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Staff Accountant resume examples

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6 Staff Accountant resume designs

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Javier V. Yopp

Staff Accountant, Agricultural equipment manufacturing

Des Moines, IA · (515) 555 0137 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/javiervyopp

Key Qualifications

EXPERIENCE

Six years in manufacturing accounting, two years in receivables before that

INDUSTRIES

Agricultural equipment manufacturing, building products

SPECIALTIES

Month end close, inventory and standard cost, fixed assets, variance analysis

SYSTEMS

Epicor, BlackLine, Microsoft Excel, Power BI

CREDENTIALS

Certified Management Accountant through the Institute of Management Accountants

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in accounting, Drake University

Results at a Glance

42

Recurring journal entries

26

Balance sheet accounts

$310k

Obsolete service parts

1,900

Assets and corrected

Executive Summary

Staff accountant at a farm equipment manufacturer with three plants and 640 employees. Six years of close, reconciliation and cost work after two years in receivables and a night accounting degree. Owns inventory and fixed asset accounting and posts the standard cost roll each year.

Signature Achievements

  • Cut the monthly close from nine business days to five by templating 42 recurring journal entries and moving the accrual review earlier.
  • Reconciled 26 balance sheet accounts every period for three years with no unexplained item carried older than one month.
  • Found 310,000 dollars of obsolete service parts still carried at full standard cost and wrote the value down after a physical count.
  • Rebuilt the fixed asset register for 1,900 assets and corrected 31 items that had kept depreciating past their useful life.
  • Prepared the inventory and property schedules for four annual audits with no proposed adjustment posted in any of them.

Professional Experience

Staff Accountant

Cedar Bluff Equipment Company, Des Moines, IA 2022 to present

General ledger, inventory and fixed asset accounting for three plants and a parts distribution center.

  • Closes the inventory and cost of sales cycle each month and explains material and labor variances to plant leadership.
  • Posts the annual standard cost roll and tests the new rates against actual purchase history before release.
  • Prepares audit schedules and answers testing requests for inventory, property and accrued liabilities.

Junior Accountant

Hawkeye Building Products, Ankeny, IA 2020 to 2022

Second accountant at a regional siding and window supplier with 180 employees and four branches.

  • Booked accruals, prepaid amortization and intercompany allocations for the monthly package.
  • Built the branch level gross margin report managers still use to price bid work.

Accounts Receivable Specialist

Skunk River Grain Cooperative, Ames, IA 2018 to 2020

Billing and collections for 900 member accounts across central Iowa.

  • Reduced balances past 60 days from 14 percent of the ledger to 6 percent.
  • Cleared short payments against contract pricing and applied cash each day.

Licensure and Certification

Certified Management Accountant, Institute of Management Accountants

Member, Institute of Management Accountants, Des Moines chapter

Education

Bachelor of Science in accounting, Drake University, 2019

Associate of Applied Science in business administration, Des Moines Area Community College, 2016

Core Skills

Month end close · Account reconciliation · Standard cost accounting · Inventory valuation · Fixed assets and depreciation · Variance analysis · Audit preparation · Journal entry review · Epicor · Power BI · Advanced Microsoft Excel

Staff Accountant resume examples — FAQs

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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.

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