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, 63% of Accounting job descriptions contained accounting as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

accounting
63%
finance
25%
sage
13%
computer literate
13%
continuous improvement
13%
part qualified accountant
13%
financial accounting co-ordinator
13%
accounts assistant
13%
financial services
7%
financial accounting
7%
customer services
7%
administrative support
7%
aat
7%
accounts receivable
7%
accounts payable
7%
qualified by experience
7%
accountancy practice
7%
sap
7%
advanced excel
7%
finance admin
7%
audit
7%
financial
7%
debtors
7%
book keeper
7%
accountant
7%
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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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