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

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Finance Skills List in Financial Services

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Finance role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Finance job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 49% of Finance job descriptions contained finance as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

finance
49%
finance business partner
16%
sage
10%
analytical
10%
microsoft office
10%
analyst
10%
compliance
10%
finance manager
10%
finance administrator
7%
finance analyst
7%
finance controller
7%
financial administrator
7%
financial management
7%
account management
7%
financial services
7%
acca
7%
microsoft excel
7%
communication skills
7%
analytical skills
7%
delivering results
7%
financial control
7%
accounting
7%
payroll
7%
fixed asset register
7%
aat
7%
management skills
7%
social housing
7%
collections manager
4%
budget monitoring
4%
payouts
4%
financial manager
4%
financial accountant
4%
qualified finance
4%
finances
4%
cima
4%
finance reporting
4%
statutory accounts
4%
statutory accounting
4%
financial reporting
4%
financial officer
4%
client services
4%
finance jobs
4%
business administration
4%
senior administrator
4%
financial advisory
4%
administrator
4%
admin
4%
degree educated
4%
commercial finance
4%
accountancy
4%
cim qualified
4%
finance officer
4%
data
4%
administrative
4%
financial
4%
financial controller
4%
finance lead
4%
financial administration
4%
finance department
4%
build strong relationships
4%
strategies
4%
coordinating meetings
4%
business travel
4%
business meetings
4%
analysis
4%
quickbooks
4%
purchasing
4%
exceptional verbal
4%
accurate data entry
4%
senior finance
4%
head of finance
4%
public sector finance
4%
public sector
4%
hmg
4%
financial analysis
4%
finance administration
4%
finance assistant
4%
finance admin
4%
administration
4%
account assistant
4%
xero
4%
sap
4%
reconciliation
4%
invoicing
4%
payroll administrator
4%
data entry
4%
accounts
4%
numeracy
4%
education
4%
finance team
4%
written communication
4%
time management
4%
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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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