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

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Sales Skills List in Accountancy (qualified)

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Sales role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Sales job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 19% of Sales job descriptions contained financial planning as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

financial planning
19%
acca
16%
forecasting
16%
finance manager
13%
aca
13%
finance
13%
budgeting
13%
commercial finance
13%
accounting
10%
cima
10%
finance business partner
10%
analysis
10%
sme
10%
financial controller
10%
analysts
7%
variance analysis
7%
finance director
7%
fcca
7%
financial reporting
7%
finance data analyst
7%
management reporting
7%
foreign currency
7%
advanced excel
7%
partnering
7%
gross margin
7%
financial analysis
7%
qualified accountant
7%
trusted business partner
4%
budgeting and forecasting
4%
resellers
4%
financial planning and analysis
4%
managed services
4%
mi
4%
business planning
4%
software
4%
sales analysis
4%
team management
4%
sales
4%
reporting
4%
management information
4%
kpi reports
4%
xero
4%
vat returns
4%
project work
4%
microsoft office
4%
construction industry
4%
cis returns
4%
aat
4%
account management
4%
capex
4%
investment
4%
financial services
4%
group reporting accountant
4%
business partner support
4%
business case production
4%
ticket sales
4%
sheet reconciliations
4%
forecast
4%
vision
4%
quality control
4%
pragmatic
4%
internal audit
4%
financial control
4%
entrepreneurship
4%
staff management
4%
analyst
4%
data
4%
cash flow forecasting
4%
manufacturing
4%
sme sector
4%
technical skills
4%
commercial awareness
4%
erp
4%
margin
4%
cost management
4%
numeracy
4%
part qualified
4%
senior financial accountant
4%
consolidation
4%
group accounts
4%
management accountant
4%
management accounts
4%
private equity
4%
methodical
4%
remote
4%
fp&a analyst
4%
budgets
4%
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