These are the ATS keywords, credentials, and software terms that recur across current controller job descriptions — organized so you can scan for what your resume is missing. Placement matters as much as presence: an ATS keyword buried in a skills list ranks lower than the same term used in context inside an experience bullet.

Title variants

  • Controller
  • Corporate Controller
  • Division Controller
  • Assistant Controller
  • VP Controller
  • Accounting Manager
  • Director of Accounting
  • Chief Accounting Officer
  • CAO
  • Principal Accounting Officer
  • PAO
  • Group Controller
  • Regional Controller
  • Plant Controller
  • Site Controller
  • Financial Controller (UK/Canada)

Credentials

  • CPA
  • CGMA
  • ACCA
  • ACA
  • CMA
  • CA
  • ICAEW
  • CIMA

Software

  • NetSuite
  • NetSuite OneWorld
  • SAP FICO
  • SAP S/4HANA
  • Oracle Fusion
  • Oracle EBS
  • Dynamics 365 Finance
  • Dynamics GP
  • Sage Intacct
  • Sage 200
  • QuickBooks Enterprise
  • BlackLine
  • Workiva
  • Concur
  • Coupa
  • ADP
  • Paylocity
  • Gusto
  • Expensify
  • Brex
  • Ramp
  • Excel
  • Power Query
  • Power BI
  • Tableau

Processes

  • month-end close
  • year-end close
  • financial statements
  • audit management
  • external audit
  • internal controls
  • SOX 404
  • ICFR
  • PCAOB
  • management representation letter
  • technical accounting memo
  • ASC 606
  • ASC 842
  • ASC 740
  • ASC 718
  • ASC 805
  • GAAP
  • IFRS
  • FRS 102
  • accounts payable
  • accounts receivable
  • payroll
  • general ledger
  • intercompany
  • consolidation
  • financial reporting
  • board reporting
  • budget
  • ERP implementation
  • chart of accounts

Leadership

  • team management
  • accounting department
  • staff development
  • hiring
  • close cycle
  • BlackLine
  • automation
  • process improvement
  • audit committee

Long-tail phrases

  • controller resume
  • corporate controller resume
  • controller cv
  • controller resume examples
  • controller resume 2026
  • how to write a controller resume
  • accounting controller resume
  • financial controller resume
  • assistant controller resume
  • CPA controller resume
  • VP controller resume

Pasting these terms into your resume verbatim without matching context can read as keyword stuffing to a human reviewer, even if it passes the ATS. The full Controller resume guide shows where each category belongs and how to work it into real experience bullets.