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Accountant CV example

An accountant CV example that leads with qualification status, the size of the books you handle and the systems you close in.

Updated August 23, 2026

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Sandra Küng

Accountant

s.kueng@bluewin.ch
+41 79 622 17 08
Zug, Schweiz

Professional summary

Nine years in fiduciary practice, closing the books for fourteen SME clients under Swiss GAAP FER and the Code of Obligations. Took the average year-end close from six weeks to nineteen days by moving clients onto a shared document routine.

Work experience

Accountant, client portfolio

Jan 2019 – Present

Zuger Treuhand & Revision AG · Zug, Schweiz

Run the full cycle for fourteen SME clients: bookkeeping, VAT, payroll and the annual close.
Cut the average year-end close from six weeks to nineteen days.
Prepared and defended three VAT audits without an adjustment.

Accounts Clerk

Feb 2016 – Dec 2018

Bühler Elektro AG · Cham, Schweiz

Accounts payable and receivable for a 60-person business, plus monthly reporting.
Introduced supplier payment terms tracking; late-payment interest fell to zero within a year.

Education

Federal Diploma of Higher Education — Finance and accounting

Sep 2017 – Jun 2019

Höhere Fachschule für Wirtschaft Luzern · Luzern, Schweiz

Skills

Financial reportingBookkeepingControlling and forecastingPayroll preparationComplianceExcel (pivot tables, lookups)SAPAccounts payable and receivable

Languages

GermanNative

EnglishProfessional working

FrenchLimited working

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What matters in this role

Qualification and status: qualified, part-qualified, or studying with exams passed. It sets the salary band.
The size of what you handle — turnover, ledger size, number of entities.
Close timetable. “Working day four” is an instantly recognisable signal.
The accounting system you have closed in. SAP and Abacus experience is not interchangeable.

Common mistakes

Not stating qualification status clearly at the top.
Listing responsibilities without the scale attached.
Omitting the systems, which is often the shortlist filter.
No mention of process improvement, which is what separates candidates at the same level.

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Lena Achermann

Project Manager, operations

lena.achermann@post-mail.ch+41 79 208 66 17Zürich, Schweiz

Professional summary

Nine years running operational change projects in insurance and logistics, with budgets to CHF 2.4 million and teams to eleven. IPMA Level C, and a preference for projects that finish.

Work experience

Project Manager

Sep 2020 – Present

Helvetia Nordwind Versicherungen · Zürich, Schweiz

Led the claims-handling replacement across four cantons; CHF 2.4m budget, team of eleven.
Delivered two weeks early and 6% under budget, with the steering committee reporting unchanged.
Ran fortnightly stakeholder reviews across underwriting, legal and IT.

Operations Analyst

Jun 2016 – Aug 2020

Aarequell Logistik AG · Olten, Schweiz

Mapped the order-to-dispatch process and removed four handoffs, saving 9 hours per order.
Built the weekly operations reporting the site still runs on.

Education

Bachelor of Science — Business administration

Sep 2012 – Feb 2016

Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz · Olten, Schweiz

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Logistics Coordinator

d.petrovic@greenmail.ch+41 79 663 14 78Winterthur, Schweiz

Professional summary

Twelve years in warehousing and dispatch, currently coordinating inbound and outbound for a site shipping 1,400 pallets a week. Runs the shift plan and the customs paperwork.

Work experience

Logistics Coordinator

Nov 2019 – Present

Nordtor Distribution AG · Winterthur, Schweiz

Coordinate inbound and outbound for 1,400 pallets a week across two shifts.
Raised on-time dispatch from 91% to 98% by resequencing the picking waves.
Handle customs documentation for EU shipments, including ADR consignments.

Warehouse Team Leader

Feb 2014 – Oct 2019

Limmatweg Lager AG · Dietikon, Schweiz

Led a picking team of nine and kept accuracy above 99.5% for four straight years.
Trained the site’s forklift operators and kept the licence register.

Education

Federal Diploma of Vocational Education and Training — Logistics

Aug 2010 – Jul 2013

Berufsbildungszentrum Winterthur · Winterthur, Schweiz

Skills

Warehouse operationsRoute planningCustoms documentationDangerous goods (ADR)SAPStock and inventoryRota and shift planningForklift operation

Languages

GermanNative

SerbianNative

EnglishProfessional working

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Sandra Küng

Accountant

s.kueng@bluewin.ch+41 79 622 17 08Zug, Schweiz

Professional summary

Nine years in fiduciary practice, closing the books for fourteen SME clients under Swiss GAAP FER and the Code of Obligations. Took the average year-end close from six weeks to nineteen days by moving clients onto a shared document routine.

Work experience

Accountant, client portfolio

Jan 2019 – Present

Zuger Treuhand & Revision AG · Zug, Schweiz

Run the full cycle for fourteen SME clients: bookkeeping, VAT, payroll and the annual close.
Cut the average year-end close from six weeks to nineteen days.
Prepared and defended three VAT audits without an adjustment.

Accounts Clerk

Feb 2016 – Dec 2018

Bühler Elektro AG · Cham, Schweiz

Accounts payable and receivable for a 60-person business, plus monthly reporting.
Introduced supplier payment terms tracking; late-payment interest fell to zero within a year.

Education

Federal Diploma of Higher Education — Finance and accounting

Sep 2017 – Jun 2019

Höhere Fachschule für Wirtschaft Luzern · Luzern, Schweiz

Skills

Financial reportingBookkeepingControlling and forecastingPayroll preparationComplianceExcel (pivot tables, lookups)SAPAccounts payable and receivable

Languages

GermanNative

EnglishProfessional working

FrenchLimited working

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