Accounts Assistant Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Accountancy

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Accounts Assistant Skills List in Accountancy

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for an Accounts Assistant role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Accounts Assistant job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 55% of Accounts Assistant job descriptions contained accounts assistant as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

accounts assistant
55%
purchase ledger
32%
bookkeeping
28%
sales ledger
23%
aat
23%
payroll
19%
credit control
19%
accounting
19%
sage
14%
accounts
14%
finance
14%
ledger
10%
accountancy
10%
invoice
10%
finance assistant
10%
reconciling
5%
aca
5%
pensions
5%
accounts payable
5%
acca
5%
accounts receivable
5%
balance sheets
5%
nottingham
5%
bookkeeper
5%
financial information
5%
communication
5%
reconciliations
5%
cash posting
5%
organisation
5%
tax returns
5%
treasury
5%
petty cash
5%
vat returns
5%
administration
5%
asap
5%
accounting software
5%
excel
5%
bank reconciliations
5%
invoices
5%
quickbooks
5%
bank reconciliation
5%
bank accounts
5%
credit card
5%
attention to detail
5%
debt chasing
5%
finance team
5%
assistant
5%
organisational skills
5%
invoicing
5%
purchase orders
5%
journal
5%
sales order
5%
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