Accounting Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Accountancy

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Accounting Skills List in Accountancy

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for an Accounting role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Accounting job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 32% of Accounting job descriptions contained accountant as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

accountant
32%
acca
27%
cima
27%
accounting technician
27%
assistant accountant
27%
bookkeeping
16%
management accounts
16%
aat
16%
finance
16%
bookkeeper
11%
management accountant
11%
accounting
11%
accounts assistant
11%
part-qualified accountant
11%
finance manager
11%
financial accounting
11%
organisation
6%
sage 50
6%
interpersonal skills
6%
teams
6%
intermediate excel
6%
attention to detail
6%
financial planning
6%
studier
6%
project accountant
6%
hull
6%
hessle
6%
accounts
6%
budget
6%
budgeting
6%
financial analysis
6%
aat qualified
6%
investing
6%
tax
6%
trainee accountant
6%
accountancy experience
6%
east leeds
6%
finance assistant
6%
garforth
6%
progression
6%
selby
6%
assistant management accountant
6%
microsoft excel
6%
microsoft word
6%
sage line
6%
ati
6%
statutory accounts
6%
xero
6%
budget monitoring
6%
financial monitoring
6%
ir35
6%
local government
6%
benefits
6%
accounts senior
6%
finance analyst
6%
communication skills
6%
junior accountant
6%
payroll
6%
practice accountant
6%
taxation
6%
vat
6%
kpi reporting
6%
highly numerate
6%
analysis
6%
cost accountant
6%
costings
6%
excel skills
6%

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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