Financial Analyst resume keywords
Modeling and forecasting skills, the planning tools, and advanced Excel, stated plainly. These are the terms recruiters search the ATS for, written the way postings write them.
Licenses and certifications
- Chartered Financial Analyst
Tools, systems and languages
- Microsoft Excel
- SQL
- Power BI
Skills and methods
- Financial Modeling
- Budgeting and Forecasting
- Variance Analysis
Domain knowledge
- Financial Planning and Analysis
How to use them
- Use the posting's exact wording. If it says a term one way, write it that way at least once.
- State a license with its status and state: "CPA (Illinois, active)"
- Name the ERP and the close process you ran
- For new graduates, put Education near the top with degree, school and GPA if strong
- Only list what is true for you. A keyword you can't back up in an interview costs more than it gains.