Last week, ACCA Uganda and Deloitte launched the third edition of the Chief Finance Officer Awards (CFO) dubbed: "Ethics and trust, the competitive advantage for business sustainability”.
This follows the huge success registered in the last two awards which saw six winners in 2017 and eight winners in 2018.
This year, the awards are seven; CFO of the year, Young CFO Award, Strategy Execution Award, Finance Transformation Award, Public Sector Award, SME sector Award and Not for Profit sector Award. Objective;
The CFO Awards were started as a way of recognising the role that CFOs and finance functions play within organisations, highlighting the good business and finance practices while raising the profile of this strategic role.
They are part of the bigger CFO agenda which presents a platform to share best practice, drive awareness, inspire action and develop a community of finance leaders committed to create more sustainable outcomes for their organisations.
Nomination Process
• The nomination is open today and will close on Friday, 13 September 2019. Its done online via this link; https://www.accaglobal.com/africa/en/member/member-networks/uganda-cfo-awards.html.
• Anyone is encouraged to nominate a CFO/Finance Director that meets the criteria which is; One must be a professional accountant, have been a CFO, Head of Finance or Finance Director (title may differ) for a minimum of three years and be a resident of Uganda.
• Self-nomination is also allowed.
• All winners shall have to demonstrate proficiency in the seven vital qualities of a professional accountant. These quotients are intelligence, creativity, digital knowledge, emotional intelligence, experience, vision, technical and ethical skills. Details of the skills can be found on https://www.accaglobal.com/gb/en/qualifications/why-acca/competency-framework/quotients.html
• Once the nominations are closed, an eminent panel of judges shortlists and interviews the top contenders for all the awards.
• Its important that nominations include statements and evidence of what the nominee has achieved to deserve winning the award.
For further information about the awards, please contact Charlotte Kukunda at [email protected] or Alvin Serukenya at [email protected]
