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

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Payroll Skills List in Financial Services

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Payroll role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Payroll job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 46% of Payroll job descriptions contained finance as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

finance
46%
payroll
37%
accountancy
28%
payments
28%
employee benefits
19%
cima
19%
accounts
19%
acca
19%
pension schemes
19%
pensions
19%
tax
10%
defined benefit
10%
defined contribution
10%
finance administration
10%
finance administrator
10%
reconciliation
10%
data
10%
accounts assistant
10%
finance assistant
10%
emea
10%
payroll specialist
10%
financial analyst
10%
management accountant
10%
bookkeeping
10%
manchester
10%
accountant
10%
advice
10%
advisor
10%
bolton
10%
bookkeeper
10%
chester
10%
ellesmere port
10%
fixed term contract
10%
liverpool
10%
data entry
10%
north west
10%
payroll administrator
10%
practice
10%
senior auditor
10%
pension
10%
pension administration
10%
administration
10%
administrative
10%
communication skills
10%
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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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