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

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Investments Skills List in Financial Services

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for an Investments role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Investments job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 41% of Investments job descriptions contained financial planning as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

financial planning
41%
financial services
32%
paraplanning
28%
wealth management
23%
pensions
19%
investment
19%
financial advice
19%
administrative
14%
investments
14%
high net worth individuals
10%
sipp
10%
complaints
10%
research
10%
communication skills
10%
positive team player
10%
administration duties
10%
holistic financial planning
10%
admin
5%
investment manager
5%
microsoft excel
5%
organisational skills
5%
adviser
5%
advice
5%
financial data
5%
report writing
5%
annual reviews
5%
private markets investment operations
5%
clients
5%
isas
5%
bonds
5%
funds
5%
isa
5%
regulatory guidelines
5%
estate planning
5%
advisor
5%
certified financial planner
5%
mortgage broker
5%
bereavement
5%
empathy
5%
relationship management
5%
paraplanner
5%
senior paraplanner
5%
financial officer
5%
income protection
5%
insurance
5%
mortgage advisor
5%
risk
5%
mortgage brokers
5%
protection products
5%
independent financial advice
5%
financial manager
5%
cio
5%
compliance
5%
finance
5%
financial modelling
5%
chief financial officer
5%

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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