Accounts Trainee Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Accountancy

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Accounts Trainee Skills List in Accountancy

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for an Accounts Trainee role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Accounts Trainee job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 33% of Accounts Trainee job descriptions contained aat as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

aat
33%
accounts assistant
33%
accounting
29%
trainee accountant
25%
vat
22%
bookkeeping
18%
accountancy
15%
accounts payable
15%
organisational skills
15%
accounts trainee
11%
interpersonal skills
11%
computer literate
11%
purchase ledger
11%
customer service
11%
excel
11%
finance
11%
friendly personality
8%
general admin
8%
english language skills
8%
microsoft excel
8%
assistant accountant
8%
active team player
8%
responsiveness
8%
self management
8%
true team player
8%
microsoft word
8%
acca
8%
bookkeeper
8%
reconciling
8%
sales ledger
8%
admin
8%
communication skills
8%
credit control
8%
finance department
8%
invoice
8%
gcse
8%
degrees
8%
accounts preparation
4%
legal
4%
accounts department
4%
vat returns
4%
reliability
4%
accounts receivable
4%
personal development
4%
audit
4%
accruals
4%
balance sheet
4%
cashbooks
4%
cost
4%
journal posting
4%
prepayment
4%
profit and loss
4%
telephone manner
4%
ledger
4%
aca
4%
accounts
4%
study support
4%
graduate
4%
graduate level
4%
accounts administrator
4%
accounts junior
4%
entry level
4%
finance administrator
4%
finance assistant
4%
administration
4%
trainee
4%
bolton
4%
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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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