Accountancy Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Accountancy

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Accountancy Skills List in Accountancy

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for an Accountancy role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Accountancy job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 37% of Accountancy job descriptions contained accountancy practice as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

accountancy practice
37%
accountancy
32%
compliance administrator
27%
accounts assistant
25%
accounts administrator
22%
accounts admin
22%
audit
18%
accountancy firm
15%
bookkeeping
13%
auditor
10%
xero
10%
leadership
8%
business development
8%
acca
8%
team building
8%
accounting
8%
people skills
8%
accounts
8%
accounts technician
8%
practice accountant
8%
finance assistant
5%
sage line
5%
quickbooks
5%
management accounts
5%
management accountant
5%
teamwork
5%
accountants
5%
auditing
5%
tax associate
5%
chartered accountancy
5%
commercial finance
5%
liverpool
5%
merseyside
5%
payroll
5%
st helens
5%
vat returns
5%
bookkeeper
5%
tax returns
5%
tax assistant
5%
cima
5%
management
5%
teaching
5%
tax analyst
5%
semi senior accountant
5%
accounts semi senior
5%
accountant
5%
accounts manager
3%
associate director
3%
senior accountant
3%
tax accountant
3%
taxation
3%
account manager
3%
business development manager
3%
client manager
3%
customer success manager
3%
accounts clerk
3%
assistant accountant
3%
junior accountant
3%
tax senior
3%
practice accountancy
3%
tax advisor
3%
tax manager
3%
aat
3%
aca
3%
account management
3%
exeter
3%
progression
3%
training
3%
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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.

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