Hirerizz teamAccounting and tax resumes in India are searched by compliance names: GST, TDS, Ind AS and the software you use. Recruiters also look for volume and accuracy. Write which returns, closes and reconciliations you handled, and how often.
Keywords to put on a Accounting and Tax resume
Use the words that match your real experience. Do not copy a list you cannot back up in an interview.
Accounting work
general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, bank reconciliation, month-end close, year-end close, fixed assets, inter-company reconciliation, financial statements, books of accounts.
Tax and compliance
GST, GSTR-1, GSTR-3B, GSTR-2B reconciliation, input tax credit, TDS and TCS, income tax, advance tax, transfer pricing, tax audit, ROC filings, statutory compliance.
Standards and credentials
Ind AS, IFRS, Companies Act, CA, CMA, ICAI, audit support, notice handling, assessment proceedings.
Software
Tally Prime, SAP, Zoho Books, QuickBooks, Oracle, advanced Excel, ERP.
How to write them into your bullets
A keyword on its own is easy to ignore. A keyword inside a result is hard to ignore. Replace the brackets with your own numbers, and only keep a line if it is true.
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Weak: Handled GST filings. Stronger: Filed GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B returns for [X] entities each month and reconciled input tax credit with GSTR-2B, with no late fee in [X] months.
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Weak: Worked on month-end closing. Stronger: Brought the month-end close down from [X] working days to [X] by standardising reconciliations and a closing checklist.
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Weak: Managed TDS compliance. Stronger: Deducted, deposited and filed TDS returns for [X] vendors and employees, and resolved [X] department notices.
Mistakes that hold a resume back
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Writing accounting work with no volume. Entities, transactions, vendors and returns per month all show your load.
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Leaving out deadlines met. On-time filing and clean closes matter in compliance roles.
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Hiding the software. Tally and ERP names are exact words recruiters search for.
Where to place the keywords
Put your strongest keywords in three places: your headline or summary, your skills section, and the bullets under your most recent role. Use the same spelling the job post uses. If a term has a long form and a short form, write both once, for example "Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)", and use the short form after that. Keep the resume to what is true, and keep it readable for a person as well as for software.
Check your resume against a real job post
Paste the job post and your resume into the resume keyword check to see which of its words your resume already uses.
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