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, 28% of Assistant job descriptions contained communication skills as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

communication skills
28%
financial services
23%
retail
17%
customer service
17%
finance
17%
paraplanning
17%
loans
17%
financial planning
17%
positive team player
12%
direct debit
12%
expenditure control
12%
payments
12%
petty cash
12%
sage accounts
12%
staff training
12%
compliance
12%
jewellery
12%
file review
12%
financial assistance
12%
purchase ledger
12%
billing
6%
legal
6%
credit
6%
math
6%
interpersonal skills
6%
private equity
6%
office support
6%
benefits
6%
finances
6%
sage
6%
microsoft office
6%
data
6%
administrative
6%
sales
6%
business development
6%
wealth management
6%
report writing
6%
holistic financial planning
6%
general ledger
6%
mortgages
6%

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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