Compliance Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Accountancy

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Compliance Skills List in Accountancy

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Compliance role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Compliance job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 47% of Compliance job descriptions contained compliance as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

compliance
47%
payroll
24%
auditor
16%
internal audit
16%
accounting
16%
reporting
16%
finance
16%
auditing
12%
contract management
12%
funding
8%
senior
8%
treasury
8%
insolvency
8%
jieb
8%
restructuring
8%
bookkeeping
8%
problem solving
8%
internal controls
8%
accountancy
4%
sheet reconciliations
4%
expenses
4%
ethics
4%
sox compliancy
4%
financial management
4%
analyst
4%
cipp qualification
4%
legal expenses
4%
testing
4%
financial transactions
4%
management accounts
4%
management
4%
monthly accounts
4%
revenue
4%
year end accounts
4%
stakeholder management
4%
aat
4%
shared service
4%
communication
4%
budgeting
4%
negotiating
4%
cis
4%
communication skills
4%
cis returns
4%
meet deadlines
4%
aml
4%
audit
4%
resilience
4%
gdpr
4%
external audit
4%
fixed asset
4%
microsoft office
4%
fixed assets
4%
benefits
4%
risk compliance
4%
finance department
4%
journal
4%
paye
4%
budget management
4%
governance
4%
sap
4%
pensions
4%
client accounts
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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