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

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Company Accountant Skills List in Accountancy

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Company Accountant role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Company Accountant job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 33% of Company Accountant job descriptions contained purchase ledger as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

purchase ledger
33%
monthly accounts
33%
management accounts
25%
payroll
22%
bookkeeping
22%
cima
18%
acca
18%
sales ledger
18%
xero
18%
bank reconciliations
15%
cis returns
15%
company accountant
15%
finance manager
15%
year end accounts
8%
aat
8%
month end close
8%
credit control
8%
accounts assistant
8%
part-time finance controller
8%
finance controller
8%
qualified accountant
8%
part-qualified accountant
8%
balance sheet
8%
accountant
8%
cis
8%
accounting
4%
accounts payable
4%
vat returns
4%
budget management
4%
sage
4%
sme
4%
statutory accounts
4%
bookkeeper
4%
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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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