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Accountant / Finance Executive: skills and learning path

Accountants and finance executives keep the books, file GST and taxes and report on the numbers. Tally, Excel and accounting fundamentals appear in most job posts.

Based on 10,000 job posts, Feb 2024 – Mar 2026 Typical experience asked: 1–5 years Accountant / Finance Executive jobs

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What Accountant / Finance Executive job posts ask for

The share of job posts that ask for each skill, rounded. Core skills are asked for in at least 15% of posts.

Learning path

The core skills in order, with a free course and practice on jobpe for each. Check your resume above to see only the skills you're missing.

  1. 1

    Accounting

    Core skill · in about 65% of job posts
  2. 2

    GST and taxation

    Core skill · in about 40% of job posts
  3. 3

    Auditing and internal control

    Core skill · in about 25% of job posts
  4. 4

    Financial analysis

    Core skill · in about 20% of job posts
  5. 5

    Tally and accounting software

    Core skill · in about 20% of job posts
  6. 6

    SAP and ERP

    Core skill · in about 15% of job posts

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