We are looking for an experienced Senior accountant to oversee general accounting operations by controlling and verifying our financial transactions.
Job Responsibilities:
-Verify, allocate, post and reconcile accounts payable and receivable
-Produce error-free accounting reports and present their results
-Analyze financial information and summarize financial status
-Spot errors and suggest ways to improve efficiency and spending
-Provide support and advice on Management accountant
-Review and recommend modifications to accounting systems and procedures
-Provide input into department’s goal setting process
-Prepare financial statements and produce budget according to schedule
-Assist with tax audits and tax returns
-Direct internal and external audits to ensure compliance
-Plan, assign and review staff’s work
-Support month-end and year-end close process
-Develop and document business processes and accounting policies to maintain and strengthen internal controls
Job Requirements:
-Proven experience as a financial controller, accounting supervisor, chief or senior accountant
-Thorough knowledge of basic accounting procedures
-Awareness of business trends
-Familiarity with financial accounting statements
-Experience with general ledger functions and the month-end/year-end close process
-Advanced MS Excel skills including Vlookups and pivot tables
-Aptitude for numbers and quantitative skills
-BS degree in Accounting, Finance or relevant
Relevant certification (e.g. CMA or CPA) will be preferred.
Resume Keyword Practices to Avoid
We’ve established that using resume keywords throughout your application boosts your chances of a human hiring manager seeing it.
However, be careful not to overdo it.
Packing your resume full of keywords is almost as bad as not including any at all.
Don’t forget that a real person will (hopefully) see your resume at some point. So use natural language that engages that person.
Tip
Make sure you balance hard skills vs soft skills on your resume to show you’re a rounded candidate.
Otherwise, they’ll think you’re either a bad writer — which indicates your communication skills aren’t good — or assume you’re trying to beat the ATS, making you seem dishonest.
Hidden Keywords
This is a sneakier trick some applicants use. It involves copy-pasting a keyword several times, but applying a white font so that the keywords are invisible.
But because the ATS scans all words despite their color, it counts all instances of a keyword. For example, a resume might contain five “invisible” instances of the keyword “business analysis” but only three “visible” ones. The “Find” tool can reveal where invisible keywords are:
Resume Objective
Business Analyst with over 5 years of experience supporting business solution software and performing business analysis. Aiming to utilize my strong prioritization skills and business analysis ability to achieve the goals of your company. Possess a Certification in Business Analysis.
Invisible keywords are used by some candidates.
The ATS counts all eight instances though, and “ranks” that resume higher.
However, since most ATS software lets the hiring manager see a plain text version of the resume, “hidden” keywords appear, and they’ll see your trick.
The result? You’ll come across as untrustworthy, and not worth hiring.