Bookkeeper resume example

A complete example below. The person is invented; the writing is not. The notes on the right point at what's worth copying — swap in your own names, companies and numbers.

Linda Kowalski
Full-Charge Bookkeeper
Phone: (555) 012-5586
Email: linda.kowalski@example.com
Location: Denver, CO
Summary
QuickBooks ProAdvisor bookkeeper with 8 years keeping small-business books clean. I close the month by business day 5, reconcile every bank and card account, and hand CPAs a file that needs no cleanup at tax time.
Education
Community College2013 - 2015
A.A.S. Accounting
QuickBooks Online Certified ProAdvisor (2020).
Experience
Local Bookkeeping & Tax PracticeApr 2020 - Present
Senior Bookkeeper
Maintain books for 22 small-business clients in QuickBooks Online and Xero, about 3,500 transactions a month
Reconcile 60+ bank and credit card accounts monthly; close completed by business day 5 for every client
Cleaned up 9 neglected files covering up to 18 months of uncategorized activity before year-end
Prepare 1099s for 140 vendors and monthly Colorado sales tax filings for 8 retail clients
Family-owned Construction CompanyJun 2016 - Mar 2020
Bookkeeper
Ran AP/AR for a $6M company: 90 vendors, job costing by class across 30+ active projects
Processed biweekly payroll for 45 employees in Gusto
Cut receivables over 60 days from $310K to $95K by tightening invoicing and follow-up
Skills
QuickBooks Online and Desktop (class and job tracking), Xero
Bank and credit card reconciliations, month-end close
Accounts payable / receivable, Bill.com
Payroll processing in Gusto
1099 preparation and sales tax filing
Excel: pivot tables, XLOOKUP
Plain-text (Markdown) version

Paste it into Word, Notion or ChatGPT — the structure survives.

Three mistakes this example avoids

  • Calling yourself an accountant or implying a CPA you don't hold — hiring managers check.
  • Listing 'QuickBooks' without saying what you did in it (cleanup, class tracking, multi-entity).
  • No sense of scale: how many clients, accounts or monthly transactions you handled.

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