Sample resume · fictional candidate
Accountant Resume Example
A sample resume for a chartered accountant with four years of experience: one and a half in statutory audit and the rest in a company finance team. It shows how to write month-end close, GST and audit work as results rather than duties.
The sample, with notes
Neha Agarwal
Chartered Accountant, Financial Reporting
Mumbai, India · neha.agarwal@example.com · +91 90000 00000
Summary
Chartered accountant (ICAI, 2021) with 4 years across statutory audit and in-house financial reporting. Owns month-end close, Ind AS reporting and GST compliance for a consumer goods manufacturer with three entities and annual revenue of about ₹650 crore. Works daily in SAP FICO and advanced Excel.
Qualifications
- CA: Chartered Accountant, ICAI · qualified November 2021
- Articleship: 3 years with a mid-size CA firm: statutory audit, tax audit and GST work
- Degree: B.Com · 2017
Experience
Assistant Manager, Financial Reporting
Jun 2023 – PresentConsumer goods manufacturer · Mumbai
- Run month-end close for 3 entities in SAP FICO; brought close from working day 8 to working day 5 by moving accruals and intercompany reconciliations to a daily checklist.
- Prepare quarterly Ind AS financial statements and notes for the audit committee; the last two statutory audits closed with no adjustments to my schedules.
- File monthly GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B for 4 state registrations and reconcile input tax credit against GSTR-2B; recovered ₹38 lakh of credit missed in earlier periods.
- Built an Excel model that reconciles fixed-asset registers to the ledger, replacing a two-day manual exercise each quarter.
- Prepared 60+ audit schedules and closed auditor queries within the agreed timeline.
Audit Senior
Dec 2021 – May 2023Mid-size CA firm · Mumbai
- Led fieldwork on 9 statutory audits for manufacturing and trading clients with turnover of ₹50–400 crore.
- Tested revenue, inventory and payables; drafted management letter points on stock valuation and cut-off.
- Prepared tax audit reports (Form 3CD) for 12 clients.
Systems and standards
- ERP: SAP FICO (GL, AP, AR, asset accounting), Tally Prime
- Excel: Power Query, pivot tables, XLOOKUP, reconciliation templates
- Standards: Ind AS, Schedule III reporting, GST, TDS
- Reporting: Power BI (basic dashboards)
Where the numbers in a resume like this come from
The figures above are made up, but each is a kind of number you can look up. Before you put one on your resume, find it in one of these places. If you cannot, describe the scope instead.
| Number | Where to find it |
|---|---|
| Close timeline (working day N) | Your close calendar or checklist. |
| Audit adjustments and open queries | The audit completion memo or query tracker. |
| Tax credit recovered | GST reconciliation workings. Quote only credit that was actually claimed. |
| Entities, registrations and volumes | Count them in the ERP or the filing portal. |
Adapting this example
- CA fresher: lead with articleship. Name audit areas, client industries and turnover bands.
- Semi-qualified (CA Intermediate): say which groups you cleared and when, and put articleship experience first.
- Multinational or overseas roles: add US GAAP or IFRS only where you used it. Ind AS is largely converged with IFRS, so say so.
- Leave client names off unless the engagement is public and you have permission.