A clean cash-accuracy line is what gets bank teller resumes past the branch manager's first 30-second scan; specific transaction volume and referral numbers are what make them readable enough to land the in-branch interview.
You are applying to your first teller window, often from retail, food service, or a cashier role. The entry-level resume needs to prove cash accuracy, customer volume, and that you can learn the bank's core system fast.
You have one to four years at the window, balance your drawer daily, and refer customers to bankers. The experienced resume needs to show transaction volume, referral conversions, and clean audit results across that tenure.
You run the vault, train new tellers, and own branch cash orders. The head teller resume needs to prove team oversight, audit pass rates, and the dollar volume of cash you manage on a typical day.
Priya Chandran
Minneapolis, MN | (612) 555-0178 | [email protected] | linkedin.com/in/priyachandran
Bank teller with 7 years of branch experience across community and regional banks in the Twin Cities. Strong on cash accuracy, BSA compliance, and customer referrals. Comfortable training new tellers, covering head teller duties, and managing vault and ATM operations during peak season.
Senior Teller
Lakeshore Community Bank | Minneapolis, MN | 2022-Present
Teller II
Northstar Federal Credit Union | St. Paul, MN | 2020-2022
Teller
Prairie Mutual Savings | Bloomington, MN | 2018-2020
Customer Service Representative
Heartland Auto Finance | Edina, MN | 2017-2018
Retail Cashier
Twin Cities Outdoor Supply | Minneapolis, MN | 2016-2017
Your profile should state your years at a teller window, the branch type you worked in (retail branch, drive-thru, universal banker, in-store), and the daily transaction volume you handled.
Name the core banking system you use, like Fiserv DNA, Jack Henry SilverLake, or FIS Horizon. Add your drawer-balancing record and any BSA/AML training. Three sentences is the right length.
Branch managers and bank HR coordinators read this block first to confirm you can step onto a live window without a long ramp.
Tellers live in numbers, so your bullets should too. Most strong teller resumes name daily transaction count, average cash handled per shift, and drawer-balancing rate.
A bullet like “Processed 180 transactions daily across deposits, withdrawals, and cashier’s checks with a 99.8% drawer-balance rate over 14 months” reads as proof. Add referral numbers when you have them: products referred to bankers per month, conversion rate, or appointments booked.
Sort your bullets into three buckets so a branch manager can scan them in seconds.
First, cash and transactions: deposits, withdrawals, check cashing, cashier’s checks, money orders, coin and currency orders. Second, customer service and referrals: account questions, online banking help, product referrals to personal bankers, complaint resolution. Third, compliance and security: BSA/AML, CTRs, SARs, ID verification, fraud flags, dual control for vault access.
This grouping mirrors how branch managers and bank HR coordinators write the job description, which helps the ATS match your resume to the posting.
Bank tellers do not need a license, but Branch managers and bank HR coordinators look for specific signals near the top.
Put a short credentials line under your profile with BSA/AML training, any AIB (American Bankers Association) coursework, and your core banking system. List the cash-handling tools you’ve used: TCRs (teller cash recyclers), coin counters, check imagers, and the bank’s CRM. A notary public commission belongs here too.
Putting these on page one tells the reviewer you can be productive in week one instead of week six.
A high school diploma or GED is the floor; an associate or bachelor’s in finance, business, or accounting helps for head teller and banker-track roles.
List your school, degree, and graduation year if within the last 10 years. Cut high school once you have a degree. Cut unrelated jobs older than 10 years unless they show cash handling or customer volume.
Drop the objective statement, the “references available on request” line, and any home address beyond city and state.
The skills below come from our user-built bank teller resumes.
Branch managers and bank HR coordinators weight hard skills (Fiserv, BSA/AML, drawer balancing) at the screening stage and soft skills (composure under volume, referral instinct) at the interview stage.
| Soft Skills | % of resumes with this skill |
|---|---|
| Customer service | 78% |
| Attention to detail | 60% |
| Communication | 49% |
| Problem-solving | 36% |
| Integrity and discretion | 28% |
And here are the top hard skills showing up most often.
| Hard Skills | % of resumes with this skill |
|---|---|
| Cash handling | 73% |
| Transaction processing | 62% |
| Cash drawer balancing | 43% |
| Banking software | 35% |
| Regulatory compliance | 29% |
Based on data from thousands of bank tellers’ resumes built on ResumeTemplates.com, May 2026.
Name the core banking system you use and the credentials you carry.
Branch managers and bank HR coordinators scan for the exact system their branch runs. Naming the platform you’ve used shortens your training ramp and moves your resume up the pile.
Fiserv DNA, Premier, or Signature
Jack Henry SilverLake or Symitra
FIS Horizon or IBS
Finastra Phoenix
Teller cash recyclers: Glory, Diebold Nixdorf, NCR
Check imaging and remote deposit capture systems
Salesforce Financial Services Cloud or other branch CRM
Notary and signature guarantee workflows
Beyond the BSA/AML training every teller completes on hire, the certifications below tell branch managers and bank HR coordinators that you take the banker track seriously and can move toward head teller or personal banker work. List the issuing body and the year completed for each.
AIB Bank Teller Certificate (American Bankers Association): Signals you've completed structured coursework on transactions, compliance, and customer service beyond on-the-job training.
Certified Bank Teller (CBT) through ICB: The Institute of Certified Bankers credential shows mid-career commitment and helps when you're competing for head teller openings.
Notary Public Commission: Many branches need a notary on staff for signature guarantees and document acknowledgments; listing it makes you more useful day one.
The 90th-percentile bank teller out-earns the median by a meaningful margin, which tells you the market rewards branch-level responsibility, head teller scope, and product-referral conversion more than years at the window alone. Vault oversight, audit pass rates, and banker-track movement separate the top band from the middle.
Lead your resume with the dollar volume of cash you manage and the referrals you convert, not the number of years you’ve stood at a window.
| # | State | Avg. Annual |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington | $46,890 |
| 2 | Connecticut | $46,310 |
| 3 | California | $45,920 |
| 4 | New Jersey | $45,720 |
| 5 | Alaska | $45,590 |
| 6 | Massachusetts | $45,100 |
| 7 | Oregon | $44,600 |
| 8 | District of Columbia | $44,380 |
| 9 | Colorado | $44,370 |
| 10 | Florida | $44,120 |
| # | State | Workers | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas | 26,390 | $37,190 |
| 2 | California | 25,440 | $45,920 |
| 3 | New York | 17,420 | $44,040 |
| 4 | Illinois | 16,490 | $38,490 |
| 5 | Pennsylvania | 15,580 | $38,750 |
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Lead each bullet with a verb and a number. Branch managers and bank HR coordinators want to see daily transaction volume, drawer-balance rate, and referral counts within the first three bullets.
Skip generic phrases like "handled customer transactions." Write "Processed 175 deposits, withdrawals, and check transactions daily with a 99.7% drawer-balance rate."
Group duties into three buckets: cash and transactions, customer service and referrals, and compliance.
Under cash, list deposits, withdrawals, check cashing, cashier's checks, money orders, and TCR operation. Under service, list product referrals to bankers, online banking support, and complaint resolution.
Under compliance, list BSA/AML, CTR filing, ID verification, and dual control for vault access.
Mix five to eight hard skills with five soft skills.
Hard skills include cash handling, drawer balancing, your core banking system (Fiserv, Jack Henry, FIS), BSA/AML, and TCR operation.
Soft skills should be tied to behavior: composure under transaction volume, de-escalation at the window, and attention to signatures and endorsements.
Translate retail or food service into banking language. Cashier work shows cash handling and drawer balancing; barista or server work shows customer volume and composure.
Open your profile by naming the transferable scope: "Cashier with three years of cash-handling experience averaging $4,000 per shift and zero variance over the last six months."
Add any coursework or self-study on BSA/AML and reference the bank's core system if the posting names one.
An ATS-friendly template pairs your BSA training with examples of how accurately you handled cash. A basic template would work too.
Executive Resume Writer and Career Coach
Andrew Stoner is an executive career coach and resume writer with 17 years of experience as a hiring manager and operations leader at two Fortune 500 Financial Services companies, and as the career services director at two major university business schools.
