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

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Chief Accountant Skills List in Accountancy (qualified)

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Chief Accountant role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Chief Accountant job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 23% of Chief Accountant job descriptions contained finance as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

finance
23%
forecasting
19%
financial controller
19%
accounting
19%
cima
19%
statutory accounts
19%
acca
19%
head of finance
14%
analysis
14%
cash flow
14%
budgeting
14%
budget management
10%
reporting
10%
cfo
10%
deputy section 151
10%
management accountant
10%
finance manager
10%
erp
10%
vat
10%
management information
10%
aca
10%
capital accounting
5%
director of finance and operations
5%
director of finance
5%
transport
5%
nhs
5%
housing
5%
capital
5%
year end accounts
5%
fixed assets
5%
director of finance and resources
5%
management accounts
5%
finance function
5%
group financial controller
5%
microsoft excel
5%
renewable
5%
peterborough
5%
financial planning
5%
sales
5%
finance business partner
5%
financial management
5%
balance sheet
5%
revenue
5%
professional development
5%
group accounts
5%
staff management
5%
leicester
5%
financial control
5%
principal accountant
5%
month-end
5%
management skills
5%
financial services manager
5%
chief accountant
5%
management
5%
head of management accounting
5%
academy
5%
xero
5%
social housing
5%
property
5%
ledgers
5%
investment
5%
senior management accountant
5%
senior accounting manager
5%
charity
5%
compliance manager
5%
chief financial officer
5%
senior accountant
5%
lincoln
5%
sorp
5%
qualified
5%
charities
5%
northampton
5%
funding
5%
line management
5%
strategic planning
5%
banking
5%
audit
5%
acma
5%
forecast
5%
manufacturing
5%
insurance
5%
statutory
5%
variance analysis
5%
accountant
5%
corby
5%
kettering
5%
year end
5%
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