Accountant Bookkeeper Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Accountancy

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Accountant Bookkeeper Skills List in Accountancy

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

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

bookkeeping
39%
acca
24%
accountant
24%
bookkeeper
24%
sage
24%
xero
24%
management accounts
16%
purchase ledger
16%
vat
16%
accounts
16%
admin
16%
cis
16%
insurance
16%
payroll
16%
qualified
16%
accountancy
16%
quickbooks
16%
finance
8%
petty cash
8%
sales ledger
8%
aat
8%
accounts payable
8%
accounts receivable
8%
balance sheet reconciliations
8%
accounts clerk
8%
ledger maintenance
8%
month-end
8%
bookkeeping clerk
8%
accounting software
8%
cima
8%
communication skills
8%
finance assistant
8%
vat returns
8%
interpersonal skills
8%
finance clerk
8%
microsoft excel
8%
payment processing assistant accountant
8%
organisational skills
8%
purchase ledger assistant
8%
persuasive presentation skills
8%
sales
8%
accounting
8%
communication
8%
credit control
8%
organisation
8%
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