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, 32% of Assistant job descriptions contained financial services as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

financial services
32%
finance
19%
compliance
19%
administration
13%
communication skills
13%
anti-money laundering
7%
credit controller
7%
administrative
7%
client onboarding
7%
finance assistant
7%
building society
7%
financial crime
7%
financial planning
7%
personal development
7%
telephone manner
7%
administrative support
7%
graduate recruitment
7%
admin
7%
completions
7%
risk
7%
interpreting data
7%
data
7%
accurate record keeping
7%
lending
7%
claims
7%
divorce
7%
loans
7%
insurance
7%
english grammar
7%
mortgage
7%
ea
7%
finance department
7%
accountancy
7%
maths
7%
microsoft office
7%
management accounting
7%
organisational skills
7%
file checking
7%
reporting
7%
pension administration
7%
account opening
7%
accounts assistant
7%
retirement
7%
aml
7%
credit control
7%
team management
7%
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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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