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, 48% of Controller job descriptions contained finance as a required skill.

Keywords / Skills

Popularity

finance
48%
collections
42%
credit control
42%
customer service
24%
invoicing
12%
credit controller
12%
recoveries
12%
debt management
12%
financial controller
12%
true team player
12%
reconciliation
12%
meet deadlines
12%
finance team
12%
confidentiality
12%
billing
12%
controller
12%
customer accounts
6%
senior finance
6%
meticulous
6%
proactive approach
6%
qualified finance
6%
qualified accountant
6%
financial accountant
6%
self-motivated
6%
nhs
6%
credit
6%
accounting
6%
debt
6%
commercial finance
6%
highly detailed
6%
communication skills
6%
assertiveness
6%
team leader
6%
collections team
6%
collections advisor
6%
invoice
6%
category
6%
allocation
6%
manufacturing
6%
management
6%
data
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.

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