Accountancy Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Accountancy

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Accountancy Skills List in Accountancy

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for an Accountancy role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Accountancy job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 80% of Accountancy job descriptions contained management accounts as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

management accounts
80%
bookkeeping
60%
vat
40%
taxation
40%
quickbooks
40%
management accountant
40%
payroll
40%
communication skills
40%
accountancy firm
20%
xero
20%
sage line
20%
bookkeeper
20%
accountants
20%
acca
20%
accountancy
20%
aat
20%
practice accountant
20%
junior accountant
20%
cima
20%
assistant management accountant
20%
accounts senior
20%
accountant
20%
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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.

Including the right keywords in your CV will help you get past Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and win more job interviews from employers and recruiters.


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