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

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Chief Accountant Skills List in Accountancy

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Chief Accountant role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Chief Accountant job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 50% of Chief Accountant job descriptions contained bank reconciliations as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

bank reconciliations
50%
fixed assets
45%
payroll
45%
monthly accounts
40%
intercompany
40%
month end close
40%
journals
35%
part qualified
30%
accruals
30%
journal
20%
journal entries
20%
management accountant
20%
financial management
15%
prepayment
10%
financial monitoring
10%
budget setting
10%
accounting
10%
aat
10%
accountants
10%
financial reporting
10%
intercompany accounts
5%
strategic planning
5%
finance manager
5%
accountant
5%
intercompany transactions
5%
management accounts
5%
variance analysis
5%
sage
5%
bookkeeping
5%
budgets
5%
grant administration
5%
invoice processing
5%
xero
5%
balance sheet
5%
sheet reconciliations
5%
statutory accounting
5%
taxation
5%
finance
5%
budget monitoring
5%
media finance
5%
public sector
5%
cash management
5%
nfp
5%
problem solving
5%
sage line 50
5%
financial systems
5%
treasury
5%
accountancy
5%
cashflow analysis
5%
charity
5%
cima
5%
finance director
5%
management accounting
5%
strategic finance
5%
treasury management
5%
microsoft excel
5%
budgeting and forecasting
5%
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