The Annual Excellence Awards have been a highlight on the Association’s event calendar since 2013.
2022 marks the 10th year of these prestigious awards
The Excellence Awards recognise and celebrate the success of bookkeepers and their businesses, and play an important role in raising awareness of our profession within New Zealand.
It remains vitally important that we celebrate the success of our fellow bookkeepers and provide them with the recognition they deserve. By recognising the achievements of our peers, we are all contributing to not only building the brand of our successful nominees, but also promoting the professionalism of bookkeeping to the public.
Entries are open early each year with winners announced at the Awards and Gala Dinner evening following #Bookkeepcon.
Why enter the Excellence Awards?
Entering the Excellence Awards presents a unique opportunity to focus on a bookkeeper’s personal or business strengths and the competitive advantage that makes their services exceptional.
Nominees can benefit from entering the Excellence Awards by:
- Celebrating the journey of the bookkeeper or their business to date.
- Highlighting your success to current and potential clients, suppliers, and staff.
- Motivating and energising your team to continue building your success.
- Positioning the business's strategy for long-term sustainable growth.
- Obtaining an independent acknowledgment of the business’s success.
- Benchmarking your business against competitors.
- Allowing a view of your business from a fresh perspective.
In essence, this provides nominees with the ideal opportunity to step back, review their own operation and take the next step forward.
Entry guidelines
The Excellence Awards are open to individual and business members of ICNZB, and to software providers in their dedicated categories. There is no charge to enter.
Nominations for awards are to be submitted by the bookkeeper themselves, with the exception of the peer nominated Service to Bookkeeping Award. We recommend you read the criteria thoroughly prior to submitting an entry to ensure the entry is valid.
All entries will be checked for validity by the organising team before being accepted.
Entry confidentiality
For the award process to be effective, there must be unquestionable fairness and objectivity for all concerned.
- All awards entry documentation and entry forms are treated as confidential by the organising team and judges.
- The organising team is comprised of employees of the Association, who are impartial.
- Applicants are not expected to provide or reveal, proprietary information regarding products, processes or services.
- Judges will be asked to declare any conflicts of interest and if necessary alternative judging arrangements will be made.
- Each judge has volunteered their time without compensation and is committed to assist with the success of the awards.
- Judging decisions remain confidential to judges and no correspondence will be entered into regarding the outcome of the awards.
The Judging process and panel
Once the entry period has closed, our judges will receive all award submissions and allocate a score of 1-10 for each question based on two key areas:
- The information provided to the questions
- The relevance of the answer to the award category
The individual judges are responsible for determining the score allocation for each question and returning their scoresheet to the organising team. The scores for each question from each judge are then totalled by the organising team. The final total will determine the winner and this person will be announced at the Awards and Gala Dinner evening following our annual conference.
The 2022 Judging Panel

2022 Awards
The ICNZB Excellence Awards for 2022 open for entries on 21 March 2022.
Entries must be submitted via the official online entry form(s) below no later than 11:59pm on Sunday, 8 May 2022. The online forms will automatically close at this time and there is no scope for an extension. All entries will be checked to ensure criteria is met before being accepted. Any entry that does not meet the criteria will be voided.
Finalists will be announced on or around 6 June 2022, with winners being announced at the Awards and Gala Dinner event being held at the Rydges Latimer Christchurch on 30 July 2022. To book your event ticket, click here >
The award categories for 2022 are as below. Entry form links will be added when the awards open.
To view a full list of all criteria and questions, please click here.
Please note our online entry forms have a limit of 4000 characters (including spaces) for each answer
Acknowledging our previous winners
Congratulations to our previous years award winners on their success.
2021 Excellence Award Winners
- Haley Wilson, Certified Bookkeeper of the Year
- Carly Coxon, Emerging Bookkeeper of the Year
- Leaine Jones, Bookkeeping Trainer of the Year
- 5 Star Admin Ltd, Sustainable Business of the Year
- My Two Cents Ltd, Bookkeeping Business of the Year
- Janice Hughes, Community Contributor of the Year
- Jessica Millar, Bookkeeper in a Small Practice
- Stephanie Crawford, Service to Bookkeeping
- Fergus, Bookkeeping Software Partner of the Year
- FlexiTime Limited, Payroll Software Partner of the Year
2020 Excellence Award Winners
- Haylee Wrenn, Certified Bookkeeper of the Year
- Michelle Morrison, Emerging Bookkeeper of the Year
- Amie Lorenzen, Bookkeeping Trainer of the Year
- Leah Keown Business Services, Sustainable Business of the Year
- Go Figure 2005 Limited, Bookkeeping Business of the Year
- Amie Lorenzen, Community Contributor of the Year
- Nic McCondach, Bookkeeper in a Small Practice
- Di Crawford-Errington, Service to Bookkeeping
2019 Excellence Award Winners
- Dee Workman, Bookkeeper of the Year
- Rachel Paterson, Emerging Bookkeeper of the Year
- Haylee Wrenn, Bookkeeping Trainer of the Year
- MBP Advisors & Accountants, Sustainable Business of the Year
- Admin Army, Bookkeeping Business of the Year
- Dee Workman, Community Contributor of the Year
- Haley Wilson, Bookkeeper in a Small Practice
- Trish Madison, Service to Bookkeeping
2018 Excellence Award Winners
- Leaine Jones, Bookkeeper of the Year
- Karen Clunie, Emerging Bookkeeper of the Year
- TaxAgent99, Bookkeeping Trainer of the Year
- Katalyst Office Management Ltd, Sustainable Business of the Year
- Mankelow Accounts, Bookkeeping Business of the Year
- Tara McGowan, Community Contributor of the Year
2017 Excellence Award Winners
- Jo Mankelow, Bookkeeper of the Year
- Jessica Millar, Emerging Bookkeeper of the Year
- GoFi8ure, Bookkeeping Trainer of the Year
- Lisa Martin, Outstanding Service to the Bookkeeping Profession
- Carla Jehle, Cloud Innovation Award
- Number Nurses, Marketing Innovation Award
- Katalyst Office Management Ltd, Bookkeeping Business of the Year
- Linda Klok, Community Contributor of the Year
2016 Excellence Award Winners
- Janine Gartner, Bookkeeper of the Year
- Zharna Letfus, Emerging Bookkeeper of the Year
- Di Crawford-Errington, Bookkeeping Trainer of the Year
- Janine Gartner, Outstanding Service to the Bookkeeping Profession
- Calculated Advantage, Cloud Innovation Award
- Julie Russell Bookkeeping, Marketing Innovation Award
- Calculated Advantage, Bookkeeping Business of the Year
- Lisa Martin, Community Contributor of the Year
2015 Excellence Award Winners
- Julie East, Bookkeeper of the Year
- Joanne Mankelow, Emerging Bookkeeper of the Year
- Red Office, Bookkeeping Trainer of the Year
- Go Figure Ltd, Marketing Innovation Award
- Red Office, Bookkeeping Business of the Year
- Lisa Martin, Community Contributor of the Year
2014 Excellence Award Winners
- Heidi Seal, Bookkeeping Community Contributor of the Year
- Gayle Buchanan, Bookkeeping Marketing Innovation
- Mary Moore, Bookkeeper of the Year
- Naomi Starr, Emerging Bookkeeper of the Year
- Stephanie Crawford, Bookkeeping Trainer of the Year
- 3rd Arm Admin, Bookkeeping Practice of the Year
- Glennis Stuckey, Best Business Website
- Diane Crawford-Errington, Most Regular Social Media Contributor
- Lisa Martin, Longest Certified Non Committee Member (joined 10 May 2011)
- Tania Hayes, The C.A.R.B Award (Consistent and Reliable Bookkeeper)
- Derrick & Dawn Storey, The C.A.R.B Award (Consistent and Reliable Bookkeeper)
2013 Excellence Award Winners
- Go Figure 2005 Limited, Best Bookkeeper – Corporate of the Year
- Mary Moore, Best Green Bookkeeper of the Year
- Gayle Buchanan, Bookkeeping Community Contributor of the Year
- Derrick & Dawn Storey, Bookkeeper of the Year
- Melanie Morris, Best Social Media Promoter