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

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Accountant Skills List in Financial Services

Below we have compiled a list of the most popular skills for an Accountant role. We ranked the top skills based on the percentage of Accountant job descriptions they appeared on. For example, 79% of Accountant job descriptions contained finance as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

finance
79%
accountancy
69%
acca
64%
tax
48%
aat
43%
compliance
37%
chartered accountants
37%
accounts senior
37%
exeter
37%
exmouth
37%
paignton
37%
qbe
37%
taunton
37%
tiverton
37%
torquay
37%
accounts
22%
cima
22%
management accountant
22%
accountant
16%
semi-senior
11%
accounting
11%
aca
11%
auditor
11%
audits
11%
external
11%
financial analyst
11%
senior auditor
11%
payments
11%
ma
6%
management accounts
6%
financial forecasting
6%
working from home
6%
west london
6%
temporary job
6%
immediate start
6%
corporate tax
6%
assistant management accountant
6%
contract
6%
flexible working
6%
london
6%
home working
6%
hybrid working
6%
commercial analyst
6%
finance business partner
6%
practice accountant
6%
leeds
6%
north
6%
rotherham
6%
sheffield
6%
financial accountant
6%
invoices
6%
qualified finance
6%
year end
6%
banking
6%
financial services
6%
financial planning and analysis
6%
python
6%
sas
6%
sql
6%
bolton
6%
chester
6%
liverpool
6%
manchester
6%
north west
6%
xero
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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