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Bookkeeper resume examples

Accounting Jobs · 6 designs · Word & PDF · Free

6 resume examples for Bookkeeper roles in Accounting, in Achievement Led, Editorial and Executive Classic layouts. Each is a complete, formatted document — open it in Word, replace the content with your own, and export a PDF when you are done. Free to download.

6 Bookkeeper resume designs

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Trevor J. Mabry

Full Charge Bookkeeper

Portland, OR · (503) 555 0119 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/trevorjmabry

Key Qualifications

EXPERIENCE

Ten years of bookkeeping, seven of them full charge in hospitality

INDUSTRIES

Restaurant group, specialty food retail

SPECIALTIES

Daily sales entries, payroll, inventory costing, monthly financial statements

SYSTEMS

QuickBooks Online, Toast point of sale, Gusto, Microsoft Excel

CREDENTIALS

Certified Bookkeeper through the American Institute of Professional Bookkeepers, held since 2019

EDUCATION

Associate of Applied Science in accounting, Portland Community College

Results at a Glance

180

Employees across four

$31k

Duplicated delivery charges

42

Lines and comparisons

Executive Summary

Full charge bookkeeper for a four location restaurant group, owning everything from daily sales entries through the financial statements the owners read on the tenth. Ten years in hospitality books. The outside Certified Public Accountant has not asked for a correcting entry in three years.

Signature Achievements

  • Closes the books for four locations by the tenth of each month, down from the twenty second when she started.
  • Cut food cost variance reporting from a monthly guess to a weekly number the chefs act on.
  • Processed payroll for 180 employees across four locations with two amended filings in seven years.
  • Found 31,000 dollars of duplicated delivery charges from one distributor across nine months.
  • Rebuilt the chart of accounts so each location reports the same 42 lines and comparisons finally work.
  • Handed the year end package to the outside accountant with no adjusting entries for three straight years.

Professional Experience

Full Charge Bookkeeper

Willamette Table Restaurant Group, Portland, OR 2019 to present

Sole bookkeeper for four restaurants with combined sales of 14 million dollars and 180 employees.

  • Records daily sales and deposits from the point of sale system and reconciles them to bank activity.
  • Runs biweekly payroll in Gusto and posts the allocation entries by location.
  • Pays vendors, tracks food and beverage inventory and prepares monthly financial statements.
  • Files quarterly payroll and state beverage tax returns on the owners' behalf.

Bookkeeper

Rose Quarter Provisions, Portland, OR 2016 to 2019

Bookkeeper for a specialty food retailer with two stores and a wholesale line.

  • Kept the books for retail and wholesale channels in separate classes.
  • Reconciled merchant deposits and resolved chargebacks with the processor.
  • Prepared monthly sales tax filings for two counties.

Licensure and Certification

Certified Bookkeeper, American Institute of Professional Bookkeepers, 2019

Intuit QuickBooks Online Advanced certification, 2023

Education

Associate of Applied Science in accounting, Portland Community College, 2015

Core Skills

Full charge bookkeeping · Payroll processing · Monthly close · Financial statements · Inventory costing · QuickBooks Online · Gusto · Microsoft Excel · Sales tax filings · Vendor management

Bookkeeper resume examples — FAQs

How many Bookkeeper resume examples are there?

6 designs, covering Achievement, Editorial, Classic and Minimalist layouts. They all carry the same sections — the difference is the layout, so pick whichever suits how much experience you need to fit on the page.

Can I edit the Bookkeeper resume examples?

Yes. Every example downloads as a Word (.docx) file with editable text, headings and spacing, so you can replace the content with your own without rebuilding the layout. A PDF version is also available for each design.

Are these resume examples free?

Yes. Every example on this page downloads free as an editable Word document or a PDF, with no signup, account or payment required.

What format do the resume examples come in?

Each design is available as a Word (.docx) file and as a PDF. Use the Word file to edit the content, and the PDF when an employer asks for a fixed-layout document.

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