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Nominations Now Closed for Most Powerful Women in Accounting Awards

The AICPA and CPA Practice Advisor magazine are looking for outstanding women professionals who continue to make their mark on the accounting profession as well as those who are emerging as the next generation of firm leaders, whether through new ...

Isaac M. O'Bannon

Apr. 29, 2019

Women Awards Extended Deadline

The AICPA and CPA Practice Advisor magazine are looking for outstanding women professionals who continue to make their mark on the accounting profession as well as those who are emerging as the next generation of firm leaders, whether through new technologies, practices, workflow or dynamic work environments.The award is given annually to 25 women leaders who are helping to define and advance the profession.

Nominations now closed.

The joint administration of the award is part of the AICPA’s ongoing efforts to promote inclusiveness and create more opportunities for women to attain leadership positions in both public and management accounting.

The ideal candidate for the Most Powerful Women in Accounting awards will demonstrate the following traits:

  1. She has been the driving force to create a culture of innovation or excellence within an accounting practice. If she is a vendor, she has helped to develop the technologies that will accounting empower firms to be more productive and profitable.
  2. She should be at a management or ownership level within her firm or company where her leadership has had a demonstrable effect upon the practices and success of the organization.
  3. She is a mentor and a role model, someone who stands out in her ability to encourage and help those around her succeed.

“Now in its eighth year, the ‘Most Powerful Women in Accounting’ awards recognize women who are not just making a difference in the accounting profession, but who are the difference in the profession – our accounting profession would not be where it is without the impact these influential women have made,” said Gail Perry, CPA, editor-in-chief of CPA Practice Advisor magazine.

Award nominations will be accepted through May 3, 2019. The winners will be selected by an independent panel of judges and will be recognized publicly at the AICPA Engage Conference in June and also in the June 2019 issue of CPA Practice Advisor magazine.