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Assistant accountant CV template (text format)

PERSONAL STATEMENT

Detail-oriented and analytical professional with 6+ years of experience providing optimum support to accounts teams. Skilled in creating accurate reports, processing payrolls, and managing accounts receivable/payable. Established record of preparing annual audits and assisting clients. Looking to bring organisational and teamwork skills to ensure high accuracy of financial data at PwC.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Hays, Sheffield
Assistant Accountant, 20XX – Present

  • Provide active support in weekly, monthly, and quarterly closures while delivering direct reports to the head office
  • Processed ACCORD certificates for a client with large property acquisitions worth over £2.75M+
  • Prepared, reviewed, and submitted employee and executive expense reports while assisting CFO to prepare 2 financial applications for bonding and credit
  • Estimate accounts receivable and accounts payable using Sage 50cloud Accounting

Volaris Group, Sheffield
Assistant Accountant, 20XX – 20XX

  • Reduced task completion time by 65% through introduction of semi-automation advancements in daily and monthly accounts reconciliation
  • Successfully mitigated critical system errors by 100% by adding extra steps
  • Developed worksheets for the ageing process to efficiently collect AR

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

CPAPRO® (UK)
CPA

Queen Mary University
MSc Business Management, 20XX
Distinction

Sheffield Hallam University
BSc (Hons) Accounting, 20XX
First-class honours

KEY SKILLS

  • Financial accounting
  • Documentation & reporting
  • Database management
  • Accounts payable/receivable
  • Sage 50cloud
  • NetSuite ERP
  • QuickBooks

How to write your assistant accountant CV

Assistant accountants support the accounting team with both administrative and accounting tasks, including managing bookkeeping, preparing financial reports, and interacting with clients.

As entry-level employees, many assistant accountants work while they obtain their accounting degrees or qualifications. While employers won’t expect you to have extensive accounting experience, you should demonstrate a basic foundation in accounting principles and competent maths skills on your CV.

Follow our three tips to write an interview-winning CV for an assistant accountant job:

1. Write an impactful personal statement

Recruiters receive many applications for a single assistant accountant position. So you should create a compelling personal statement at the top of your CV to distinguish yourself from other candidates.

Make your assistant accountant CV stand out by summarising your qualifications that directly address the job advert in your personal statement. You can tailor your statement by answering questions like the ones below:

  • Do the job duties fall under administration or highly technical accounting?
  • What is the company’s business? Is there any industry-specific knowledge that would be helpful to have?
  • How much will the job require you to interact with clients and customers?

Once you’ve decided what information is most likely to get the recruiter interested in you, introduce yourself in 3–4 sentences. Here’s an example of a well-written personal statement for an assistant accountant CV:

A personal statement for an assistant accountant applying for a position at a real estate company
Use keywords from the advert to help your CV pass applicant tracking systems (ATS).

The target position requires developed accounting skills, so the applicant lists their experience with specific accounting tasks such as VAT returns. Additionally, as this company works in real estate, the candidate mentions their familiarity in the industry. Finally, the candidate indicates they’ll bring their ‘communication skills’ to the company, suggesting that interacting with clients and other team members is common in this position.

2. Properly list your certifications

At a minimum, employers require assistant accountant candidates to have completed their A-levels and to have obtained a qualification.

Certifications from the below granting bodies are the most common requirements in job adverts:

You can mention your certifications in your personal statement as well as in more detail in your CV’s certifications section. In your certification section, provide the qualification name, certifying body, and date obtained (or write ‘In Progress’).

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3. List your top assistant accountant skills

If you’ve identified the right skills for your CV, your job application is much more likely to get the hiring manager’s attention.

Here are some high-demand professional skills for assistant accountants:

 

  • Invoicing and collections
  • Account reconciliation
  • Budgets and forecasting
  • Profit and loss analysis
  • Margin analysis
  • Payroll processing
  • Variance analysis
  • Expense reports
  • Month-end reports
  • Commission calculation
  • Maths skills
  • Accounting software
  • Bookkeeping
  • Data entry
  • IT skills
  • Tax returns
  • Microsoft Office (especially Excel)
  • Knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)

 

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Seb Morgan
Written by

Seb Morgan

Seb is a Certified Professional Resume Writer with 10 years of combined experience in career counselling and editorial work. With a MA in Communications from National Chengchi University (Taiwan) and a BA in East Asian Studies from the Autonomous University of Madrid (Spain), he helps job seekers translate their experience into employer-ready applications for UK and international job markets. Seb’s insights in CV and cover letter writing, interview preparation, and skill development have appeared in careers-focused and national media, including Onrec, Employee Benefit News, and The Sun. Reach him at [sebastian] @ [cvgenius.com] or via LinkedIn.