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, 80% of Chartered Accountant job descriptions contained aca as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

aca
80%
acca
70%
audit
50%
external audit
50%
chartered accountant
40%
bookkeeping
20%
manager
10%
trainee accountant
10%
senior management
10%
tax
10%
wip
10%
workforce planning
10%
year end accounts
10%
audit software
10%
client facing skills
10%
engagements
10%
frs
10%
ifrs
10%
uk gaap
10%
accounts
10%
graduate
10%
icaew
10%
vat returns
10%
aat
10%
accounts assistant
10%
apprentice
10%
chartered accountants
10%
manchester
10%
semi senior
10%
bank reconciliations
10%
spreadsheets
10%
business development
10%
accountancy firm
10%
client accounts
10%
insolvency
10%
investigation
10%
recovery
10%
reporting
10%
billing
10%
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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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