Accountant Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Accountancy

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Accountant Skills List in Accountancy

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

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

accountant
67%
finance
67%
sage 50
34%
acca
34%
excel skills
34%
aat qualified
34%
studier
34%
project accountant
34%
management accountant
34%
kpi reporting
34%
hull
34%
hessle
34%
financial accounting
34%
finance manager
34%
finance analyst
34%
costings
34%
cost accountant
34%
cima
34%
assistant accountant
34%
analysis
34%
accounting
34%
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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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