Sales Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Accountancy (qualified)

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Sales Skills List in Accountancy (qualified)

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Sales role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Sales job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 21% of Sales job descriptions contained financial planning as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

financial planning
21%
forecasting
18%
acca
18%
commercial finance
14%
finance
14%
aca
14%
budgeting
14%
finance data analyst
11%
cima
11%
analysis
11%
accounting
11%
qualified accountant
7%
foreign currency
7%
fcca
7%
sme
7%
finance business partner
7%
financial controller
7%
variance analysis
7%
financial analysis
7%
gross margin
7%
finance manager
7%
financial reporting
7%
partnering
7%
management reporting
7%
analysts
7%
advanced excel
7%
finance director
4%
capex
4%
resellers
4%
mi
4%
managed services
4%
sheet reconciliations
4%
financial planning and analysis
4%
budgeting and forecasting
4%
trusted business partner
4%
software
4%
sales
4%
ticket sales
4%
business case production
4%
business partner support
4%
business planning
4%
financial services
4%
investment
4%
kpi reports
4%
account management
4%
aat
4%
cis returns
4%
construction industry
4%
microsoft office
4%
project work
4%
vat returns
4%
xero
4%
management accountant
4%
manufacturing
4%
sme sector
4%
technical skills
4%
cash flow forecasting
4%
forecast
4%
margin
4%
cost management
4%
numeracy
4%
part qualified
4%
data
4%
consolidation
4%
group accounts
4%
sales analysis
4%
management accounts
4%
private equity
4%
analyst
4%
staff management
4%
financial control
4%
internal audit
4%
budgets
4%
erp
4%
management information
4%
reporting
4%
team management
4%

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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