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

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Accounts Controller Skills List in Accountancy

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for an Accounts Controller role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Accounts Controller job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 43% of Accounts Controller job descriptions contained credit control as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

credit control
43%
microsoft excel
37%
finance
27%
purchase ledger
27%
accounts assistant
27%
customer service
22%
controller
22%
sage
22%
credit
16%
invoices
16%
accounts receivable
16%
credit controller
16%
petty cash
16%
accounting
16%
sales ledger
16%
financial transactions
11%
english language skills
11%
finance assistant
11%
reconcile
11%
sap
11%
general ledger
11%
financial statements
11%
credit card
11%
ledger
11%
accounts administrator
11%
accounts payable
11%
finance administrator
11%
responsiveness
11%
interpersonal skills
11%
computer literate
11%
organisational skills
11%
friendly personality
11%
xero
11%
self management
11%
true team player
11%
accountancy
11%
meat
11%
reconciling
11%
accounts
11%
admin
11%
customer accounts
11%
debtors
11%
billing
6%
hybrid
6%
expenses
6%
business partnering
6%
ap
6%
portals
6%
intercompany
6%
invoicing
6%
bookkeeping
6%
bank reconciliations
6%
bank reconciliation
6%
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