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

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Chartered Accountant Skills List in Accountancy

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Chartered Accountant role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Chartered Accountant job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 43% of Chartered Accountant job descriptions contained accounting as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

accounting
43%
aat
22%
acca
22%
accountancy firm
22%
accountancy
22%
qualified chartered accountant
15%
aca
15%
accounts
15%
bookkeeper
15%
bookkeeping
15%
tax
15%
chartered accountant
15%
payroll
8%
practice accountant
8%
vat returns
8%
chartered accountants
8%
graduate entry
8%
client accounts
8%
graduate level
8%
costs
8%
budget management
8%
part qualified
8%
erp
8%
forecasting
8%
manufacturing
8%
audit
8%
senior bookkeeper
8%
accounts payable
8%
statutory accounts
8%
expenses
8%
xero
8%
finance
8%
accountant
8%
payments
8%
accounts senior
8%
purchase ledger
8%
client meetings
8%
ca
8%
microsoft office
8%
client services
8%
accounting technician
8%
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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.

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