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

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Payroll Skills List in Financial Services

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Payroll role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Payroll job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 60% of Payroll job descriptions contained finance as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

finance
60%
payroll
50%
practice
20%
reconciliation
20%
accountant
20%
data entry
10%
pensions
10%
finance administration
10%
finance administrator
10%
accountancy
10%
advice
10%
advisor
10%
bolton
10%
bookkeeper
10%
chester
10%
defined benefit
10%
ellesmere port
10%
fixed term contract
10%
liverpool
10%
manchester
10%
north west
10%
payroll administrator
10%
senior auditor
10%
defined contribution
10%
employee benefits
10%
pension
10%
pension administration
10%
pension schemes
10%
bacs
10%
bank reconciliation
10%
invoicing
10%
aat qualified
10%
advanced excel
10%
analyse
10%
data
10%
investigation
10%
payroll services
10%
problem solving
10%
validation
10%
aat
10%
acca
10%
administration
10%
bookkeeping
10%
accounts
10%
assistant
10%
exeter
10%
exmouth
10%
paignton
10%
sage
10%
taunton
10%
tiverton
10%
torquay
10%
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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.

Including the right keywords in your CV will help you get past Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and win more job interviews from employers and recruiters.


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