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Account payables analyst resume examples from 2025

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Updated March 26, 2025
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How to write an account payables analyst resume

Craft a resume summary statement

A resume summary is your opening statement that highlights your strongest skills and top accomplishments. It is your chance to quickly let recruiters know who you are professionally - and why they should hire you for the account payables analyst role.

Step 1: Start with your professional title, or the one you aspire to.

Step 2: Detail your years of experience in account payables analyst-related roles and your industry experience.

Step 3: What are your biggest professional wins? Here is your opportunity to highlight your strongest accomplishments by placing them at the start of your resume.

Step 4: Don't forget, your goal is to summarize your experience. Keep it short and sweet, so it's easy for recruiters to quickly understand why you're a great hire.

These four steps should give you a strong elevator pitch and land you some account payables analyst interviews.

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List the right project manager skills

Many resumes are filtered out by hiring software before a human eye ever sees them. A robust Skills section can let recruiters (and bots) know you have the skills to do the job. Here is how to make the most of your skills section:

  1. Look at the job listing and skills listed. You need to include the exact keywords from the job description to get your resume in front of an actual human. Do you have those skills? Fantastic! Be sure to list them.
  2. Include as many relevant hard or technical account payables analyst skills as possible for each job you apply to.
  3. Be specific with the skills you have and be sure you are using the most up to date and accurate terms.
These five steps should give you a strong elevator pitch and land you some account payables analyst interviews.

Here are example skills to include in your “Area of Expertise” on an account payables analyst resume:

  • Customer Service
  • Data Entry
  • Purchase Orders
  • Reconciliations
  • Vendor Invoices
  • Expense Reports
  • ACH
  • Vendor Statements
  • ERP
  • Strong Analytical
  • Journal Entries
  • Pivot Tables
  • Process Improvement
  • Vendor Accounts
  • Accruals
  • Financial Reports
  • Process Invoices
  • Credit Card
  • SOX
  • Shared Services
  • Accounts Payable Processing
  • General Ledger Accounts
  • Account Reconciliations
  • Payroll
  • Vendor Payments
  • PeopleSoft
  • Credit Memos
  • Payable Process
  • Payment Processing
  • W-9

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How to structure your work experience

Your work experience should be structured:

  1. With your most recent roles first, followed by earlier roles in reverse chronological order.
  2. Job title, along with company name and location on the left.
  3. Put the corresponding dates of employment on the left side.
  4. Keep only relevant jobs on your work experience.

How to write account payables analyst experience bullet points

Effective job bullet points do more than just describe your job duties. Instead, they should be specific and measurable accomplishments. Here are some strategies to mastering job bullet points:

  • Use strong action verbs like Led, Built, or Optimized.
  • Follow up with numbers when possible to support your results. How much did performance improve? How much revenue did you drive?
  • Wrap it up by explaining the actions you took to achieve the result and how you made an impact.

Here are great bullet points from account payables analyst resumes:

Work history example #1

Finance Management Analyst

Goldman Sachs

  • Executed equity, fixed income, foreign exchange, and structured note trades on a daily basis for highly sophisticated clients.
  • Tracked cash receipts, A/P, monthly bank reconciliations, statistical reporting/analysis, equipment invoicing and daily balancing of working accounts.
  • Liaised with transaction managers to model the NPV and GAAP impact of all real estate related decisions.
  • Ensured the continuity of business operations for U.S. Equity Settlements by developing and establishing a comprehensive Disaster Recovery Plan.
  • Confirmed derivatives contracts, equity and fixed income transactions to high-priority Prime Brokerage Platinum clients.

Work history example #2

Finance Coordinator

Citi

  • Assisted Operations Manager to provide leadership, coaching, and also assisted by processing improvements necessary to achieve critical performance targets.
  • Completed daily transactions and sales of deposit accounts, business loans, home equity lines of credit, and mortgages.
  • Created PowerPoint presentations to assist Manager in compiling data related to financial modeling.
  • Updated and maintained Organizational Structures using MS Visio and PowerPoint.
  • Worked successfully in a highly charged atmosphere.

Work history example #3

Account Payables Analyst

Wells Fargo

  • Processed and filed fiduciary and individual income tax returns.
  • Received commendation for solving employee theft issue Caught up several A/P Clerks, when behind Eliminated over $200,000 duplicate payments
  • Handled payable electronically Promoted to 'lead' during first 30 days
  • Conducted complex manual operations through voluminous data for financial analysis for banking loan system and general ledger system.
  • Improved the process of receiving abatements in the states of Connecticut and Massachusetts by moving the process online.

Work history example #4

Account Payables Analyst

Robert Half International

  • Corresponded with cardholder, HRM or Controller to facilitate payment via Concur expense report; check request and/or employee payroll withholding.
  • Assisted in monitoring, refining internal controls, and processes in A/P Department.
  • Researched, analyzed, and submitted all overpaid invoices for customer Volkswagen America regarding the BASF audit.
  • Maintained vendor accounts and processed W-9 forms.
  • Conducted weekly check runs, prepared open invoices reports, and entered cash sales receipts into QuickBooks Pro 2009..

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Add an education section to your resume

The education section should display your highest degree first.

Place your education section appropriately on your resume. If you graduated over 5 years ago, this section should be at the bottom of your resume. If you just graduated and lack relevant work experience, the education section should go to the top.

If you have a bachelor's or master's degree, do not list your high school education. If your graduation year is more than 15-20 years ago, it's better not to include dates in this section.

Here are some examples of good education entries from account payables analyst resumes:

Bachelor's Degree in accounting

University of Houston, Houston, TX

2010 - 2013

Master's Degree in finance

University of Maryland - College Park, College Park, MD

2016 - 2017

Highlight your account payables analyst certifications on your resume

If you have any additional certifications, add them to the certification section.

Include the full name of the certification, along with the name of the issuing organization and date of obtainment.

If you have any of these certifications, be sure to include them on your account payables analyst resume:

  1. Certified Management Accountant (CMA)
  2. Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
  3. International Accredited Business Accountant (IABA)
  4. Certified Resume Specialist: Accounting and Finance (CRS+AF)

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