Assistant Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Accountancy

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Assistant Skills List in Accountancy

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for an Assistant role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Assistant job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 29% of Assistant job descriptions contained accounts assistant as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

accounts assistant
29%
finance
29%
purchase ledger
29%
aat
18%
accounting
15%
management accounts
15%
assistant accountant
11%
finance assistant
11%
organisational skills
11%
ledger
11%
payroll
11%
acca
8%
sage
8%
cima
8%
sales ledger
8%
highly detailed
8%
bookkeeping
8%
accounts payable
8%
bank reconciliations
8%
reconciliation
8%
legal
8%
credit control
8%
accounts
8%
sales
4%
contracts
4%
advanced excel
4%
sage 50
4%
excel
4%
expenses
4%
sar
4%
vat returns
4%
ownership
4%
arts
4%
creative
4%
diversity
4%
finance team
4%
music
4%
iris
4%
businesses
4%
financial services
4%
reporting
4%
variance analysis
4%
vat
4%
accounts receivable
4%
accounts administrator
4%
prioritisation
4%
huntingdon
4%
stock
4%
oundle
4%
peterborough
4%
stamford
4%
assistant management accountant
4%
communication skills
4%
data entry
4%
diligent
4%
microsoft excel
4%
microsoft office
4%
multi tasking
4%
invoicing
4%
xero
4%
sage line
4%
accounts clerk
4%
administration
4%
finance admin
4%
finance function
4%
highly numerate
4%
invoice processing
4%
quickbooks
4%
spreadsheet
4%
credit
4%
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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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