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

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Accounting Skills List in Accountancy (qualified)

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, 40% of Accounting job descriptions contained acca as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

acca
40%
aca
36%
accountant
20%
accounting
20%
cima
16%
accountancy firm
16%
chartered accountant
12%
qualified accountant
12%
financial accounting
12%
finance
12%
aat
12%
financial accounting manager
12%
ifrs
8%
financial reporting
8%
accountancy
8%
adults
8%
teaching
8%
acma
4%
it skills
4%
sage
4%
xero
4%
group reporting
4%
financemanager
4%
financial
4%
nhs
4%
leicester
4%
sox compliancy
4%
internal controls
4%
finance manager
4%
technical papers
4%
policy writing
4%
ifrs 17
4%
leases
4%
accounting manager
4%
practice accountant
4%
statutory accounting
4%
supervision
4%
highly dedicated
4%
highly numerate
4%
management
4%
people skills
4%
cloud accounting
4%
finance team
4%
financial systems
4%
public sector
4%
treasury
4%
treasury management
4%
lease administration
4%
retail
4%
business development
4%
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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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