Finance and accounting resume keywords

We counted the skills in 958 open finance and accounting job postings from 231 employers, including CoreWeave, Crusoe and Anthropic. The ones employers ask for most are accounting (71% of postings), audit (43%) and compliance (38%). 61% of the postings mention AI, though often in the company's description rather than as a skill the job needs.

Top skills and tools in finance and accounting postings

#	Keyword	Share of postings
1	accounting	71%
2	audit	43%
3	compliance	38%
4	reconciliation	36%
5	FP&A	31%
6	automation	29%
7	forecasting	26%
8	process improvement	26%
9	tax	25%
10	sales	22%
11	financial reporting	20%
12	GAAP	18%
13	financial modeling	17%
14	SOX	16%
15	month-end close	16%
16	payments	16%
17	billing	15%
18	budgeting	14%
19	Excel	13%
20	payroll	13%
21	treasury	12%
22	analytics	12%
23	CPA	10%
24	financial planning	10%
25	NetSuite	10%
26	go-to-market	10%
27	revenue recognition	9%
28	cash management	9%
29	manufacturing	9%
30	product roadmap	9%

Share of the 958 postings whose description names the skill (plurals and common spellings, such as “JS” and “JavaScript”, count as one).

Soft skills employers mention

reporting · 27%leadership · 14%documentation · 8%cross-functional · 8%ownership · 6%communication · 6%

Show these through results in your bullets (“led a team of six”) rather than listing them as adjectives.

How to use these keywords on your finance and accounting resume

Start with the posting, not this list. These are averages across 958 jobs; the one you're applying for has its own priorities. Use this page to spot common gaps, then match the specific posting.
Name skills the way employers do. If you use “accounting”, “audit” and “compliance”, write those exact words. Applicant tracking systems and recruiters search for them, and a close synonym can be missed.
Put each skill in a bullet that shows a result. Naming reconciliation inside a bullet about what you achieved with it, with a number where you can, is stronger than listing it alone in a skills section.
Add only what's true. If you've worked with “reconciliation”, “FP&A” and “automation” but your resume doesn't say so, add it. If you haven't, leave it out: interviews expose padded resumes quickly.

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How these numbers are calculated

Every figure comes from open finance and accounting job postings on MANY Hired, imported from employers' own career pages. For each posting we pick out the skills, tools, certifications and qualifications its description names, then count how many postings ask for each one. A job counts as finance and accounting by its title. Updated October 28, 2026.