Bookkeeper Resume Guide

What clients and accounting firms look for

• QuickBooks Online (ProAdvisor a plus) or Xero certification.
• Experience closing months — how many entities, how many days to close.
• Comfort with AP, AR, payroll integrations, and bank reconciliations.
• Excel: SUMIFS, XLOOKUP, pivot tables for custom reporting.

Sample summary

Certified QuickBooks Online ProAdvisor with 5 years of full-charge bookkeeping for service and e-commerce businesses. Owner of monthly close for 6 entities. Advanced Excel; experienced with Bill.com, Gusto, and Stripe.

Sample skills line

QuickBooks Online (ProAdvisor) | Xero | Bill.com | Gusto | Excel (SUMIFS, XLOOKUP, pivot tables) | Bank reconciliation | AP / AR | Sales tax | Monthly close.

Sample experience bullets

• Closed the month within 5 business days for 6 legal entities across 24 consecutive months.
• Reconciled 15 bank and credit card accounts monthly with zero unreconciled variances over the year.
• Migrated a 4-year QuickBooks Desktop file to QuickBooks Online with clean class and location structure.

Certifications that pay for themselves

• QuickBooks Online ProAdvisor (free through Intuit).
• Xero Advisor Certification (free through Xero).
• AIPB Certified Bookkeeper (paid, respected by mid-market firms).