Accountancy Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Accountancy

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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, 31% of Accountancy job descriptions contained accountancy as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

accountancy
31%
accountancy practice
31%
compliance administrator
24%
accounts assistant
24%
accounts admin
20%
accounts administrator
20%
audit
16%
accountancy firm
12%
bookkeeping
12%
acca
12%
team building
8%
people skills
8%
leadership
8%
business development
8%
auditor
8%
accounts
8%
xero
8%
accounts technician
8%
chartered accountancy
8%
management
8%
commercial finance
8%
liverpool
8%
cima
8%
merseyside
8%
payroll
8%
st helens
8%
vat returns
8%
accounting
8%
bookkeeper
8%
teaching
8%
semi senior accountant
4%
tax associate
4%
teamwork
4%
tax assistant
4%
tax analyst
4%
practice accountant
4%
accountants
4%
management accountant
4%
management accounts
4%
quickbooks
4%
sage line
4%
tax returns
4%
accountant
4%
accounts semi senior
4%
finance assistant
4%
tax accountant
4%
taxation
4%
account manager
4%
business development manager
4%
client manager
4%
customer success manager
4%
accounts clerk
4%
assistant accountant
4%
junior accountant
4%
tax senior
4%
auditing
4%
tax advisor
4%
tax manager
4%
aat
4%
aca
4%
account management
4%
exeter
4%
progression
4%
training
4%
practice accountancy
4%
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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.

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