Accounting awards
Australia & New Zealand
Recognising accounting and consulting firms with exceptional customer satisfaction.
Honouring the best firms in the accounting and consulting industries with client-driven recognition
Beaton proudly honours top accounting firms in Australia and New Zealand through its annual awards, highlighting exceptional performance as seen through the eyes of clients.
For more than 20 years, these accounting and consulting firm awards have recognised the firms that set the standard for client experience and service delivery. The awards continue to celebrate firms that consistently deliver value to their clients.
By focusing on client feedback, the awards recognise the real impact firms have on their clients and showcase the best in the accounting profession.
Accounting and consulting industry awards
Free to enter
Earn national recognition and strengthen your firm’s reputation for excellence.
Enter the 2027 Beaton accounting and consulting firm awards to showcase your client service performance through direct client feedback.
Open to accounting and consulting services firms across Australia and New Zealand, the awards give firms of different sizes and specialisations the opportunity to be recognised.
How to enter your accounting and consulting firm for an award
The awards are part of the Beaton Client Choice Awards, a respected recognition program for accounting and consulting firms that demonstrate excellence in client satisfaction.
Unlike traditional awards that rely on subjective criteria or peer review, the Beaton awards are grounded in direct feedback. Clients of participating firms complete surveys and rate and comment on the service performance of the firms they use. The survey measures criteria such as quality, value for money, pricing and expertise.
As a result, recognition is awarded to firms that have made a genuine positive impact on their clients’ experiences.
Your firm’s annual revenue determines your award category eligiblity. There are different entry requirements for each revenue band. As such, be sure to read the entry form carefully.
Award categories
Accounting & Consulting Services Awards
- Best Accounting & Consulting Services Firm (<$30m revenue)
- Best Accounting & Consulting Services Firm ($30-100m revenue)
- Best Accounting & Consulting Services Firm ($100-$300m revenue)
- Best Accounting & Consulting Services Firm (>$300m revenue)
Accounting & Advisory Services Specialists
- Best Auditing Firm (<$30m revenue)
- Best Bookkeeping & Payroll Firm (<$30m revenue)
- Best Business Advisory Firm (<$30m revenue)
- Best Company Secretarial Firm (<$30m revenue)
- Best HR Consulting Firm (<$30m revenue)
- Best Insolvency & Restructuring Firm (<$30m revenue)
- Best Management Consulting Firm (<$30m revenue)
- Best Self Managed Super Fund Firm (<$30m revenue)
- Best Tax Firm (<$30m revenue)
Overall Professional Services Firm Awards
- Best Professional Services Firm (<$30m revenue)
- Best Professional Services Firm ($30-$100m revenue)
- Best Professional Services Firm ($100-$300m revenue)
- Best Professional Services Firm (>$300m revenue)
Industry Awards
- Best Provider to Construction & Infrastructure (>$30m revenue)
- Best Provider to Financial & Insurance Services (>$30m revenue)
- Best Provider to Government & Community (>$30m revenue)
- Best Provider to Mining, Oil & Gas (>$30m revenue)
- Best Provider to Power & Utilities (>$30m revenue)
- Best Provider to Property (>$30m revenue)
Other Awards
- Most Trusted Firm (>$30m revenue)
- Best Provider of ESG Services (>$30m revenue)
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FAQs
How are the awards judged?
Entry into the Client Choice Awards is free.
The awards are judged purely on the survey scores we receive back from your clients.
Our online survey asks your clients to rate and comment on your firm’s performance in delivering services on a range of criteria including quality, value for money, pricing, and trust.
Who is eligible to enter the Accounting & Consulting Services category?
Accounting and consulting firms of all sizes who have an office in Australia and/or New Zealand are invited to enter the awards.
As you complete your entry form you will be asked for types of services you provide so that we can assess your eligibility for the above categories.
Can we enter if we operate in multiple countries?
You have one of three entry options if your firm has operations in both Australia and New Zealand.
Australia only
By choosing ‘Australia only,’ you are entering your Australian-based operations into the Client Choice Awards as a single firm. Your Australian operations may have overseas clients, including clients in New Zealand. You should include all these clients in your submitted client list if they have commissioned work from your Australian operations.
New Zealand only
By choosing ‘New Zealand only,’ you are entering your New Zealand-based operations into the Client Choice Awards as a single firm. Your New Zealand operations may have overseas clients, including clients in Australia. You should include all these clients in your submitted client list if they have commissioned work from your New Zealand operations.
Australia & New Zealand
By choosing ‘Australia & New Zealand’, you are entering your Australian and New Zealand operations into the Client Choice Awards as one firm, and your entry will be treated as one firm in the results. In this situation, you should include all clients, including overseas clients, in your submitted client list if they have commissioned work from your Australian-based and/or New Zealand-based operations.
If both the Australian operations and the New Zealand operations of a firm with the same name choose to enter the Client Choice Awards with separate applications (i.e. ‘Australia only’ and ‘New Zealand only’), these entries will be treated as different firms in the Client Choice Awards, and we will add a suffix to the name of the firm in the Client Choice Awards results so that they are identified as such, e.g. Firm ABC – New Zealand.
How do the awards collect client data?
Feedback data is collected will change depending on the size of your firm.
Smaller firms
If you are a smaller firm by revenue (<$30m), you will be sent a unique survey link to send to your clients directly. Using this link, clients can provide feedback on the services you have provided.
Larger firms
If you are a larger firm by revenue (>$30m), you will need to provide us with a list of your client contacts before the fieldwork starts. We will clean this list, de-duplicate the list with other participating firms and Beaton will send the survey to all clients.
Irrespective of size, your client data will be held securely with the highest levels of confidentiality. We keep this data for only as long as is necessary to complete the research. For more information, please consult our Privacy Policy.
Is my client data secure and confidential?
Security
Beaton takes its obligations under Australian and New Zealand privacy law very seriously. Any data collected is stored in onshore servers. We pseudonymise (i.e. remove all identifying information) feedback data as soon as is practicable. For more information, please consult our Privacy Policy.
Confidentiality
By participating in Beaton research, you are engaging Beaton to act as your research agents to collect client feedback. Any disclosure to Beaton of client information is for the secondary purpose of collecting feedback, which is directly related to the primary purpose of providing services to your clients.
What do we do if we miss the cut-off for registration?
If you miss the cut-off for research and database submission, it’s okay; you can still participate in the study, however, commitment to purchase the final report is needed to do so.
The cut-off dates listed are for free participation and eligibility for an award.
Can we enter more than one category?
The award categories that you can take part in are determined by the revenue of your organisation. Each award category listed above has the relevant revenue band noted in parentheses, if your organisation sits within the noted revenue band then you will be eligible for adjudication in that category (subject to collecting sufficient client feedback).
Against whom are we competing?
For the Accounting & Consulting Services awards you will be competing against other firms in the same revenue bracket who have entered into the Accounting & Consulting Services category.
For all the other relevant awards listed above, you will be competing against all firms who have entered the Client Choice Awards across all professions: Accounting & Consulting Services, Built & Natural Environment Consulting and Law & Related Services.
What kind of reporting can we get?
Judging of category winners will take place after the survey period closes and all winners will be announced per the timeline above.
Following the winners announcement, participants will be able to purchase feedback reports produced by Beaton and receive their free summary client feedback score card.
All entrants will be advised of the reports that are available to purchase.
Do we have to buy a report to participate?
No! All firms that participate will receive a complimentary summary client feedback score card. There is no obligation on any participating firm to purchase any of the in-depth Beaton Benchmarks reports.
Should we participate every year?
We strongly encourage all professional services firms to participate each year, even if you have no intention of purchasing a report that year. It is better to have collected the data than to realise you need the data later and not have it readily available.
Annual participation will also mean we will have robust tracking data available that will allow you to assess change on a long-term basis.
How can we fix a mistake in our entry form?
If you made a mistake in completing your entry form, email
ewa.foroncewicz@beatonglobal.com
and explain what needs to be changed. Save the confirmation email you received.
Still have questions? Please contact us and one of our team will be in touch to help.
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Enter your firm in the Beaton accounting industry awards
Each year, accounting and consulting firms across Australia and New Zealand participate to benchmark their performance, celebrate success and better understand what clients value most.
Entry is free and your firm can take part without committing to purchase a feedback report. At the same time, participation gives your firm the opportunity to gain national recognition and access meaningful client feedback.
Unlike awards based on judging panels or peer review, the Beaton Client Choice Awards are determined by direct client feedback. As a result, recognition is awarded to firms that deliver exceptional service and make a genuine impact on the clients they serve.
Entries are open
Enter your firm in the 2027 Beaton accounting and consulting awards and be recognised through the experiences of your clients.