Finalists have been announced for this year's IAB Awards, drawn from what judges called a "very strong and diverse set of submissions" sent during the nomination period.
The winners will now be selected by an independent panel of judges including Jane Howard head of accounting and actuarial liability at Wragge & Co, Sue Almond technical director of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), Ian Ball chairman of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) and International Accounting Bulletin (IAB) editor Ana Gyorkos.
Results will be kept tightly under wraps until the official announcement at the awards ceremony held on 16 September in London.
In addition to the awards detailed below, the ceremony will include the presentation of IAB's Young Accountant of the Year, Personality of the Year and Lifetime Achievement awards
The IAB Awards will be hosted as part of a half day International Accounting Bulletin Forum featuring sessions on recent M&A trends in the industry and cyber security as well as a senior executives round table.
The event is sponsored by headline sponsor Aon as well as Intuit Quickbooks, Star, Xero and Caseware.
NETWORK OF THE YEAR
- BDO
- Grant Thornton International
- PwC
- RSM International
RISING STAR NETWORK
- AUREN
- TGS Global
ASSOCIATION OF THE YEAR
- BKR International
- INPACT
- Praxity
RISING STAR ASSOCIATION
- ANTEA
- Alliot Group
- Praxity
AUDIT INNOVATION OF THE YEAR
In this category we only felt one nomination was deserving of short listing and will be announced as the winner on the night of the awards.
ADVISORY FIRM OF THE YEAR
In this category we only felt one nomination was deserving of short listing and will be announced as the winner on the night of the awards.
EMPLOYER OF THE YEAR
- Grant Thornton International
- Plante Moran
- WithumSmith+Brown
SUSTAINABLE FIRM OF THE YEAR
- Crowe Horwath International
- KPMG
- Moss Adams
- Moores Rowland Indonesia
- PwC UK
SOCIAL MEDIA NETWORKING CHAMPION OF THE YEAR:
Single firm award:
- Baker Tilly Malaysia
- Ebner Stolz (Nexia International member firm)
Global firm award:
- Crowe Horwath International
- KPMG
- Mazars
IT VENDOR
- HLB Russia for their electronic payment request software
- Receipt Bank
- Xero