Controller Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Financial Services

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Controller Skills List in Financial Services

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

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

credit control
47%
collections
24%
aca
24%
acca
24%
cima
24%
finance
20%
financial controller
16%
accounts receivable
16%
credit controller
8%
debt
8%
customer service
8%
debt collection
8%
hybrid
8%
credit
8%
sales ledger
8%
accounts payable
4%
queries
4%
management
4%
volumes
4%
spreadsheets
4%
valuation
4%
customer advisor
4%
accounts
4%
debt management
4%
ar
4%
debt advisor
4%
reconciliation
4%
b2b
4%
fca
4%
retail
4%
sales ledger manager
4%
factoring
4%
accounts executive
4%
group accountant
4%
financial
4%
clearing
4%
shared services
4%
ledger manager
4%
cost controller
4%
microsoft excel
4%
ledger supervisor
4%
cash allocation
4%
debts
4%
controller
4%
engineering
4%
data
4%
erp
4%
inventory
4%
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