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

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Assistant Accountant Skills List in Accountancy

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

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

finance
34%
payroll
27%
accounting
20%
management accounts
20%
prepayment
20%
aat
20%
leeds
14%
variance analysis
14%
bank reconciliations
14%
assistant accountant
14%
month end close
14%
microsoft excel
14%
accounts payable
14%
cash flow
14%
accruals
14%
management accounting
14%
monthly accounts
14%
sage x3
7%
reliability
7%
intercompany accounts
7%
bookkeeping
7%
sheet reconciliations
7%
admin
7%
administrator
7%
bradford
7%
charity
7%
contract
7%
intercompany transactions
7%
finance assistant
7%
home working
7%
hybrid working
7%
interim
7%
not for profit
7%
payroller
7%
accounts assistant
7%
bookkeeper
7%
flexibility
7%
highly detailed
7%
highly numerate
7%
invoice
7%
accrual
7%
analysis
7%
budgeting
7%
cashflow analysis
7%
financial analysis
7%
forecasting
7%
accountants
7%
accounts receivable
7%
bank
7%
credit control
7%
reconciliations
7%
vat
7%
aca
7%
acca
7%
media
7%
balance sheet
7%
cima
7%
fixed asset
7%
stock
7%
journal entries
7%
purchase ledger
7%
reconciliation
7%
vat returns
7%
accounts
7%
immediate start
7%
management accountant
7%
marketing
7%
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