Finance resume example and template for Google Docs™
A financial analyst with five years in corporate FP&A. Copy the whole resume into your Drive and replace the details with yours.
- Parser read 32/32 fields
- 1 page
- US Letter
- Google Docs and Word
- Classic layout
What a parser reads from it
Field by field, from the PDF that Google Docs exports.
32/32
fields read correctly from the resume (US Letter), downloaded from Google Docs as a PDF and read by the open-source OpenResume parser (commit 4f8255a) on Oct 3, 2026.
What the parser read
First 30 lines, exactly as extracted.
Priya Raman Charlotte, NC | (704) 555-0137 | priya.raman@example.com | linkedin.com/in/priyaraman SUMMARY Financial analyst with five years in FP&A at logistics and manufacturing companies. I build the forecasts and models that pricing, budget and capital decisions are made on, and explain them to people who don't live in Excel. EXPERIENCE Tarnhollow Logistics Charlotte, NC Financial Analyst Jul 2023 – Present • Own the monthly forecast for a $240M freight division; operating income forecast error fell from 9% to 3% over four quarters • Built a driver-based Excel model for fuel and lane pricing that the CFO used to approve a 4% rate increase • Cut month-end variance reporting from five days to two by pulling data from three systems into one Power BI report • Prepared the capital request for a $6.5M warehouse expansion, with payback, downside and delay cases Harmon & Pike Manufacturing Greensboro, NC Junior Financial Analyst Jun 2021 – Jun 2023 • Tracked spending against budget for 11 cost centers and sent plant managers a one-page overrun summary each month • Rebuilt the plant headcount model after a reorganization, removing about 40 hours of manual updates per quarter • Consolidated department submissions for the annual budget into a single file the controller reviewed line by line Queen City Community Bank Charlotte, NC Finance Intern Jun 2020 – Aug 2020 • Reconciled loan fee accounts each week and wrote up the three largest variances for the accounting manager EDUCATION Larkbriar University Raleigh, NC Bachelor of Science in Finance May 2021 • Coursework: Corporate Finance, Financial Modeling, Managerial Accounting, Econometrics
Field by field
What we wrote, and what the parser put in each field.
| Field | Parser read | Match |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Priya Raman | |
| priya.raman@example.com | ||
| Phone | (704) 555-0137 | |
| Location | Charlotte, NC | |
| Link | linkedin.com/in/priyaraman | |
| Summary | Financial analyst with five years in FP&A at logistics and manufacturing companies. I build the forecasts and models that pricing, budget and capital decisions are made on, and explain them to people who don't live in Excel. | |
| Job 1 company | Tarnhollow Logistics | |
| Job 1 title | Financial Analyst | |
| Job 1 dates | Jul 2023 – Present | |
| Job 1, bullet 1 | Own the monthly forecast for a $240M freight division; operating income forecast error fell from 9% to 3% over four quarters | |
| Job 1, bullet 2 | Built a driver-based Excel model for fuel and lane pricing that the CFO used to approve a 4% rate increase | |
| Job 1, bullet 3 | Cut month-end variance reporting from five days to two by pulling data from three systems into one Power BI report | |
| Job 1, bullet 4 | Prepared the capital request for a $6.5M warehouse expansion, with payback, downside and delay cases | |
| Job 2 company | Harmon & Pike Manufacturing | |
| Job 2 title | Junior Financial Analyst | |
| Job 2 dates | Jun 2021 – Jun 2023 | |
| Job 2, bullet 1 | Tracked spending against budget for 11 cost centers and sent plant managers a one-page overrun summary each month | |
| Job 2, bullet 2 | Rebuilt the plant headcount model after a reorganization, removing about 40 hours of manual updates per quarter | |
| Job 2, bullet 3 | Consolidated department submissions for the annual budget into a single file the controller reviewed line by line | |
| Job 3 company | Queen City Community Bank | |
| Job 3 title | Finance Intern | |
| Job 3 dates | Jun 2020 – Aug 2020 | |
| Job 3, bullet 1 | Reconciled loan fee accounts each week and wrote up the three largest variances for the accounting manager | |
| School 1 | Larkbriar University | |
| School 1 degree | Bachelor of Science in Finance | |
| School 1 dates | May 2021 | |
| School 1 GPA | (empty) | |
| School 1, bullet 1 | Coursework: Corporate Finance, Financial Modeling, Managerial Accounting, Econometrics | |
| Skills line 1 | Modeling: Three-statement models, DCF, budgeting and forecasting, scenario analysis | |
| Skills line 2 | Tools: Excel (Power Query, VBA), Power BI, NetSuite, Adaptive Planning | |
| Skills line 3 | CFA: Passed Level I; Level II Candidate in the CFA Program | |
| Skills line 4 | Languages: English (native), Tamil (fluent) |
Shown but not counted
- Charlotte, NC: no location field for jobs. It's in the extracted text.
- Greensboro, NC: no location field for jobs. It's in the extracted text.
- Charlotte, NC: no location field for jobs. It's in the extracted text.
- Raleigh, NC: no location field for schools. It's in the extracted text.
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About this example
Priya has five years of work, so experience comes before education and the degree takes two lines. The summary names the two industries she has worked in, because finance hiring managers often prefer someone who knows the business. A short internship stays at the bottom of the experience section: it's old, but it shows she has been around accounting since college.
How to write a finance resume
Say what the model decided
Finance analysts build models to answer a question, such as whether to raise prices or approve a project. Write the decision your model fed into and who made it, not only that you "built financial models".
Put accuracy in numbers
Forecasting is the core of most FP&A roles. If your forecast error went down, give the before and after. If you don't have that, give the size of what you forecast, like a $240M division or 11 cost centers.
Name who read your reports
Reports and charts for managers are a big part of the job. "Used by the CFO in pricing decisions" tells a recruiter more than "created dashboards".
List the tools recruiters search for
Excel is expected, so say which parts you use, like Power Query, VBA or pivot tables. Add your BI tool (Power BI, Tableau) and the ERP or planning system you work in.
Cover letter lines for a finance role
An opening and a closing written for the person in this example. Swap in your own numbers and the role you're applying for. Every template comes with a matching cover letter for the middle.
I'm applying for the Senior Financial Analyst role on your FP&A team. For the past three years I've owned the monthly forecast for a $240M freight division, and over four quarters I brought our operating income forecast error from 9% down to 3%.
I'd be glad to walk you through the pricing model I built and how the CFO used it. Thank you for considering my application. I look forward to hearing from you.
Common mistakes on finance resumes
- Duties instead of results. "Responsible for budgeting and forecasting" fits every finance resume. Say how big the budget was and what changed because of your work.
- Every number but the one that matters. A resume full of percentages can hide what you actually did. Give the size of what you were responsible for and the result of your work, and leave out company-wide figures you didn't influence.
- A vague CFA line. Use CFA Institute's own wording, such as "Passed Level I of the CFA Program" or "Level II Candidate in the CFA Program". You can only call yourself a candidate while you're registered for an exam or waiting for results. "Pursuing CFA" leaves the reader guessing.
- Two pages too early. With under five years of experience, a finance resume should fit on one page. Cut coursework and older internships first.
Templates that suit finance resumes
Blank versions with a cover letter and references page, in Letter and A4.
Classic
38/38 fields readSerif type, centered headings and education first. The look many university career offices recommend for finance, law and consulting.
- 1 page
- Letter + A4
- Docs + Word
Compact
36/36 fields readHalf-inch margins and tight spacing for people with more experience than one page normally holds.
- 1 page
- Letter + A4
- Docs + Word
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The writing advice draws on the tasks and tools listed for Financial and Investment Analysts (O*NET-SOC 13-2051.00) in the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration, used under the CC BY 4.0 license. We rewrote it as resume advice. The person, employers and schools in the example are fictional, and the example is written as of fall 2026, so dates and years of experience count to then.