Cost Accounting Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Accountancy

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Cost Accounting Skills List in Accountancy

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Cost Accounting role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Cost Accounting job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 40% of Cost Accounting job descriptions contained management accountant as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

management accountant
40%
acca
30%
cima
30%
finance manager
30%
accountant
30%
aat
30%
finance
20%
microsoft excel
20%
finance analyst
20%
assistant management accountant
20%
manufacturing environment
10%
key performance indicators
10%
part qualified
10%
cost reduction
10%
cash flow
10%
sheet reconciliations
10%
sap erp
10%
reconciliation
10%
mi
10%
r2r
10%
month end close
10%
corporate finance
10%
bank reconciliations
10%
commercial analyst
10%
assistant analyst
10%
pricing
10%
invoices
10%
graduate
10%
finance assistant
10%
cost analysis
10%
accounts assistant
10%
accounting
10%
studier
10%
project accountant
10%
costings
10%
cost accountant
10%
analysis
10%
assistant accountant
10%
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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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