Accounting Resume Examples

Junior Accountant — Surgery Partners, operator of surgical facilities and ancillary care services

Nov 2025 – Present · 1 yr

• Prepare journal entries, bank reconciliations, and supporting schedules for month-end close under senior accountant guidance, supporting recurring close for assigned entities.
• Reduced open accounts payable exceptions during month-end close from 18 invoices over 30 days old to 6 within 4 months, by tracking approval bottlenecks in Excel, following up with clinic managers, and organizing invoice support in QuickBooks and Bill.com.
• Improved cash application for patient and payer receipts, cutting unapplied cash older than 7 days from 14 items to 4 by researching remittance details, matching payments to outstanding balances, and maintaining a weekly aging tracker.
• Streamlined the monthly prepaid expense rollforward by building a standardized Excel template with XLOOKUP, PivotTables, and formula checks for new additions and amortization, cutting preparation time by 2 hours each close cycle.
• Process accounts payable invoices and employee expense reports in accordance with internal controls and approval workflows.

Accountant — YETI

May 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 6 mos

• Own assigned areas of the month-end and quarter-end close across multiple entities, preparing journal entries, accruals, variance analysis, and balance sheet reconciliations
• Cut balance sheet reconciling items older than 30 days from 22 to 7 over two quarters by implementing a monthly reconciliation tracker in NetSuite and Excel with follow-up dates assigned to operations and FP&A partners
• Account for inventory, cost of goods sold, and reserves in partnership with operations, standardizing reserve calculations and documenting slow-moving inventory support to cut post-close audit follow-up requests from 11 to 4 in the last annual audit cycle
• Built recurring revenue tie-out reporting across direct-to-consumer, marketplace, and wholesale channels in line with ASC 606, reconciling Shopify, Amazon Seller Central, and wholesale summaries to NetSuite with PivotTables, SUMIFS, and nested formulas and reducing monthly exception items from 15 to 5
• Prepare sales tax and use tax support for 24 state filings with 100% on-time delivery over the last 12 months, maintaining monthly workpapers and coordinating data exports between NetSuite and Avalara
• Saved 5 hours per month in recurring close reporting by creating standardized Excel templates for accrual rollforwards, COGS analytics, and variance review schedules

Audit Associate — RSM US LLP, national audit, tax, and consulting firm

Nov 2021 – Apr 2023 · 1 yr 5 mos

• Completed balance sheet and expense testing across multiple client engagements, delivering 8 assigned sections on time during the 2023 busy season by organizing request lists, tracing support to the general ledger, and maintaining review-ready workpapers.
• Supported year-end inventory count procedures for consumer products clients, covering 3 physical count locations with no unresolved count observation exceptions, performing sample test counts and tying final sheets back to client inventory reports.
• Improved workpaper consistency for revenue and accrual testing, cutting manager review notes from 6 comments per section to 2 by the final engagement through standardized lead sheet references and cross-foot checks in Excel.
• Tested account balances, journal entries, and internal controls, and documented client processes for middle-market clients, including consumer products and distribution engagements.

Senior Accountant — Asana

Mar 2022 – Present · 4 yrs 8 mos

• Lead monthly and quarterly close for revenue, deferred revenue, commissions, and related balance sheet accounts in a public-company SaaS environment, and review journal entries, reconciliations, and close support prepared by junior accountants.
• Shortened the revenue and deferred revenue close from 7 business days to 5 by redesigning close checklists, sequencing reviews earlier, and standardizing BlackLine reconciliation deadlines across the team.
• Strengthened ASC 606 review support for subscription and professional services contracts, cutting revenue-related external audit follow-up requests from 19 to 8 in the latest annual audit by building contract memo templates, tying Salesforce data to NetSuite schedules, and centralizing technical support for nonstandard terms.
• Built a commissions reconciliation process across new bookings and amortization activity, cutting reconciliation preparation time by 6 hours per month with recurring Excel schedules using XLOOKUP and balance checks.
• Delivered a monthly deferred revenue and billings reporting package used by 4 stakeholder groups, combining NetSuite exports with Workday Adaptive Planning views and flux analysis schedules.
• Coached 3 junior accountants during close, lowering average review notes from 5 comments per file to 2 through documentation standards, examples of complete support, and recurring feedback.

Senior Accountant — Zuora, a B2B subscription billing and revenue software company

Feb 2019 – Feb 2022 · 3 yrs

• Owned journal entries and reconciliations for revenue-related and accrual accounts, including deferred revenue, as part of the monthly and quarterly close in a multi-entity SaaS environment.
• Reduced aged reconciling items in deferred revenue and accrued liabilities from 31 items over 45 days old to 9 within two quarters by establishing a monthly exception log, assigning owners, and clearing legacy items through documented research.
• Implemented a structured close management process in FloQast with owner-level due dates and review checkpoints, improving on-time close task completion from 78% to 96%.
• Improved audit readiness for revenue and contract accounting areas, delivering 27 PBC schedules by the initial due date during the annual audit and preparing technical accounting summaries for selected contracts under ASC 606.

Accountant — Fastly, edge cloud platform and infrastructure software company

Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 · 2 yrs

• Standardized monthly balance sheet reconciliations across assigned accounts by building reconciliation templates and reviewer sign-off checklists in Excel, cutting unresolved reconciling items from 14 to 5 over 6 months.
• Prepared journal entries and monthly account reconciliations in NetSuite and supported close reporting and audit schedules for assigned accounts.
• Improved quarter-end expense accrual support by working with department coordinators to validate open invoices and standardize accrual inputs, reducing post-close adjustment entries from 7 to 2.

Audit Associate — Moss Adams, public accounting and advisory firm

Sep 2015 – Dec 2016 · 1 yr 3 mos

• Completed assigned audit testing across cash, prepaid, and revenue sections on multiple engagements, finishing 6 engagement sections on schedule during busy season by maintaining organized request lists and tying client support to lead schedules and workpapers.
• Prepared audit workpapers and tested financial statement account balances for middle-market technology and business services clients.