Business Analyst Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Accountancy

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Business Analyst Skills List in Accountancy

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Business Analyst role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Business Analyst job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 34% of Business Analyst job descriptions contained business analyst as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

business analyst
34%
acca
23%
analysis
23%
excel
23%
analyst
23%
stakeholder management
23%
accountancy
23%
interim
12%
great opportunity
12%
progressive
12%
purchase ledger clerk
12%
budgets
12%
business partnering
12%
commercial finance analyst
12%
forecasting
12%
management accounting
12%
margins
12%
profits
12%
risk management
12%
data analyst
12%
tableau
12%
cima
12%
power bi
12%
sql
12%
3e
12%
law firm
12%
software systems
12%
ms office
12%
customer oriented
12%
stakeholder engagement
12%
aat
12%
accruals
12%
analytical
12%
management accounts
12%
data. reporting
12%
finance analyst
12%
it literate
12%
ledgers
12%
month end
12%
immediate start
12%
prepayments
12%
qbe
12%
accounts payable clerk
12%
ap clerk
12%
finance
12%
financial services
12%
fintech
12%
free parking
12%
commercial awareness
12%
home working
12%
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