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, 63% of Chartered Accountant job descriptions contained aca as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

aca
63%
acca
38%
audit
35%
trainee accountant
32%
aat
32%
graduate
26%
icaew
23%
practice accountant
18%
auditor
15%
accountancy
12%
accountant
12%
finance
12%
part qualified accountant
12%
bookkeeper
9%
chartered accountant
9%
senior accountant
9%
time management
6%
training
6%
west end
6%
practice bookkeeper
6%
successful track record
6%
accountancy firm
6%
written communication
6%
statutory accounts
6%
tax
6%
accounting
6%
accounts semi-senior
6%
accounts senior
6%
audit senior
6%
private practice
6%
assistant accountant
6%
budget management
3%
balance sheet reconciliations
3%
management accountant
3%
cima
3%
d365
3%
part-qualified
3%
excel
3%
part qualified
3%
accountants
3%
internship
3%
icas
3%
journals
3%
chartered accountants
3%
management accounts
3%
traineeships
3%
prepayments
3%
chartered accountancy
3%
finance controller
3%
financial accountant
3%
management accountancy
3%
accruals
3%
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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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