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

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Staff Accountant Skills List in Accountancy

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Staff Accountant role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Staff Accountant job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 67% of Staff Accountant job descriptions contained finance as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

finance
67%
accounting
67%
bookkeeping
50%
aca
50%
acca
50%
audit
50%
microsoft excel
34%
tax returns
34%
tax
34%
statutory
34%
accountancy
34%
people skills
17%
reliable
17%
ifrs
17%
highly numerate
17%
highly detailed
17%
flexibility
17%
organization
17%
microsoft word
17%
admin
17%
management accounts
17%
credit control
17%
budgeting
17%
administrative
17%
accounts payable
17%
xero
17%
reconcile
17%
accounts receivable
17%
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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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