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

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Controller Skills List in Financial Services

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Controller role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Controller job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 50% of Controller job descriptions contained finance as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

finance
50%
collections
43%
credit control
29%
customer service
22%
credit controller
22%
debt
15%
controller
15%
debt management
15%
recoveries
15%
collections team
8%
highly detailed
8%
collections advisor
8%
true team player
8%
reconciliation
8%
meet deadlines
8%
invoicing
8%
finance team
8%
confidentiality
8%
team leader
8%
assertiveness
8%
communication skills
8%
category
8%
commercial finance
8%
nhs
8%
financial controller
8%
financial accountant
8%
qualified accountant
8%
qualified finance
8%
senior finance
8%
sales
8%
accounts
8%
balance sheets
8%
birmingham
8%
days-based
8%
excel
8%
funds
8%
invoices
8%
loss
8%
midlands
8%
payments
8%
billing
8%
sutton coldfield
8%
trends
8%
west
8%
accounting
8%
data
8%
management
8%
manufacturing
8%
allocation
8%
operations
8%
invoice
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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