Accountant Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Accountancy (qualified)

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Accountant Skills List in Accountancy (qualified)

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, 37% of Accountant job descriptions contained accounting as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

accounting
37%
accountancy
30%
acca
28%
accountant
24%
statutory accounts
18%
aat
15%
finance
15%
tax returns
15%
bookkeeping
11%
aca
11%
communication skills
9%
cima
9%
vat returns
9%
sole traders
9%
xero
9%
management
9%
vat
9%
accountants
9%
chartered accountants
9%
management skills
9%
tax
7%
partnerships
7%
management accountant
7%
compliance
5%
qualified accountant
5%
management accounts
5%
final accounts
5%
corporation tax
5%
portuguese
5%
vauxhall
5%
traders
5%
balance sheets
5%
cheltenham
5%
contract
5%
newly qualified accountant
5%
gloucester
5%
senior accountant
5%
chartered accountant
3%
company secretarial work
3%
project accounting
3%
annual reports
3%
balance sheet review
3%
budgets
3%
cost accounting
3%
time management
3%
microsoft excel
3%
financial data
3%
acma
3%
training
3%
sage
3%
distribution
3%
qualified chartered accountant
3%
leicestershire
3%
highly ambitious
3%
manufacturing
3%
organisational skills
3%
financial
3%
reporting
3%
external audit
3%
financial control
3%
financial controller
3%
senior finance
3%
ledger
3%
sheet reconciliations
3%
purchase ledger
3%
architecture
3%
variance analysis
3%
finance team
3%
construction
3%
aat level 4
3%
interior design
3%
year end accounts
3%
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