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

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Assistant Skills List in Financial Services

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for an Assistant role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Assistant job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 30% of Assistant job descriptions contained communication skills as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

communication skills
30%
financial services
24%
financial planning
18%
customer service
18%
finance
18%
retail
18%
paraplanning
18%
jewellery
12%
loans
12%
direct debit
12%
sage accounts
12%
purchase ledger
12%
financial assistance
12%
file review
12%
compliance
12%
staff training
12%
positive team player
12%
petty cash
12%
payments
12%
expenditure control
12%
math
6%
general ledger
6%
billing
6%
legal
6%
interpersonal skills
6%
business development
6%
private equity
6%
office support
6%
holistic financial planning
6%
benefits
6%
finances
6%
sage
6%
microsoft office
6%
data
6%
administrative
6%
sales
6%
report writing
6%
wealth management
6%
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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.

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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