Assistant Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Financial Services

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Assistant Skills List in Financial Services

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for an Assistant role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Assistant job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 25% of Assistant job descriptions contained payments as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

payments
25%
communication skills
25%
planning
25%
paraplanning
25%
compliance
25%
microsoft excel
13%
cima
13%
finance
13%
financial analyst
13%
management accountant
13%
research
13%
business modelling
13%
excel
13%
financial modelling
13%
acca
13%
organization
13%
reporting
13%
strategy
13%
benchmarking
13%
indices
13%
regulatory requirements
13%
accounts
13%
accountancy
13%
risk
13%
legal compliance
13%
legal
13%
aml
13%
admin
13%
wealth management
13%
report writing
13%
holistic financial planning
13%
financial planning
13%
staff training
13%
positive team player
13%
petty cash
13%
expenditure control
13%
direct debit
13%
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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.

Including the right keywords in your CV will help you get past Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and win more job interviews from employers and recruiters.


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