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Market evidence report — accounting-analyst
Source: 64 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 64), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-08. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).
Seniority distribution
| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 44 | 69 % |
| senior | 14 | 22 % |
| junior | 4 | 6 % |
| lead | 1 | 2 % |
| n/a | 1 | 2 % |
Tools — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Microsoft Excel | 36 | 56 % |
| 2 | Power BI | 9 | 14 % |
| 3 | SAP | 8 | 12 % |
| 4 | Microsoft PowerPoint | 5 | 8 % |
| 5 | Microsoft Word | 5 | 8 % |
| 6 | SQL | 5 | 8 % |
| 7 | Hyperion | 4 | 6 % |
| 8 | accounting systems | 3 | 5 % |
| 9 | ERP systems | 3 | 5 % |
| 10 | JDE | 3 | 5 % |
| 11 | Microsoft Office | 3 | 5 % |
| 12 | NetSuite | 3 | 5 % |
| 13 | Oracle | 3 | 5 % |
| 14 | Python | 3 | 5 % |
| 15 | tableau | 3 | 5 % |
Hard skills — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | financial analysis | 17 | 27 % |
| 2 | financial reporting | 15 | 23 % |
| 3 | account reconciliation | 14 | 22 % |
| 4 | data analysis | 13 | 20 % |
| 5 | internal controls | 10 | 16 % |
| 6 | forecasting | 9 | 14 % |
| 7 | process improvement | 9 | 14 % |
| 8 | variance analysis | 9 | 14 % |
| 9 | budgeting | 8 | 12 % |
| 10 | financial data analysis | 8 | 12 % |
| 11 | cost accounting | 7 | 11 % |
| 12 | revenue recognition | 5 | 8 % |
| 13 | accounts receivable | 4 | 6 % |
| 14 | balance sheet reconciliation | 4 | 6 % |
| 15 | budget preparation | 4 | 6 % |
| 16 | financial modeling | 4 | 6 % |
| 17 | problem solving | 4 | 6 % |
| 18 | reconciliation | 4 | 6 % |
| 19 | accounting data analysis | 3 | 5 % |
| 20 | accounts payable | 3 | 5 % |
| 21 | audit preparation | 3 | 5 % |
| 22 | auditing | 3 | 5 % |
| 23 | data integration | 3 | 5 % |
| 24 | data validation | 3 | 5 % |
| 25 | journal entry preparation | 3 | 5 % |
| 26 | root cause analysis | 3 | 5 % |
Methods — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | process improvement | 8 | 12 % |
| 2 | sox compliance | 4 | 6 % |
| 3 | generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) | 3 | 5 % |
| 4 | user acceptance testing (UAT) | 3 | 5 % |
Responsibilities — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | financial reporting | 7 | 11 % |
| 2 | journal entry preparation | 7 | 11 % |
| 3 | data analysis | 6 | 9 % |
| 4 | audit support | 5 | 8 % |
| 5 | process improvement | 5 | 8 % |
| 6 | account reconciliation | 4 | 6 % |
| 7 | report generation | 4 | 6 % |
| 8 | discrepancy resolution | 3 | 5 % |
| 9 | financial record maintenance | 3 | 5 % |
| 10 | financial report preparation | 3 | 5 % |
| 11 | stakeholder communication | 3 | 5 % |
Job title variants in the market
| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Accounting Analyst | 4 |
| Senior Accounting Analyst | 4 |
| Financial Systems Analyst | 2 |
| Sr. Financial Systems Analyst | 2 |
| Accountant or Account Analyst | 1 |
| Accounting Analyst - Temple University | 1 |
| Accounting Analyst I | 1 |
| Accounting Analyst I - Herndon, VA | 1 |
| Accounting Analyst Job at Climate United FUND in Bethesda | 1 |
| Accounting Analyst, Senior | 1 |
| Accounting Systems Analyst | 1 |
| Accounting Systems Analyst - Department of Finance | 1 |
| Accounting Systems Analyst (NCS) - Baltimore Convention Center | 1 |
| Accounts Payable Analyst | 1 |
| Analyst - Fund Accounting - Direct Lending/Private Credit | 1 |
| AR Analyst | 1 |
| Assoc Financial Systems Analyst - BSC (Hybrid) | 1 |
| Audit & Tax Business Systems Analyst | 1 |
| Corporate Accounting Analyst | 1 |
| Cost Accounting Analyst | 1 |
| Cost Accounting Analyst - Manufacturing (12-Month Contract) | 1 |
| Cost Accounting Technical Specialist | 1 |
| Cost Analyst (Need someone with Cost Accounting Background) | 1 |
| Cost and Accounting Analyst | 1 |
| Drexel Accounting Analyst Co-op (Fall/Winter 2026) - Philadelphia | 1 |
Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.