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, 44% of Controller job descriptions contained finance as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

finance
44%
accounts
38%
credit
38%
controller
32%
chester
32%
credit control
25%
credit controller
25%
buyer
19%
cash
19%
purchase
19%
debts
19%
finance controller
13%
debt
13%
crewe
13%
control
13%
sales
13%
cheshire
13%
b2c
13%
b2b
13%
administration
13%
accounting
13%
stoke-on-trent
13%
winsford
13%
debt collection
13%
wealth management
7%
cashiers
7%
communication skills
7%
junior financial controller
7%
microsoft excel
7%
financial services
7%
microsoft word
7%
accounts assistant
7%
accounts manager
7%
financial controller
7%
bookkeeper
7%
finance assistant
7%
financial control
7%
commercial debt
7%
sage
7%
reconciliations
7%
aged debt
7%
utilities
7%
problem solving
7%
phone
7%
communication
7%
true team player
7%
reconciliation
7%
meet deadlines
7%
invoicing
7%
finance team
7%
confidentiality
7%
billing
7%
financial operations
7%
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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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