Bookkeeping Skills to Add to Your Resume

Bookkeeping Skills to Add to Your Resume



•••

Share





Flip





Pin





Share





Email



BY ALISON DOYLE

 

Updated May 11, 2018

Here's a list of bookkeeping skills to add to your resume when applying for jobs. Bookkeepers and accountants often possess similar sets of skills, but many states govern whether you can call yourself one or the other. Bookkeepers often start from a data-entry level, maintaining a business’s financial records and documenting its transactions. Bookkeepers can add certifications to their resumes, from college programs to professional organization certifications, such as the American Institute of Professional Bookkeepers (AIPB) and the National Association of Certified Public Bookkeepers(NACPB).

If you're new to bookkeeping, we show you the ropes with a helpful bookkeeping and accounting tutorial. If you're ready to apply for jobs, the below skills will get you started in crafting a bookkeeping-specific resume. Skills will vary based on the job for which you're applying, so also review our list of skills listed by job and type of skill.

Basic Accounting and Bookkeeping Skills

Accounting skills are the foundation for bookkeeping since you are maintaining the financial books for the business. You need to know your way around debits and credits, to say the least. Any additional skills you can add will give your resume a boost.

Accounting

Accounts Payable





Accounts Receivable





Accrual Accounting





Auditing





Balance Sheets





Bank Deposits





Bank Reconciliation





Debits and Credits





Deferral Transactions





Depreciation





Financial Statements





General Ledger





Inventory Transactions





Nonprofit Accounting





Journal Entries





Notes

Payroll Accounting Skills

If the business has even one employee, and that includes you, it has to deal with payroll bookkeeping and accounting. Employers will be looking for skills that include these.

Benefits Calculation

Bonuses and Commissions





Depositing Payroll Taxes





Overtime





Payroll Journal Entries





Payroll Tax Calculations





Reporting Payroll Taxes





Wage and Salary Calculation





Withholding

Free Guide: How to Build a Killer Resume

We'll email you tips to make your resume truly impressive.

ONE-TAP SUBSCRIBE

Vendor and Customer Skills

Managing transactions and the flow of cash is a critical bookkeeping function.

Billing

Customer Relations





Invoicing





Monetary Exchange





Payments





Vendor Relations

Computer and Technology Skills

As a bookkeeper, your technical skill set will almost always need to include familiarity or expertise with some form of computer software.

Accounting Software

Computer





FreshBooks





Google Docs





Less Accounting





Microsoft Office





QuickBooks





Quicken





Sage





Spreadsheets, Excel





Tax Software





Wave Accounting





ZoHo Books

Soft Skills

Soft skills are often called people or interpersonal skills, but they're more than that. They also include your "emotional intelligence" and your ability to understand situations and respond in a way that produces the best results.

Attention to Detail

Continuous Learning





Critical Thinking





Decision Making





Detail Oriented





Error Correction





Finding Information





Job Task Planning and Organizing





Oral Communication





Problem Solving





Significant Use of Memory





Supervising





Working With Others





Written Communications

Hard Skills and Proficiency With Numbers

Hard skills are skills you can learn through study or skills that you can easily quantify. These are part of your technical skill set and demonstrate your ability to perform specific tasks.

Math Level

Numeracy





Recordkeeping





Typing Speed (WPM)





Using Calculators





Using Adding Machines



 https://www.thebalancecareers.com/bookkeeping-skills-list-2062360