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

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Accounts Trainee Skills List in Accountancy

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for an Accounts Trainee role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Accounts Trainee job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 34% of Accounts Trainee job descriptions contained aat as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

aat
34%
accounts assistant
34%
accounting
27%
trainee accountant
24%
vat
20%
bookkeeping
20%
accounts payable
17%
accountancy
14%
organisational skills
14%
interpersonal skills
10%
computer literate
10%
invoice
10%
purchase ledger
10%
customer service
10%
excel
10%
finance
10%
accounts trainee
10%
general admin
7%
active team player
7%
responsiveness
7%
friendly personality
7%
gcse
7%
english language skills
7%
microsoft excel
7%
reliability
7%
personal development
7%
sales ledger
7%
assistant accountant
7%
acca
7%
bookkeeper
7%
vat returns
7%
accounts preparation
7%
reconciling
7%
self management
7%
admin
7%
communication skills
7%
credit control
7%
finance department
7%
microsoft word
7%
degrees
7%
true team player
7%
legal
4%
accounts department
4%
accounts receivable
4%
audit
4%
accruals
4%
balance sheet
4%
cashbooks
4%
cost
4%
journal posting
4%
prepayment
4%
profit and loss
4%
telephone manner
4%
ledger
4%
aca
4%
accounts
4%
study support
4%
graduate
4%
graduate level
4%
accounts administrator
4%
accounts junior
4%
entry level
4%
finance administrator
4%
finance assistant
4%
administration
4%
trainee
4%
bolton
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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