Accounting Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Accountancy

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Accounting Skills List in Accountancy

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for an Accounting role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Accounting job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 30% of Accounting job descriptions contained accountant as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

accountant
30%
acca
24%
assistant accountant
24%
cima
18%
bookkeeping
18%
aat
18%
accounting
18%
financial accounting
18%
management accounts
18%
accounting technician
18%
finance
18%
bookkeeper
12%
management accountant
12%
xero
12%
statutory accounts
12%
finance manager
12%
hull
6%
project accountant
6%
analysis
6%
studier
6%
hessle
6%
finance analyst
6%
excel skills
6%
costings
6%
cost accountant
6%
junior accountant
6%
sage 50
6%
accounts
6%
attention to detail
6%
budget
6%
budgeting
6%
financial analysis
6%
financial planning
6%
intermediate excel
6%
interpersonal skills
6%
investing
6%
organisation
6%
tax
6%
teams
6%
part-qualified accountant
6%
financial monitoring
6%
accountancy firm
6%
corporation tax
6%
administrative support
6%
customer services
6%
financial services
6%
accounts assistant
6%
highly numerate
6%
microsoft excel
6%
microsoft word
6%
sage line
6%
ati
6%
budget monitoring
6%
aat qualified
6%
ir35
6%
local government
6%
benefits
6%
accounts senior
6%
assistant management accountant
6%
communication skills
6%
payroll
6%
practice accountant
6%
taxation
6%
vat
6%
kpi reporting
6%
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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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