Accounting Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Accountancy (qualified)

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Accounting Skills List in Accountancy (qualified)

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, 43% of Accounting job descriptions contained acca as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

acca
43%
aca
39%
accounting
24%
accountant
20%
cima
20%
financial accounting
15%
finance
15%
accountancy firm
15%
aat
15%
financial reporting
10%
teaching
10%
adults
10%
accountancy
10%
financial accounting manager
10%
ifrs
10%
chartered accountant
10%
qualified accountant
10%
policy writing
5%
it skills
5%
sage
5%
xero
5%
group reporting
5%
financemanager
5%
financial
5%
nhs
5%
internal controls
5%
cloud accounting
5%
sox compliancy
5%
technical papers
5%
acma
5%
finance manager
5%
leicester
5%
accounting manager
5%
management
5%
leases
5%
highly numerate
5%
highly dedicated
5%
supervision
5%
statutory accounting
5%
finance team
5%
practice accountant
5%
people skills
5%
financial systems
5%
public sector
5%
treasury
5%
treasury management
5%
lease administration
5%
retail
5%
business development
5%
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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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