Accountant Resume: Reconciliation, Month-End Close and Audit Support
A fictional accountant resume showing progression, reconciliation and a defined close improvement, with notes on jurisdiction-specific tax work and audit outcomes.
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Girish Nambiar
Accountant
Kozhikode, Indiagirish.nambiar@example.com+91 96XXX XXXXX
Summary
Accountant supporting monthly close for a wholesale business with two depots in India. Maintains the general ledger, bank and supplier reconciliations, accruals and audit schedules using Tally, Zoho Books and Excel. Previously handled client ledgers in an accounting practice.
Experience
Accountant · Example Cedar Trading Company
2022-05 – PresentKozhikode, India- Maintain sales, purchase and general-ledger records and prepare monthly reconciliation schedules.
- Moved vendor-entry checks to a weekly cycle; average close time fell from ten to seven working days across consecutive six-month periods.
- Prepare GST and TDS working schedules for review by the responsible accountant.
- Compile audit support and track open queries with document owners.
- Prepare accrual and prepayment schedules for rent, freight and annual service contracts, linking each balance to supporting invoices or estimates.
- Reconcile depot stock summaries to ledger control accounts and investigate timing differences with stores before the finance manager reviews the close.
Accounts Executive · Example Lantern Accounting Practice
2019-06 – 2022-04Kozhikode, India- Maintained assigned client ledgers and reconciled bank and vendor balances.
- Prepared draft financial-statement schedules and documented review adjustments.
- Followed up missing invoices and kept a record of unresolved reconciliation items.
- Built an Excel supplier-statement comparison using invoice references and amounts, keeping disputed items separate from posting errors.
Education
- 2017 – 2019
M.Com, Finance
Example Lakeside University
Skills
- Accounting:
- Bank reconciliation, Ledger review, Month-end schedules, Audit support
- Systems:
- Tally, Zoho Books, Excel lookups, Pivot tables
Explain how a close became faster
The example compares six monthly closes with the previous six and identifies weekly entry checks as one change. State what your close includes; faster reporting should not imply skipped reconciliations.
Keep tax experience specific to the jurisdiction
GST and TDS terms here describe an India-based example. Use the taxes, systems and responsibilities from your own work, and distinguish preparation from authorised filing or sign-off.
Do not claim an auditor’s opinion as your personal result
An accountant can prepare schedules and resolve queries but does not independently determine the audit opinion. The sample describes review support without promising a clean audit.
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