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

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Accounting Skills List in Accountancy (qualified)

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

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

acca
48%
aca
43%
financial accounting
20%
accountant
20%
cima
20%
accounting
20%
ifrs
15%
chartered accountant
15%
qualified accountant
15%
accountancy firm
15%
finance
10%
financial reporting
10%
accountancy
10%
aat
10%
financial accounting manager
10%
retail
5%
teaching
5%
adults
5%
technical papers
5%
sox compliancy
5%
policy writing
5%
internal controls
5%
nhs
5%
financial
5%
financemanager
5%
group reporting
5%
xero
5%
sage
5%
it skills
5%
cloud accounting
5%
business development
5%
highly numerate
5%
lease administration
5%
treasury management
5%
treasury
5%
public sector
5%
financial systems
5%
statutory accounts
5%
finance team
5%
accounting manager
5%
practice accountant
5%
statutory accounting
5%
supervision
5%
leases
5%
highly dedicated
5%
people skills
5%
management
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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