Finance, HR & Legal Skills in Demand

Corporate functions run the business itself: finance, accounting, people, legal and administration. Skills split by specialty, with accounting standards and credentials showing up strongly in the finance roles.

We analyzed 67 U.S. job descriptions from 20 employers for Finance, HR & Legal roles. The most requested skills were Excel (27%), Project management (19%) and CPA (18%).

485open U.S. roles tracked
5 yearstypical experience asked for

Business tools

  • Excel27%
  • PowerPoint13%
  • SAP12%

Product & design

  • Project management19%

Finance & legal

  • CPA18%
  • Regulatory compliance13%
  • SOX12%

Updated November 7, 2026, using job descriptions collected since September 25, 2026. Shares show how many of the sampled descriptions mention a skill, so a low share can still be a firm requirement in the roles that list it. We sample a limited number of descriptions per employer so that no single company dominates, and we only report figures backed by several employers. Advertised pay comes from a different group of roles than H1B filings, so the two are not directly comparable.

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