Accounts Payable Assistant Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Accountancy

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Accounts Payable Assistant Skills List in Accountancy

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for an Accounts Payable Assistant role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Accounts Payable Assistant job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 62% of Accounts Payable Assistant job descriptions contained accounts payable as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

accounts payable
62%
purchase ledger
58%
netsuite
20%
microsoft excel
20%
accounts
20%
invoices
15%
accounts payable assistant
15%
accounts assistant
15%
sales ledger
15%
payable
15%
ms office
10%
bacs
10%
ap
10%
vat
10%
supervisor
10%
receivable
10%
manager
10%
credit control
10%
ledger
10%
excel
10%
sage
5%
invoicing
5%
aat
5%
pl
5%
reconcilliations
5%
communication skills
5%
resolve issues
5%
ap clerk
5%
ap officer
5%
oracle
5%
payments
5%
highly detailed
5%
time management
5%
accounting
5%
discrepancies
5%
month end
5%
management accounts
5%
cash flow
5%
purchase
5%
finance
5%
purchase ledger assistant
5%
invoice
5%
dynamics
5%
finance graduate
5%
bank recs
5%
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