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Writing a accountant resume

Everything below is counted from 1,705 live accountant postings, taken from employers’ own career pages rather than a job board. Nothing here is advice about what usually works. It is what these specific postings say.

Open roles
1,705
Employers
907
Remote
13%
Typical pay
$64k–120k
Verified live (7d)
1,605

What they ask for

Counted across 1,348 of the most recent 1,500 postings, the ones that named a skill we recognise. A share is of those, not of every posting.

  • Microsoft Excel69%
  • GAAP48%
  • CPA45%
  • Enterprise Resource Planning35%
  • SAP22%
  • Oracle NetSuite15%
  • IFRS13%
  • Intuit QuickBooks9%
  • Microsoft PowerPoint6%
  • Microsoft Outlook5%
  • LinkedIn5%
  • SOX5%
  • Oracle Hyperion4%
  • Google Sheets4%

This is a floor, not a ceiling: the reader behind it only counts terms it recognises, so a skill missing here means it was not matched, not that nobody wants it. Put what you actually have on the page.

Who is hiring right now

  • Jobs for Humanity54
  • IQ-EQ46
  • BDO42
  • Ghj17
  • Molson Coors Canada Inc.13
  • SMEC Philippines Inc.12
  • e-Careers Limited11
  • Brown & Brown, Inc11
  • Global Payment Holding Company11
  • The Bonadio Group10
  • Pavago10
  • PPD Argentina, S.A.9

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