bookkeeper/references/skills.md

Competences — bookkeeper

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/c3aae59e-1441-4b3e-bdd1-6da50dc7cf42).

Essential

• accounting department processes (knowledge)
• accounting entries (knowledge)
• accounting techniques (knowledge)
• attach accounting certificates to accounting transactions (skill/competence)
• bookkeeping regulations (knowledge)
• commercial law (knowledge)
• company policies (knowledge)
• depreciation (knowledge)
• financial statements (knowledge)
• follow the statutory obligations (skill/competence)
• identify accounting errors (skill/competence)
• maintain financial records (skill/competence)
• manage the general ledger (skill/competence)
• perform balance sheet operations (skill/competence)
• prepare financial statements (skill/competence)
• prepare trial accounting balances (skill/competence)
• tax legislation (knowledge)
• use accounting systems (skill/competence)

Optional

• allocate bills (skill/competence)
• archive documentation related to work (skill/competence)
• calculate tax (skill/competence)
• ensure compliance with accounting conventions (skill/competence)
• financial department processes (knowledge)
• follow up accounts receivables (skill/competence)
• handle financial transactions (skill/competence)
• handle petty cash (skill/competence)
• interpret financial statements (skill/competence)
• issue sales invoices (skill/competence)
• labour legislation (knowledge)
• manage accounts (skill/competence)
• manage cash desk (skill/competence)
• manage payroll reports (skill/competence)
• organise business documents (skill/competence)
• prepare tax returns forms (skill/competence)
• statistics (knowledge)
• support development of annual budget (skill/competence)

Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 36 ads, as of 2026-07-09)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

Hard skills

• bank reconciliation — 56 %
• financial reporting — 44 %
• accounts receivable — 39 %
• accounts payable — 36 %
• bookkeeping — 36 %
• payroll processing — 33 %
• financial record maintenance — 22 %
• general ledger maintenance — 19 %

Responsibilities

• payroll processing — 22 %