Cost Accounting Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Accountancy

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Cost Accounting Skills List in Accountancy

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Cost Accounting role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Cost Accounting job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 34% of Cost Accounting job descriptions contained management accountant as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

management accountant
34%
finance manager
23%
acca
23%
accountant
23%
cima
23%
microsoft excel
23%
finance
23%
aat
23%
finance analyst
23%
corporate finance
12%
part qualified
12%
month end close
12%
r2r
12%
reconciliation
12%
sap erp
12%
sheet reconciliations
12%
assistant management accountant
12%
cash flow
12%
cost reduction
12%
key performance indicators
12%
manufacturing environment
12%
mi
12%
bank reconciliations
12%
commercial analyst
12%
assistant analyst
12%
pricing
12%
invoices
12%
graduate
12%
finance assistant
12%
cost analysis
12%
accounts assistant
12%
accounting
12%
studier
12%
project accountant
12%
costings
12%
cost accountant
12%
analysis
12%
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