Senior Accountant resume keywords
Core keywords are the skill list on the Senior Accountant resume example. Supporting keywords are skills-catalog entries that name this role.
See the matching Senior Accountant resume example. For which applicant tracking systems large employers use, read the State of ATS 2026 report.
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Counted on 2026-10-10 from 47 public job postings whose titles match Senior Accountant. Those postings came from Ashby, Greenhouse, Lever, and SmartRecruiters. A posting is counted for this role when the longest published job-title phrase in its title is Senior Accountant. The crawl queried Greenhouse, Lever, Ashby, and SmartRecruiters for 133 employers in the State of ATS 2026 dataset that use those vendors, and for 279 additional public boards from the extended coverage tier. The extended boards are not part of the 738-company statistics. 361 boards returned postings out of 412 boards attempted, and 46923 postings were scanned. HTML was stripped before counting, and each posting counts once per term. Phrases beyond the published skill list are the most common two- and three-word phrases in the matched postings. Posting text is not stored. A role page shows these percentages only when at least 30 descriptions were counted.
These are the terms to put on the resume when they match work you have done.
- Complex Reconciliations
0% of 47 recent postings mention Complex Reconciliations.
- Reconciling Items
15% of 47 recent postings mention Reconciling Items.
- Support Packets
0% of 47 recent postings mention Support Packets.
- Prepaid Schedules
0% of 47 recent postings mention Prepaid Schedules.
- Accrual Schedules
2% of 47 recent postings mention Accrual Schedules.
- Open Recs
0% of 47 recent postings mention Open Recs.
- Packet Holds
0% of 47 recent postings mention Packet Holds.
- Account Names
0% of 47 recent postings mention Account Names.
- Senior Log
0% of 47 recent postings mention Senior Log.
- Manager Handoff
0% of 47 recent postings mention Manager Handoff.
- Accounting
98% of 47 recent postings mention Accounting.
These phrases showed up often in the matched postings and are not already on the published skill list.
- journal entries
74% of 47 recent postings mention journal entries.
- senior accountant
64% of 47 recent postings mention senior accountant.
- financial reporting
55% of 47 recent postings mention financial reporting.
- cross functional
53% of 47 recent postings mention cross functional.
- month end
51% of 47 recent postings mention month end.
- accounting finance
49% of 47 recent postings mention accounting finance.
- end close
49% of 47 recent postings mention end close.
- public accounting
43% of 47 recent postings mention public accounting.
- account reconciliations
40% of 47 recent postings mention account reconciliations.
- balance sheet
38% of 47 recent postings mention balance sheet.
- month end close
38% of 47 recent postings mention month end close.
Where to place them
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Headline
Put the target title and two core terms on the line under your name: Senior Accountant | Complex Reconciliations | Reconciling Items.
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Skills
List the core terms together in the skills section: Complex Reconciliations, Reconciling Items, Support Packets, Prepaid Schedules, Accrual Schedules, Open Recs, Packet Holds, Account Names, Senior Log, Manager Handoff.
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Experience
Use Complex Reconciliations, Reconciling Items, Support Packets inside bullets for work you did in this role, next to the result.
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Supporting terms
Add these in the skills section or a bullet when you have used them: Accounting.
These lines are already published on the Senior Accountant resume example. Use them as a pattern for where a keyword sits next to a result, and replace the details with your own.
- Prepared the complex reconciliation and wrote the reconciling item the support packet did not explain
- Held the accrual schedule when the account name was blank
- Did not assign the team close checklist and did not file the tax return
- Left the accounting manager the reconciliation that was still open and the packet that was not attached
Questions about Senior Accountant keywords
What keywords should a Senior Accountant resume include?
Core keywords for a Senior Accountant resume are Complex Reconciliations, Reconciling Items, Support Packets, Prepaid Schedules, Accrual Schedules, Open Recs, Packet Holds, Account Names, Senior Log, Manager Handoff. Core keywords are the skill list on the Senior Accountant resume example. Supporting keywords are skills-catalog entries that name this role. Percentages are the share of 47 public postings fetched on 2026-10-10 whose titles match this role.
Where should Senior Accountant keywords go on a resume?
Headline: Put the target title and two core terms on the line under your name: Senior Accountant | Complex Reconciliations | Reconciling Items. Skills: List the core terms together in the skills section: Complex Reconciliations, Reconciling Items, Support Packets, Prepaid Schedules, Accrual Schedules, Open Recs, Packet Holds, Account Names, Senior Log, Manager Handoff. Experience: Use Complex Reconciliations, Reconciling Items, Support Packets inside bullets for work you did in this role, next to the result. Supporting terms: Add these in the skills section or a bullet when you have used them: Accounting.
How do I check a Senior Accountant resume?
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