Accountant of the Year
This award recognises the accountant who has most effectively shaped business performance, delivered outstanding value and demonstrated excellence within the accounting profession.
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Accounting Student of the Year
This award recognises an outstanding woman studying accounting who has demonstrated academic commitment, professional potential and a meaningful contribution to her workplace, institution or community.
Accounting Support Professional of the Year
This award recognises the accounting support professional whose expertise, reliability and initiative have improved team performance, client service and business operations.
Audit Professional of the Year
This award recognises the audit professional who has demonstrated technical excellence, integrity and leadership while delivering high-quality audit outcomes and strengthening stakeholder confidence.
Bookkeeper of the Year
This award recognises the bookkeeper who has delivered outstanding client service, operational accuracy and business value while demonstrating leadership and innovation.
Business Advisory Professional of the Year
This award recognises the business advisory professional who has delivered exceptional strategic advice, created measurable value for clients and helped businesses achieve sustainable growth.
Chief Financial Officer of the Year
This award recognises the chief financial officer who has demonstrated exceptional strategic leadership, financial stewardship and commercial impact within their organisation.
Corporate Accountant of the Year
This award recognises the corporate accountant who has delivered exceptional commercial insight, strengthened organisational performance and created measurable value within an in-house finance function.
Finance Leader of the Year
This award recognises the finance leader who has delivered outstanding commercial outcomes, strengthened the finance function and demonstrated influential leadership within their organisation.
HR Professional of the Year
This award recognises the HR professional who has strengthened people capability, culture and organisational performance within an accounting or finance workplace.
Indigenous Accountant of the Year
This award recognises an outstanding Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander woman who has demonstrated professional excellence and made a meaningful contribution to accounting, finance and the wider community.
Innovator of the Year
This award recognises the innovator who has challenged conventional practice, introduced impactful new ideas and delivered measurable improvements across accounting or finance.
Insolvency & Restructuring Professional of the Year
This award recognises the insolvency and restructuring professional who has delivered exceptional outcomes in complex engagements while demonstrating technical excellence, leadership and integrity.
Management Accountant of the Year
This award recognises the management accountant who has translated financial information into commercial insight, improved decision-making and strengthened organisational performance.
Marketing Communications Professional of the Year
This award recognises the marketing or communications professional who has strengthened the profile, growth and engagement of an accounting or finance organisation through effective strategy and execution.
Mentor of the Year
This award recognises the mentor who has made an outstanding contribution to the development, confidence and career progression of women within accounting and finance.
Not-for-Profit Accountant of the Year
This award recognises the accountant who has delivered exceptional financial stewardship, insight and impact within a not-for-profit or community organisation.
Practice Manager of the Year
This award recognises the practice manager who has improved operational performance, strengthened workplace culture and enabled an accounting practice to deliver exceptional client and business outcomes.
Practice Principal of the Year
This award recognises the practice principal who has demonstrated outstanding leadership, business performance and vision while building a successful and sustainable accounting practice.
Regional/Suburban Professional of the Year
This award recognises the accounting or finance professional who has delivered exceptional outcomes and made a significant contribution to a regional, rural or remote community.
SMSF Professional of the Year
This award recognises the SMSF professional who has demonstrated exceptional technical expertise, client service and leadership in delivering high-quality self-managed superannuation fund outcomes.
Tax Professional of the Year
This award recognises the tax professional who has demonstrated exceptional technical expertise, client service and leadership while delivering outstanding tax outcomes.
Thought Leader of the Year
This award recognises the thought leader who has influenced the accounting profession through insight, advocacy, education and the advancement of important conversations in the profession.
Wellness Advocate of the Year
This award recognises an individual who has championed wellbeing and created meaningful, measurable improvements for women working in accounting or finance.
Young Accountant of the Year (30 or Under)
This award recognises an outstanding woman aged 35 or under who has demonstrated exceptional leadership, achievement and potential within accounting or finance.
Accounting Firm of the Year
This award recognises an outstanding accounting firm that has demonstrated market leadership, exceptional client outcomes, strong business performance and a commitment to innovation and people.
Accounting Firm of the Year (SME)
This award recognises an outstanding small-to-medium accounting firm that has demonstrated strong business performance, exceptional client service, innovation and a positive workplace culture.
Accounting Team of the Year
This award recognises an outstanding accounting team that has demonstrated collaboration, technical excellence and measurable impact for its organisation or clients.
Corporate Finance Team of the Year
This award recognises an outstanding in-house finance team that has delivered strategic insight, operational excellence and measurable value to its organisation.
Diversity Practice of the Year
This award recognises an accounting practice that has embedded diversity and inclusion into its culture, leadership and operations, delivering measurable benefits for its people, clients and business.
Employer of the Year
This award recognises an organisation that has created an exceptional workplace for women in accounting and finance through inclusive leadership, career development, flexibility and meaningful support.
Innovation Program of the Year
This award recognises an outstanding program that has introduced new ideas, technologies or ways of working and delivered measurable improvements across accounting or finance.
Learning & Development Program of the Year
This award recognises an outstanding learning and development program that has strengthened capability, supported career progression and delivered measurable benefits for women in accounting or finance.
Workplace Wellbeing Initiative of the Year
This award recognises an outstanding workplace wellbeing initiative that has improved the physical, mental, social or financial wellbeing of women working in accounting or finance.