Chartered Accountant Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Accountancy

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Chartered Accountant Skills List in Accountancy

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Chartered Accountant role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Chartered Accountant job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 77% of Chartered Accountant job descriptions contained aca as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

aca
77%
acca
62%
audit
47%
external audit
39%
chartered accountant
31%
tax
16%
accounts
16%
graduate
16%
bookkeeping
16%
icaew
16%
trainee accountant
16%
chartered accountants
16%
aat
16%
financial services
8%
accountancy
8%
uk gaap
8%
ifrs
8%
frs
8%
engagements
8%
client facing skills
8%
audit software
8%
year end accounts
8%
workforce planning
8%
wip
8%
general practice
8%
client accounts
8%
accounts assistant
8%
apprentice
8%
manchester
8%
semi senior
8%
bank reconciliations
8%
spreadsheets
8%
vat returns
8%
accountancy firm
8%
senior management
8%
insolvency
8%
investigation
8%
recovery
8%
reporting
8%
billing
8%
business development
8%
manager
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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