Accountability Edinburgh shortlisted for three prizes

Accountability Edinburgh shortlisted for three prizes

Accountability Edinburgh founder founder Rosie Berridge

Accounting firm Accountability Edinburgh has been shortlisted in three categories at the upcoming Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) Impact Awards.

The firm is in the running for Practice of the Year, while founder Rosie Berridge is up for Digital Finance Pioneer and Sarah Green is in the running for Bookkeeper of the Year.

Winners will be announced on Friday at a gala ceremony in London.

The trio of nominations comes just a matter of weeks after the business, which offers an outsourced finance team service to owners of small businesses landed a hat-trick of prestigious awards.

The firm was crowned Bookkeeping Partner of the Year for the second year running and Client Champion of the Year at the Xero awards in London in September.

Accountability also scooped Bookkeeping Team of the Year at the Accounting Excellence Awards in Camden at the end of the same month.

The AAT Practice of the Year award recognises an outstanding accountant or bookkeeper who has demonstrated excellence in client service, innovation and sustainable business.

The Bookkeeper of the Year Award is a new category and will reward someone who not only demonstrates exceptional accuracy and professionalism, but also makes a lasting impact, whether through driving business success, delivering exemplary service to clients, or growing their own thriving practice.

The Digital Finance Pioneer Award is another new category, being awarded to someone who embraces technology to transform finance functions or practices, whether it’s digitising workflows, adopting AI, or leading on finance transformation.

Accountability Edinburgh was founded in 2012 to provide in-year accounting and bookkeeping support to owners of small businesses who typically only get support from their accountant once a year.

Rosie Berridge set up the firm at a point where she had three small children – and she was determined to offer real flexible working opportunities. Since then the business has grown to a team of 16, with plans for further, continued expansion.

Welcoming the AAT nominations, Ms Berridge said: “We are a dynamic practice determined to deliver great outcomes for our clients. We transform the way small businesses experience accounting and it’s a real honour to be recognised in this way.

“We were obviously delighted with our successes in September and hopefully we can add to them on Friday. It’s particularly pleasing to be recognised by AAT, the world’s leading professional body for accounting technicians.

“None of this would be possible without the fantastic team behind us, though, and it’s everybody’s hard work and commitment to putting our clients at the heart of everything we do that has taken us to where we are.”

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