General Ledger Accountant Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Accountancy

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General Ledger Accountant Skills List in Accountancy

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a General Ledger Accountant role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of General Ledger Accountant job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 34% of General Ledger Accountant job descriptions contained accountant as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

accountant
34%
purchase ledger
20%
financial accounting
20%
accounting
20%
invoicing
20%
management accounts
14%
operations assistant
14%
month end
14%
bookkeeping
14%
sales ledger
14%
bank reconciliations
14%
rebate
7%
kerridge
7%
supplier
7%
petty cash
7%
qualified accountant
7%
spreadsheet
7%
reporting
7%
accounting assistant
7%
sage
7%
allocate
7%
reconciling
7%
vat
7%
allocations
7%
payroll
7%
analysis
7%
queries
7%
accounts payable
7%
bacs
7%
accounts receivable
7%
banking
7%
balance sheet
7%
credit control
7%
cash
7%
credit
7%
remittances
7%
debt recovery
7%
acca
7%
excel
7%
currency
7%
cima
7%
invoices
7%
financial forecasting
7%
cpa
7%
journals
7%
general ledger
7%
bookkeeper
7%
pivot tables
7%
month end close
7%
double entry
7%
prepayment
7%
vat returns
7%
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