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, 37% of Accounting job descriptions contained assistant accountant as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

assistant accountant
37%
accounting technician
37%
accountant
37%
acca
37%
cima
37%
finance
28%
aat
19%
part-qualified accountant
19%
accounts assistant
19%
accounting
19%
financial accounting
19%
finance manager
19%
selby
10%
finance assistant
10%
bookkeeper
10%
bookkeeping
10%
budget
10%
budgeting
10%
financial analysis
10%
financial planning
10%
investing
10%
tax
10%
progression
10%
garforth
10%
trainee accountant
10%
accountancy experience
10%
east leeds
10%
hull
10%
kpi reporting
10%
management accountant
10%
aat qualified
10%
analysis
10%
cost accountant
10%
costings
10%
excel skills
10%
finance analyst
10%
hessle
10%
accounts
10%
project accountant
10%
studier
10%
sage 50
10%
attention to detail
10%
intermediate excel
10%
interpersonal skills
10%
organisation
10%
teams
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.

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