Accounts Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Accountancy

Accounts Skills List in Accountancy

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for an Accounts role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Accounts job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 32% of Accounts job descriptions contained bookkeeping as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

bookkeeping

32%

accounts payable

25%

aca

19%

microsoft excel

19%

purchase ledger

19%

aat

19%

acca

19%

microsoft office

13%

payments

13%

accounting

13%

bank reconciliation

13%

data entry

13%

communication skills

13%

financial reporting

13%

invoicing

13%

accounts receivable

13%

attention to detail

year end accounts

microsoft office suite

credit management

customer service

utilities

workforce planning

wip

tax

manager

senior management

business development

billing

accounts manager

risk management

driver

vendor relationships

payroll

microsoft word

invoice processing

general ledger

flexible approach

flexibility

finance

problem-solving

auditing

accounts preparation

sage

finance department

administrative support

spreadsheet management

management

balance sheet

journals

time management

bacs

credit card

accounting software

accurate record keeping

organisational skills

vat returns

xero

credit control

client correspondence

processing invoices

bills

communicator

revenue recognition

management skills

client accounts

property

queries

finance function

highly detailed

accounts assistant

audit

budgets

cima

expenditure control

financial accounting

management accounts

property management

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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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Accounts Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Accountancy

Accounts Skills List in Accountancy

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

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