Investments Skills you Need for your CV and Career in Financial Services

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Investments Skills List in Financial Services

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for an Investments role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Investments job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 40% of Investments job descriptions contained financial planning as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

financial planning
40%
financial services
31%
paraplanning
27%
wealth management
27%
pensions
22%
financial advice
18%
investment
18%
investments
14%
administrative
14%
research
9%
complaints
9%
sipp
9%
communication skills
9%
administration duties
9%
positive team player
9%
holistic financial planning
9%
high net worth individuals
9%
adviser
5%
advice
5%
financial data
5%
report writing
5%
pension administration
5%
annual reviews
5%
admin
5%
organisational skills
5%
advisor
5%
certified financial planner
5%
clients
5%
funds
5%
bonds
5%
isa
5%
regulatory guidelines
5%
isas
5%
customer contact
5%
customer queries
5%
financial planners
5%
estate planning
5%
income protection
5%
private markets investment operations
5%
chief financial officer
5%
cio
5%
financial manager
5%
financial officer
5%
investment manager
5%
bereavement
5%
empathy
5%
relationship management
5%
paraplanner
5%
senior paraplanner
5%
microsoft excel
5%
insurance
5%
mortgage advisor
5%
mortgage broker
5%
mortgage brokers
5%
protection products
5%
independent financial advice
5%
compliance
5%
finance
5%
financial modelling
5%
risk
5%

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.

Including the right keywords in your CV will help you get past Applicant Tracking Systems (ATS) and win more job interviews from employers and recruiters.


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