller.
- Used SAP and advanced Excel functions to automate recurring reconciliation schedules, reducing manual handling in the month-end process.
Education
Bachelor degree in accounting or commerce, with many financial accountants completing a CA or CPA qualification or a postgraduate accounting degree.
Keywords an ATS is likely to scan for
Applicant tracking systems match your resume against terms in the job ad before a person ever sees it. Only include the ones that actually apply to your experience, but if a term below matches something you've done, use the same wording the job ad uses.
- AASB
- Corporations Act 2001
- ASIC
- ATO
- BAS
- IAS
- FBT
- CA ANZ
- CPA Australia
- MYOB
- Xero
- SAP
- Excel
- financial statements
- general ledger
- reconciliations
- external audit
- month-end close
- accruals
- prepayments
- compliance
Getting past ATS screening
- Match the specific skills, certifications and terms used in the job ad, not just your own wording for the same thing.
- Keep formatting simple: no tables, text boxes, columns, headers/footers or graphics. Parsers frequently drop content placed in these.
- Submit as .docx or PDF unless the job ad specifies otherwise.
- Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) rather than creative alternatives.
- List your core skills and technical competencies in their own section so a keyword scan can find them instantly.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Tailor every bullet point to your own real experience and the specific job ad.