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, 20% of Sales job descriptions contained financial planning as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

financial planning
20%
acca
17%
forecasting
17%
budgeting
14%
finance
14%
aca
14%
commercial finance
14%
sme
10%
finance manager
10%
cima
10%
financial controller
10%
analysis
10%
finance data analyst
10%
accounting
10%
advanced excel
7%
variance analysis
7%
finance director
7%
qualified accountant
7%
fcca
7%
financial analysis
7%
foreign currency
7%
financial reporting
7%
gross margin
7%
management reporting
7%
finance business partner
7%
analysts
7%
partnering
7%
managed services
4%
mi
4%
financial planning and analysis
4%
investment
4%
budgeting and forecasting
4%
trusted business partner
4%
software
4%
sales analysis
4%
team management
4%
sales
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%
resellers
4%
management accountant
4%
financial services
4%
business planning
4%
business partner support
4%
business case production
4%
ticket sales
4%
sheet reconciliations
4%
capex
4%
technical skills
4%
entrepreneurship
4%
pragmatic
4%
quality control
4%
methodical
4%
vision
4%
internal audit
4%
financial control
4%
staff management
4%
analyst
4%
data
4%
cash flow forecasting
4%
manufacturing
4%
sme sector
4%
reporting
4%
forecast
4%
margin
4%
cost management
4%
numeracy
4%
part qualified
4%
consolidation
4%
group accounts
4%
commercial awareness
4%
management accounts
4%
private equity
4%
budgets
4%
erp
4%
management information
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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