Chief Financial Officer CFO Executive Resume & LinkedIn Profile Writing Samples

Learn about CFO VP of Finance executive resume and LinkedIn profile examples that deliver more job interviews.

Updated 10/01/23. Elevate your finance career with our CFO and VP Finance resume and LinkedIn samples emphasizing key skills like strategic financial planning, transactions, IR, corporate governance, and proficiency in M&A, essential for top-level finance executives.

Learn to highlight your achievements with measurable results and incorporate vital industry-specific keywords for optimal ATS scanning. We also provide insights on effectively presenting major corporate finance projects and mergers and acquisitions. Whether you’re an emerging finance leader or a seasoned CFO, our resume and LinkedIn examples provide the proforma for crafting a commanding profile in the competitive field of corporate finance. Our clients below show the modern layout and sections job recruiters expect: headline, summary, skills, keywords, work experience, MBA education, and CPA or CMA certifications.

Chief Financial Officer CFO Executive Resume & Writing Sample

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ATS Friendly Resume Format Explained

Applicant tracking system (ATS) is software job recruiters use to automatically import, scan, filter, and rank resumes submitted when candidates upload them to job postings. ATS cannot read and process documents with fancy formats. A resume with tables, charts, images, two columns, boxes, headers, and footers, will likely be rejected by the ATS before a human sees it. Professional resumes use a simple, text-only format. LinkedIn is the place to add images, videos, articles, and other creative examples of your work.

CFO executive resume layout job recruiters expect to see:

Format: use reverse-chronological work experience resume format. List your most recent job at the top.

Fonts: use narrow width fonts like Calibri or another sans-serf font like Arial

Heading font-size: 11 or 12-point size

Body text font-size: 10.5 is the standard resume font size, but 10 or 11 are acceptable.

Line spacing: prefer .5 between experiences, but 0 is acceptable.

Resume margins: .5 or .75 inches all around.

Dates: include year and month 01/202-07/2023.

File type: submitting a resume in Microsoft Word is acceptable. A PDF is not required.

CFO executive resume critical parts and sections:

Header: Your contact information.

Headline: One line that summarizes your skills and presumed new job goals

Biography: 5-8 sentence summary of your abilities and accomplishments.

Skills: add your skills that match the jobs you seek in common industry terminology.

Work Experience: your job scope and quantifiable achievements.

Education: degrees, certifications, and certificates.

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