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, 21% of Sales job descriptions contained financial planning as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

financial planning
21%
finance
18%
acca
18%
forecasting
18%
budgeting
14%
aca
14%
finance data analyst
11%
financial reporting
11%
analysis
11%
cima
11%
commercial finance
11%
accounting
11%
advanced excel
7%
qualified accountant
7%
foreign currency
7%
finance business partner
7%
fcca
7%
financial controller
7%
variance analysis
7%
management accountant
7%
sme
7%
management reporting
7%
finance manager
7%
analysts
7%
sheet reconciliations
4%
financial services
4%
business planning
4%
business partner support
4%
business case production
4%
ticket sales
4%
kpi reports
4%
capex
4%
resellers
4%
mi
4%
managed services
4%
finance director
4%
financial planning and analysis
4%
budgeting and forecasting
4%
investment
4%
software
4%
account management
4%
aat
4%
cis returns
4%
construction industry
4%
microsoft office
4%
project work
4%
vat returns
4%
xero
4%
analytical
4%
confidentiality
4%
business partner
4%
fast paced environment
4%
flexible approach
4%
sales growth
4%
analyst
4%
financial analysis
4%
forecast
4%
margin
4%
cost management
4%
numeracy
4%
part qualified
4%
sme sector
4%
consolidation
4%
group accounts
4%
manufacturing
4%
management accounts
4%
private equity
4%
cash flow forecasting
4%
data
4%
trusted business partner
4%
staff management
4%
financial control
4%
internal audit
4%
budgets
4%
erp
4%
management information
4%
partnering
4%
reporting
4%
sales
4%
gross margin
4%
team management
4%
sales analysis
4%
technical skills
4%

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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