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

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Staff Accountant Skills List in Accountancy

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Staff Accountant role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Staff Accountant job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 58% of Staff Accountant job descriptions contained aat as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

aat
58%
reliability
29%
highly numerate
29%
highly detailed
29%
xero
29%
flexibility
29%
payroll
29%
vat
15%
tax
15%
sme
15%
omb
15%
management accounts
15%
financial controller
15%
cash flow
15%
annual returns
15%
acca
15%
analysis
15%
sage
15%
junior accountant
15%
accounts assistant
15%
accountant
15%
aca
15%
accounting
15%
financial reporting
15%
financial planning
15%
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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.

Including the right keywords in your CV will help you get past Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and win more job interviews from employers and recruiters.


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