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Audit Professional of the Year Award
Assurance that businesses and their stakeholders can rely on.
About this category
This award recognises an audit or assurance professional whose work has combined rigour, professional scepticism and clear communication. Judges look for quality, sound judgement and the value the audit brought to the client.
Eligibility
- Open to audit and assurance professionals at any level
- In firms or internal audit functions
Judging criteria
- Audit quality
- Professional scepticism
- Judgement
- Communication with clients
- Improvements delivered
Qualitative criteria
- Independence
- Rigour and constructive challenge
Metrics
- Quality review results
- Issues identified
- Timeliness
- Efficiency gains and client feedback
Additional criteria
Entries should include a concise case study, supporting figures and, where possible, client or colleague evidence. Client names and commercially sensitive numbers may be anonymised or given as percentages and ranges, and nothing in an entry is ever shared beyond the judging panel. Judges consider the size of the practice or team, so sole practitioners and smaller firms compete on equal terms.
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