Accountancy Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Accountancy

Share

Accountancy Skills List in Accountancy

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for an Accountancy role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Accountancy job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 39% of Accountancy job descriptions contained management accounts as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

management accounts
39%
bookkeeping
31%
accountancy
24%
vat
24%
accounting
24%
aat
24%
communication skills
16%
management accountant
16%
acca
16%
payroll
16%
quickbooks
16%
taxation
16%
xero
8%
bookkeeper
8%
sage line
8%
accountants
8%
accountancy firm
8%
practice accountant
8%
junior accountant
8%
cima
8%
assistant management accountant
8%
accounts senior
8%
accountant
8%
year end accounts
8%
music
8%
payments
8%
tour accounting
8%
accountant / bookkeeper
8%
aca
8%
audit
8%
external audit
8%
vat returns
8%
training
8%
admin
8%
blandford forum
8%
chartered accountancy
8%
customer service
8%
ferndown
8%
poole
8%
ringwood
8%
Export

While these keywords are a good start, remember that every job is different. Instead of including all these keywords on your CV, identify the keywords most relevant to the job you're applying to and include those. For the best chance of success use our CV keyword scanner tool to help with this.

Including the right keywords in your CV will help you get past Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and win more job interviews from employers and recruiters.


Do you want
more job interviews?

Improve your CV's success rate by using these Accountancy skills and keywords or scan your CV to get a personalised score.