Accountant Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Accountancy

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Accountant Skills List in Accountancy

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for an Accountant role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Accountant job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 75% of Accountant job descriptions contained management accounts as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

management accounts
75%
bookkeeping
50%
bank reconciliations
25%
month end close
25%
aat
25%
accountant
25%
statutory accounts
25%
xero
25%
communication skills
25%
payroll
25%
taxation
25%
vat
25%
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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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