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Staff accountant who shortened close 9 days → 5 for a $42M entity. NetSuite + Excel. FY24 audit with no material adjustments.
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Hannah Cho
Staff Accountant
Minneapolis, MN · hannah.cho@email.com
Summary
Staff accountant who shortened close 9 days → 5 for a $42M entity. NetSuite + Excel. FY24 audit with no material adjustments.
Skills
Experience
Staff Accountant · Red Oak Manufacturing · 2021 — Present
- Month-end close 9 days → 5 for $42M revenue.
- 60 balance-sheet recs; unexplained variance under $500.
- 40 PBC items for FY24 audit; no material adjustments.
Education
B.S. Accounting — University of Minnesota, 2021 · CPA candidate (AUD, FAR passed)
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ATS keywords for accountants
- month-end close
- GAAP
- reconciliations
- QuickBooks
- Excel
- audit
- AP/AR
- NetSuite
- variance analysis
- tax
- SOX
- journal entries
Bullet formulas (bad → good)
Skip: Did month-end.
Write: Closed books in 5 business days (was 9) for a $42M revenue entity.
Skip: Reconciled accounts.
Write: Reconciled 60 balance-sheet accounts monthly; unexplained variance under $500.
Skip: Used Excel.
Write: Built a pivot close checklist that cut manual journal prep 6 hours.
Skip: Helped with audit.
Write: Prepared 40 PBC items for the FY24 audit; no material adjusting entries.
Skip: AP/AR.
Write: Reduced past-due AR >60 days from 11% to 4% of receivables.
Skip: Team player.
Write: Trained 2 staff accountants on NetSuite bank recs.
What to skip for this role
- Photo
- Vague 'detail oriented'
- Software you cannot open in an interview
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FAQs
- CPA on the resume?
- Yes — status and state. If sitting the exam, say so with dates.
- Length?
- One page until you have public-accounting busy seasons to list.
- Photo?
- No for US corporate finance.
- GPA?
- New grads 3.5+. Experienced accountants skip it.
- GitHub?
- No.
- Software list?
- Name NetSuite, QuickBooks, SAP, Excel — ATS searches those strings.
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