Career Atlas

Finance & Accounting

accountant

Learned from 331 real résumés for this role.

Across 331 real U.S. résumés for a accountant, the most distinctive skills are Financial Statements, Journal Entries and Accounting — each far more common in this role than across all résumés. This is the real skill fingerprint, learned from résumés, not a job description.

Financial Statements
9% have it · 129.7× vs average
Journal Entries
4% have it · 103.7× vs average
Accounting
46% have it · 42.0× vs average

Based on Futureful's analysis of 102,822 U.S. résumés (2026).

Skill fingerprint

ranked by distinctiveness

The skills that most define this role, more common here than across all résumés. The bar shows how distinctive; the % is how many people in the role have it.

financial statements
129.7×
9% · N=30
journal entries
103.7×
4% · N=12
accounting
42.0×
46% · N=153
general ledger
65.8×
5% · N=17
invoices
58.8×
7% · N=22
financial reports
77.8×
3% · N=9
returns
50.7×
5% · N=15
audits
36.5×
11% · N=35
financial
24.5×
50% · N=164
accounts payable
37.5×
8% · N=25
controller
47.0×
4% · N=12
treasury
66.8×
2% · N=5
accounts
24.5×
37% · N=123
accuracy
28.8×
18% · N=58
bank reconciliation
63.9×
2% · N=5

Where people go next

Real onward moves from dated work history.

customer service representative10% · N=3database administrator10% · N=3oracle database administrator10% · N=3operations manager10% · N=3junior business analyst10% · N=3internal auditor10% · N=3project manager10% · N=3business analyst i10% · N=3

Where people come from

The roles that feed into this one.

financial analyst9% · N=3server7% · N=3staff accountant13% · N=3

Common questions

Straight answers, every one backed by the real counts on this page.

What skills does a Accountant need?

In 331 real résumés for this role, the most defining skills are Financial Statements (9% have it), Journal Entries (4% have it), Accounting (46% have it), General Ledger (5% have it), Invoices (7% have it). These are the skills that separate this role from the rest of the workforce.

What do people in Accountant roles move on to next?

From real dated work history, the most common next roles are Customer Service Representative (10% of moves, N=3), Database Administrator (10% of moves, N=3), Oracle Database Administrator (10% of moves, N=3).

What roles lead into Accountant?

The roles that most often feed into this one are Financial Analyst (9% of arrivals, N=3), Server (7% of arrivals, N=3), Staff Accountant (13% of arrivals, N=3).

Does this page show Accountant salary?

No. Résumés do not carry pay, so Futureful holds no compensation data for this role and never invents a dollar figure. Every statistic here is a skill or career-move count backed by real résumés.

Where does this data come from?

The Futureful Career Atlas is built from 102,822 real US résumés, aggregated with no personal data. 331 of them are Accountant résumés. Every number on this page is a count of real people, and thin pages are kept out of search. Full method: futureful.app/careers/methodology.

Every figure on this page is a real count over real résumés (N = résumés behind it). No salary is shown, we hold no compensation data, so every claim is a skill or frequency truth, never a dollar promise. How we count · Explore more roles →

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