ELIGIBILITY

This award is open to all partners of firms that provided accounting services in the region. A partner of an accounting firm is a senior member of the firm who is responsible or jointly responsible for the financial direction and management of the firm. This can include partners, managing partners and directors.

Entries can be submitted by 

• organisations nominating their employees, 
• clients nominating individuals as their suppliers or 
• individuals wishing to recognise either their own or their colleague's efforts.

• To strengthen your entry, you may wish to include an endorsement from your CEO.
• Where possible the impact should be demonstrated by evidence available publicly, e.g. social media or Glassdoor.

For entrants from Practice please attach evidence of nominee's professional qualification as a chartered accountant (i.e. third-party affirmation or copy of the certificate). Qualifications from the following professional accounting bodies are accepted: ACCA, ICAEW, ICAS, CIMA, CIPFA, CIoT.

Judging Criteria

The judges will be looking for clear information backed up by facts that pay particular attention to the criteria listed below.

• Professionalism: outline the Evidence of professional conduct and performance
• Measurable Success: outline the facts of quantifiable performance improvements and personal excellence and how success was recorded and measured. 
• Innovation: Please include details of any unique efforts or uses of technology introduced by the individual that has successfully improved the performance of their team or the organisation as a whole Demonstrating the innovation encouraging positive change
• Role Model: Demonstration of how the candidate is a positive role model
• Quality of service: Outline how the individual exceeded expectations through their work.
• Teamwork: Outline how the individual has contributed to the success of their team, and displayed commitment, enthusiasm and flexibility in the role.
• Impact: What makes this individual stand out from colleagues? Outline their achievements to date, summarising their contribution to the growth and success of the organisation.
• Please include a testimonial from the individual’s head of department or supervisor where possible.

QUALITATIVE CRITERIA

Open to partners at accountancy firms/offices across the region

• Drive sustainable revenue growth.
• Unique selling points/points of difference as a practice partner
• Quality firm/business unit as a result.
• Contribution to innovation in your firm/business unit and
• Impacted business growth.
• Showcases your success as a practice partner.
• Case study.
• Detail how you have structured your firm/business units to drive sustainable revenue growth.
• Outline your unique selling points/points of difference as a practice partner compared with your peers, and how you have created a quality firm/business unit as a result.
• Highlight your contribution to innovation in your firm/business unit and how this has impacted business growth.
• Provide a case study that showcases your success as a practice partner in 2019.

METRICS

• Total revenue (firm)
• Total revenue (under partner's control)
• Number of clients (under partner's control)
• Percentage of recurring number (under partner's control)
• Number of new clients (under partner's control)
• Total number of staff under management (under partner's control)