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Accounts Team of the Year Award

Sponsored by KPMG

 


This year’s award will again aim to recognise the most innovative and efficient Accounts Team with significant emphasis on the processes involved in completing the final accounts process.

Click here to download the ACCOUNTS TEAM OF THE YEAR Award nomination form 


Entry Requirements:

1. Applicants must complete the nomination form providing responses to the following questions:

• How was the annual accounts process managed? (Include details of any key challenges or obstacles that were overcome)

• Highlight any changes/improvements compared with the previous year and the reasons for making these changes.

• What was the approach to working papers?

• How did the team ensure the accounts were produced on time?

• How were the accounts presented within and outside the organisation?

• What was the external auditor’s view of the final accounts product?

• Are there any lessons for next year’s accounts process?

2. A copy of the financial pages from the organisation’s annual report

 

Judging criteria

Judges will be looking for evidence of:

• The quality of the accounts produced and the reporting in the annual report

• The professionalism of the team

• Collaborative working

• Good planning, processes and the achievement of milestones


The Judges

Janet Perry, NHS Financial Controller / Deputy Director of Finance, Department of Health

Paul Assinder, Director of Finance, Dudley Group of Hospitals NHS FT and President, HFMA

Emma Knowles, Head of Financial Management, Audit Commission

David Bacon, Chair, HFMA Accounting and Standards Committee

Neil Thomas, Partner, KPMG