Accountant resume guide (Philippines)

What to highlight

• Your CPA license, or your board exam status
• The work you did: bookkeeping, AP, AR, payroll, tax, audit or reporting
• The size or type of company: an audit firm, a BPO, a local business
• Accounting systems and Excel skills
• Closing, reconciliation and compliance deadlines you handled

Example bullets

Copy one, then change the numbers and details so it is true for you.

• Prepared monthly bank reconciliations for four company accounts and cleared old reconciling items.Copy: Prepared monthly bank reconciliations for four company accounts and cleared old reconciling items.
• Processed accounts payable for about 200 suppliers and kept payment records ready for audit.Copy: Processed accounts payable for about 200 suppliers and kept payment records ready for audit.
• Prepared BIR forms and supporting schedules for monthly and quarterly filing.Copy: Prepared BIR forms and supporting schedules for monthly and quarterly filing.
• Built an Excel aging report that the finance team used in weekly collection meetings.Copy: Built an Excel aging report that the finance team used in weekly collection meetings.

Skills

• Financial reporting
• Bank reconciliation
• Accounts payable and receivable
• BIR tax compliance
• Microsoft Excel
• QuickBooks or SAP
• Attention to detail

Words employers look for

Our score checks for these terms in Finance & Accounting job posts. Use the ones that are true for you.

• accounting
• bookkeeping
• accounts payable
• accounts receivable
• general ledger
• reconciliation
• financial statements
• audit
• tax
• bir
• payroll
• budgeting
• forecasting
• quickbooks
• xero
• sap
• cpa
• month-end closing

Tips

1. Put your CPA license or board rating in Certifications if you have one.
2. Name the accounting software you used and the volume you handled, such as invoices per month.

Questions