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2020 Shortlist

View the Irish Accountancy Awards 2020 finalists below.

To view the winners of the 2020 awards, please click here.

Practice of the Year

Accountant Online (winner)

Outstanding Contribution to Accountancy

Dr. Margaret Downes (recipient)

 

View the full announcement

Chartered Accountants Ireland

Large Practice of the Year

  • Contracting PLUS
  • Ifac
  • PKF-FPM Accountants
Circit

Medium Practice of the Year

  • Accountant Online
  • BCC Accountants
  • Cafico International
  • Cronin & Company
  • Fenero
  • HannawayCA
  • Hugh McCarthy & Associates
  • M J Kane & Co Accountants
  • Quarter Chartered Accountants
  • Walsh O'Brien Harnett
  • Whelan Dowling & Associates
Sage

Small Practice of the Year

  • Heaney Keogh
  • JJ Byrne & Co Accountants
  • Loughlin & Co 
Axon Outsourcing

Accountant of the Year

  • Sandra Clarke - BCC Accountants
  • Sinead Doherty - Fenero
  • James Farrell - Ifac
  • John Hannaway - HannawayCA
  • Michael J Kane - M J Kane & Co Accountants
Sage

Finance Director of the Year

  • Rob MacTighearnain - EML Payments
  • Ania Zarudzka - WIN|WIN Group

Finance Team of the Year

  • Boston Scientific Clonmel
  • EML Payments
  • WIN|WIN Group
​The Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Ireland

Advisory Team of the Year

  • Fitzgerald & Partners
  • HannawayCA
  • HLB Sheehan Quinn
  • Hugh McCarthy & Associates
  • Ifac
  • Walsh O'Brien Harnett
​The Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Ireland

Advisory Team of the Year – SME Finance

  • AJ Accounting & Tax Services
  • ATS Chartered Accountants
  • BCA
  • Cregan Accountants
  • Curtin O'Friel & Company
  • Keogh Ryan Tierney Chartered Accountants
  • ORM Accountants
  • Paul O'Donovan & Associates
  • Peter Moore & Co
​permanent tsb

Tax Team of the Year

  • Contracting PLUS
  • Fenero
  • M J Kane & Co Accountants
  • PKF O'Connor, Leddy & Holmes
  • Walsh O'Brien Harnett
Marketing Clever

Employer of the Year

  • Contracting PLUS
  • Hugh McCarthy & Associates
  • PKF-FPM Accountants
  • Walsh O'Brien Harnett

CSR Initiative of the Year

  • Doing Business in Kinsale - Fitzgerald & Partners
  • Lalor O'Shea McQuillan Chartered Accountants
  • Literacy Mentoring - Mazars Ireland
  • McKesson Cork Business Solutions

Best Use of Technology in Accountancy & Finance - Provider

  • ACCQ Simulator – Bingbong
  • Red Flare
  • The Workiva Platform
  • Zinger
Sage

Best Use of Technology in Accountancy & Finance - End User

  • Accountant Online
  • Contracting PLUS
  • Dalata Hotel Group
  • Ifac
  • NKC Business & Taxation Consultants
  • The Hermitage Medical Clinic
Sage

Excellence in Education & Training

  • AccountancySchool.ie
  • Bachelor of Business (Honours) in Accounting - GMIT Mayo
    Campus
  • MSc in Accounting & Finance - Griffith College Graduate Business School
  • MSc in International Accounting & Analytics - NUI Galway
  • Strategy & Leadership in Accounting & Finance Module - TU Dublin
  • Student Managed Fund - TU Dublin
  • StudyOnline.ie

Young Accountant of the Year

  • Eoin Hanson - Ifac
  • Ryan Kerr - Bavarian BMW, Agnew Group
  • Paul Leonard - HannawayCA
  • Ultan Quirke - Hume Brophy
  • Ashok Thomas - PKF-FPM Accountants
  • Adam Tierney - BCC Accountants

Part - Qualified Accountant of the Year

  • Jean Chook - Cafico International
  • Ciara Falls - National Treasury Management Agency
  • Michael-Joseph Kane - M J Kane & Co Accountants
  • Siobhán Kerrisk - Grant Thornton
  • Megan McClurkin - M J Kane & Co Accountants
  • Jerry O’Neill - Ifac

Graduate Training Programme of the Year

  • BDO Ireland
  • EY
  • First Steps Programme - Mazars Ireland
  • Walsh O'Brien Harnett
Chartered Accountants Ireland
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