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

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Financial Accountant Skills List in Accountancy

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Financial Accountant role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Financial Accountant job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 50% of Financial Accountant job descriptions contained financial accountant as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

financial accountant
50%
accountant
28%
balance sheet
19%
finance
19%
acca
14%
revenue
14%
assistant accountant
10%
manage
10%
financial services
10%
vat
10%
financial reporting
10%
vat returns
10%
assistant financial accountant
10%
journal entries
10%
sap
10%
management accountant
10%
group financial accountant
10%
invoices
10%
calculation
10%
financial analysis
10%
us gaap
10%
audit
10%
aca
10%
erp
5%
accruals
5%
general ledger
5%
accounts receivable
5%
prepayment
5%
accounts payable
5%
statutory
5%
manchester
5%
annual accounts
5%
reconciliations
5%
tax
5%
bank reconciliation
5%
finance assistant
5%
purchase ledger
5%
sales ledger
5%
financial accounting
5%
month-end
5%
quarterly reporting
5%
bank reconciliations
5%
part qualified accountant
5%
aat
5%
journals
5%
cima
5%
ifrs
5%
sox
5%
forecasting
5%
management accounts
5%
reconciliation
5%
microsoft excel
5%
reporting
5%
trial balance
5%
finance business partner
5%
financial
5%
kpi
5%
cash flow
5%
credit control
5%
month end close
5%
sage
5%
accountants
5%
local authority
5%
000
5%
dynamic
5%
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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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