Skills employers ask for most in Finance
26,865 open jobs in Finance name at least one skill. These are the skills they name most.
Most-asked skills in Finance
Share of the 26,865 jobs in Finance that name the skill.
| # | Skill | Share of jobs | Open jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Excel | 36% | 9,667 |
| 2 | Audit | 33% | 8,767 |
| 3 | Forecasting | 22% | 5,818 |
| 4 | Budgeting | 16% | 4,381 |
| 5 | GAAP | 16% | 4,186 |
| 6 | FP&A | 15% | 3,959 |
| 7 | ERP | 14% | 3,662 |
| 8 | Risk management | 13% | 3,400 |
| 9 | Accounts payable | 11% | 2,911 |
| 10 | Project management | 9.9% | 2,658 |
| 11 | SAP | 9.8% | 2,631 |
| 12 | Reconciliation | 9.7% | 2,593 |
| 13 | Treasury | 9.4% | 2,537 |
| 14 | Accounts receivable | 8.7% | 2,335 |
| 15 | Financial modeling | 8.5% | 2,292 |
| 16 | Variance analysis | 8.2% | 2,201 |
| 17 | SOX | 7.9% | 2,113 |
| 18 | PowerPoint | 7.8% | 2,085 |
| 19 | SQL | 7.1% | 1,914 |
| 20 | Oracle | 6.9% | 1,864 |
| 21 | Onboarding | 6.9% | 1,843 |
| 22 | Procurement | 5.5% | 1,478 |
| 23 | Supply chain | 5.3% | 1,425 |
| 24 | Power BI | 5% | 1,347 |
| 25 | Workday | 4.9% | 1,319 |
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