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

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Controller Skills List in Financial Services

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for a Controller role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Controller job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 50% of Controller job descriptions contained finance as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

finance
50%
credit control
44%
collections
44%
customer service
25%
true team player
13%
debt management
13%
credit controller
13%
financial controller
13%
recoveries
13%
reconciliation
13%
meet deadlines
13%
invoicing
13%
finance team
13%
confidentiality
13%
billing
13%
assertiveness
7%
proactive approach
7%
meticulous
7%
senior finance
7%
qualified finance
7%
qualified accountant
7%
financial accountant
7%
self-motivated
7%
credit
7%
nhs
7%
customer accounts
7%
debt
7%
commercial finance
7%
highly detailed
7%
communication skills
7%
allocation
7%
team leader
7%
collections team
7%
collections advisor
7%
controller
7%
invoice
7%
category
7%
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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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