Skills employers ask for in finance jobs
In 32,943 finance jobs in the SkillDrift job index, the most requested skill is Financial reporting, named in 26.9% of postings. Accounting follows at 18%, then Excel at 16.8%.
Based on 32,943 job postings in the SkillDrift job index, read on 1 October 2026.
The 8 skills named most often
Each share is the part of all finance jobs that name the skill. One posting usually names several skills, so the shares add up to more than 100%.
- 1Financial reporting26.9%8,861 of 32,943 postings
- 2Accounting18%5,916 of 32,943 postings
- 3Excel16.8%5,549 of 32,943 postings
- 4Accounts payable16.2%5,342 of 32,943 postings
- 5GST16.2%5,340 of 32,943 postings
- 6Accounts receivable14.5%4,789 of 32,943 postings
- 7Financial analysis13.9%4,579 of 32,943 postings
- 8TDS12.9%4,245 of 32,943 postings
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The SkillDrift job index collects live job postings and reads the skills each one asks for. This page counts the postings in the finance role group, across all industries, and shows the share that name each skill. Skills appear as employers write them, so close variants such as Excel and MS Excel can both appear, because a posting may use either. The page is refreshed from the index, and the date above shows the last read.
Questions people ask
What is the most requested skill in finance jobs?
Financial reporting. It is named in 26.9% of the 32,943 finance jobs in the SkillDrift job index on 1 October 2026.
How many job postings is this based on?
32,943 postings, read from the SkillDrift job index on 1 October 2026. Each share is the number of postings that name the skill, divided by all postings in this group.