Accounts Clerk resume template

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Patrick Keating

Accounts Clerk

patrick.keating@example.com·(555) 662-4419·Coventry, UK

Summary

Accounts clerk with ten years of purchase ledger, sales ledger and bank work for Coventry businesses. Posts 200 invoices a day in Sage 50, reconciles three bank accounts and 40 supplier ledgers by the third working day of every month, and hands the accountant VAT working files that have needed no correction in six years. AAT Level 3 qualified.

Experience

Accounts Clerk — Midland Building Supplies

04/2019 – Present

Post 200 purchase and sales invoices a day in Sage 50 with same-day matching to purchase orders and delivery notes
Reconcile 3 bank accounts and 40 supplier ledgers monthly; month-end closed by the third working day for 70 consecutive months
Prepare quarterly VAT working files for the external accountant; no adjustments required in six years
Run the weekly supplier payment run of £180,000 and cut missed early-settlement discounts from 12 a quarter to zero
Chase overdue customer accounts by phone and statement; debtor days down from 58 to 41 during 2024

Junior Accounts Clerk — Warwickshire Motors Group

09/2016 – 03/2019

Processed 120 supplier invoices a day and matched them to workshop job cards across four dealerships
Reconciled petty cash and card-terminal takings daily for four sites with no unexplained variance in three years
Handled 40 supplier statement queries a week and cleared a 900-line backlog of unmatched credits in two months

Finance Placement Student — Coventry City Council

07/2014 – 07/2015

Raised 300 purchase orders a month for the highways department and logged goods receipts within 24 hours
Reconciled 15 grant accounts each quarter with the finance officer and prepared the audit working papers

Skills

Purchase ledger
Sales ledger
Bank reconciliation
Supplier statements
Credit control
Petty cash

Sage 50
Xero
Microsoft Excel (VLOOKUP, pivot tables)
Microsoft Outlook

Education

BA (Hons) Accounting and Finance — Coventry University2012 – 2016

Sandwich degree with a placement year at Coventry City Council

Certifications

AAT Level 3 Diploma in Accounting — AAT, 2020

Sage 50 Accounts Certified User — Sage, 2019

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