Accountant Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Accountancy (qualified)

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Accountant Skills List in Accountancy (qualified)

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for an Accountant role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Accountant job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 48% of Accountant job descriptions contained management accounts as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

management accounts
48%
tax
31%
xero
31%
accounting software
27%
communication skills
27%
statutory accounts
27%
accountancy
22%
vat
22%
acca
22%
accounting
18%
bookkeeping
18%
accountancy firm
18%
aat
18%
sage
18%
aca
14%
quickbooks
9%
annual returns
9%
portfolio management
9%
it skills
9%
accounting standards
9%
utilities
9%
excel
9%
modelling
9%
budgeting
9%
costing
9%
taxation
9%
statutory accounting
9%
qualified chartered accountant
9%
iris
9%
vat returns
5%
uk gaap
5%
accountant
5%
credit control
5%
month end close
5%
payroll
5%
purchase ledger
5%
sales ledger
5%
cash flow
5%
chartered accountants
5%
audit
5%
ifrs
5%
training
5%
tax returns
5%
paye
5%
cima
5%
accountants
5%
microsoft excel
5%
financial reporting
5%
cash flow forecasting
5%
public sector
5%
financial accounting
5%
finance
5%
corporate finance
5%
compliance
5%
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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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