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, 35% of Accountant job descriptions contained management accounts as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

management accounts
35%
acca
21%
cima
21%
management accountant
18%
accountancy
14%
accounting
14%
bookkeeping
14%
xero
14%
vat
14%
balance sheet
14%
aat
14%
vat returns
11%
accounts
11%
finance
11%
purchase ledger
7%
credit control
7%
reconciliation
7%
assistant accountant
7%
accounts payable
7%
financial reporting
7%
accounts assistant
7%
accounts semi senior
7%
tax
7%
stakeholder engagement
4%
support management
4%
meet deadlines
4%
financial control
4%
accounting software
4%
real estate
4%
client accounts
4%
aca
4%
finance department
4%
client accountant
4%
communication skills
4%
acma
4%
icaew
4%
icas
4%
management accounting
4%
returns
4%
tax planning
4%
tax returns
4%
trust management
4%
bank reconciliations
4%
variance analysis
4%
accounts receivable
4%
accountancy firm
4%
sage line 50
4%
english
4%
maths
4%
qualified chartered accountant
4%
immediate start
4%
quickbooks
4%
part-qualified management accountant
4%
financial controller
4%
sage line
4%
ledger
4%
automotive
4%
forecast
4%
month end close
4%
partnering
4%
reporting
4%
accountant
4%
manufacturing environment
4%
auditing
4%
sage accounts
4%
advanced excel
4%
cis returns
4%
year end accounts
4%
finance team
4%
microsoft excel
4%
property accountant
4%
service charge
4%
budgeting
4%
forecasting
4%
monthly reporting
4%
sorps
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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