Accounting Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Accountancy

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Accounting Skills List in Accountancy

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for an Accounting role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Accounting job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 36% of Accounting job descriptions contained acca as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

acca
36%
accountant
36%
cima
36%
accounting technician
29%
assistant accountant
29%
finance
22%
bookkeeping
15%
aat
15%
accounting
15%
part-qualified accountant
15%
financial accounting
15%
finance manager
15%
accounts assistant
15%
management accounts
15%
management accountant
15%
financial planning
8%
interpersonal skills
8%
organisation
8%
teams
8%
selby
8%
accounts
8%
bookkeeper
8%
budget
8%
budgeting
8%
benefits
8%
financial analysis
8%
trainee accountant
8%
investing
8%
tax
8%
progression
8%
garforth
8%
finance assistant
8%
east leeds
8%
accountancy experience
8%
analysis
8%
accounts senior
8%
assistant management accountant
8%
communication skills
8%
junior accountant
8%
payroll
8%
practice accountant
8%
taxation
8%
vat
8%
kpi reporting
8%
aat qualified
8%
intermediate excel
8%
cost accountant
8%
costings
8%
excel skills
8%
finance analyst
8%
hessle
8%
hull
8%
project accountant
8%
studier
8%
sage 50
8%
attention to detail
8%
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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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