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

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Bookkeeper Skills List in Financial Services

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Bookkeeper role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Bookkeeper job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 62% of Bookkeeper job descriptions contained accounts assistant as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

accounts assistant
62%
accounts administrator
50%
bookkeeper
47%
accountant
43%
bookkeeping
31%
aca
31%
acca
31%
accountancy
31%
axminster
31%
chartered accountants
31%
practice
31%
credit control
27%
aat
24%
accounts receivable
24%
collections advisor
20%
debt advisor
20%
debt recovery specialist
20%
finance clerk
20%
financial assistant
20%
payment processing
20%
fulltime
16%
accounts
16%
vat
16%
livingston
12%
payroll
12%
tax
12%
edinburgh
12%
hmrc
12%
invoice
12%
finance
4%
spreadsheet
4%
controller
4%
ledger
4%
payments
4%
postings
4%
burton-on-trent
4%
purchases
4%
credit controller
4%
purchase ledger
4%
sage
4%
finance assistant
4%
sales ledger
4%
sales
4%
general accounts
4%
meticulous
4%
enthusiasm
4%
microsoft excel
4%
flexible
4%
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