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Account Manager resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what account managers actually do day to day, not generic filler. Download and replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Which resume format should you use?
Reverse chronological
You have a steady work history. This is the format almost every recruiter and ATS expects by default.
Functional
You're changing fields or have gaps in your employment. Leads with skills rather than a job-by-job timeline.
Combination
You're early career or have worked consistently but for only a few employers. Blends a skills summary with a shorter chronological history.
This template uses the reverse chronological format: the one most account managers should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Account Manager with a track record of growing existing client portfolios through consistent follow-up and a solid grasp of product and contract detail. Comfortable moving between relationship-building conversations and the commercial mechanics of quotes, forecasts, and pipeline reporting. Works well across internal teams to keep delivery on track and clients satisfied.
Key skills
- Account and relationship management
- Selling and negotiation
- Financial analysis and modelling
- Contract and proposal preparation
- Revenue forecasting and pipeline reporting
- Salesforce
- HubSpot
- Microsoft Excel
- Stakeholder management
Experience: example bullet points
- Managed a portfolio of key accounts, running regular strategic reviews that lifted contract renewal rates
- Identified upsell and cross-sell opportunities by mapping client business goals against product offerings, growing average account value
- Prepared quotations and negotiated contract terms tailored to client budgets and timelines
- Coordinated with internal delivery and support teams to resolve client issues and keep orders on schedule
- Tracked account performance in Salesforce and built revenue forecasts used in monthly pipeline reporting to management
Education
Most Account Managers hold a bachelor degree in business, commerce, or marketing, though many enter via a diploma in business or sales and build the role through on-the-job experience and internal training.
Keywords an ATS is likely to scan for
Applicant tracking systems match your resume against terms in the job ad before a person ever sees it. Only include the ones that actually apply to your experience, but if a term below matches something you've done, use the same wording the job ad uses.
- Account management
- Key account management
- Client retention
- Upselling and cross-selling
- Contract negotiation
- Salesforce CRM
- Pipeline forecasting
- Stakeholder management
- B2B sales
- Account planning
Getting past ATS screening
- Match the specific skills, certifications and terms used in the job ad, not just your own wording for the same thing.
- Keep formatting simple: no tables, text boxes, columns, headers/footers or graphics. Parsers frequently drop content placed in these.
- Submit as .docx or PDF unless the job ad specifies otherwise.
- Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) rather than creative alternatives.
- List your core skills and technical competencies in their own section so a keyword scan can find them instantly.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Tailor every bullet point to your own real experience and the specific job ad.