Assistant Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Financial Services

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Assistant Skills List in Financial Services

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for an Assistant role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Assistant job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 31% of Assistant job descriptions contained communication skills as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

communication skills
31%
loans
24%
retail
24%
jewellery
16%
financial services
16%
customer service
16%
financial planning
16%
paraplanning
16%
petty cash
8%
private equity
8%
credit
8%
purchase ledger
8%
interpersonal skills
8%
math
8%
direct debit
8%
expenditure control
8%
payments
8%
positive team player
8%
sage accounts
8%
financial assistance
8%
staff training
8%
compliance
8%
file review
8%
office support
8%
benefits
8%
finances
8%
sage
8%
microsoft office
8%
finance
8%
data
8%
administrative
8%
sales
8%
business development
8%
wealth management
8%
report writing
8%
holistic financial planning
8%
general ledger
8%
mortgages
8%
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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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