Accounts Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Accountancy

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Accounts Skills List in Accountancy

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

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

accounts assistant
43%
purchase ledger
28%
accounts payable
22%
accounting
19%
sales ledger
19%
bank reconciliations
16%
aat
16%
finance
13%
payroll
10%
invoicing
10%
accounts receivable
10%
accounts
10%
ledger
7%
excel
7%
credit control
7%
finance assistant
7%
sage 200
7%
accountants
7%
accountancy
7%
accounting software
7%
communication skills
7%
management accounts
7%
microsoft excel
7%
accountant
7%
multiple sites
4%
assistant
4%
finance team
4%
analysis
4%
xero
4%
cashbooks
4%
budgeting
4%
audits
4%
training
4%
administrative
4%
credit
4%
financial statements
4%
interpersonal skills
4%
journal posting
4%
accounts manager
4%
month-end
4%
payable
4%
balance sheet
4%
officer
4%
junior accountant
4%
receivable
4%
finance graduate
4%
payments
4%
junior accounts assistant
4%
year-end
4%
fixed assets
4%
general accounts
4%
queries
4%
management accountant
4%
legal accounts
4%
reconciliations
4%
aca
4%
accounts clerk
4%
trainee accounts
4%
bookkeeper
4%
reconciliation
4%
invoices
4%
cima
4%
senior accounts
4%
supplier payments
4%
payment runs
4%
commercial
4%
administrative duties
4%
vat returns
4%
acca
4%
construction
4%
bookkeeping
4%
processing invoices
4%
assurance
4%
accounts administrator
4%
lettings
4%
business central
4%
accounts department
4%
daventry
4%
deposits
4%
purchasing processes
4%
pensions
4%
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