Assistant Accountant Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Accountancy

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Assistant Accountant Skills List in Accountancy

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for an Assistant Accountant role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Assistant Accountant job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 48% of Assistant Accountant job descriptions contained assistant accountant as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

assistant accountant
48%
assistant management accountant
30%
finance
24%
management accountant
18%
accounting
18%
finance manager
12%
accounts assistant
12%
highly detailed
6%
prepayment
6%
variance analysis
6%
senior accounts assistant
6%
trainee accountant
6%
trainee management accountant
6%
aat
6%
quickbooks
6%
xero
6%
home working
6%
hybrid working
6%
management accounts
6%
month end
6%
analytical skills
6%
flexibility
6%
management accounting
6%
highly numerate
6%
accountants
6%
multiple priorities
6%
people skills
6%
reliable
6%
effective communication
6%
analysis
6%
budgeting
6%
payroll
6%
cash flow
6%
cashflow analysis
6%
financial analysis
6%
forecasting
6%
north
6%
balance sheet review
6%
bank reconciliation
6%
cis returns
6%
credit control
6%
purchase ledger
6%
sales ledger
6%
vat returns
6%
accountant
6%
cima
6%
darlington
6%
durham
6%
finalist
6%
fixed asset accountant
6%
ne
6%
newcastle
6%
monthly accounts
6%
north east
6%
permanent
6%
studier
6%
study support
6%
sunderland
6%
uk
6%
tax accountant
6%
accruals
6%
bank reconciliations
6%
fixed asset
6%
intercompany
6%
invoice processing
6%
journal entries
6%
month end close
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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