Early Achievement Award

• Objective
• Selection criteria
• Eligibility criteria
• Other

Objective

Celebrates members who distinguish themselves early in their CPA career through professional achievement and/or volunteer service.

Selection criteria are:

Based on experience post designation only, and include one or more of the following areas:

Professional achievements

• Demonstration of the nominee’s abilities relating to financial expertise, leadership, strategic thinking and business insight and how they contribute to achieving targeted objectives.
• Nature of the achievements and impact on the nominee’s organization, whether in public practice, business or industry, education or government.
• Originality and innovative nature of the achievements.
• Impact of the achievements on the targeted clientele.

Leadership

• Demonstration of the nominee’s dynamism and determination in achieving targeted objectives or fulfilling responsibilities.
• Nature and significance of the responsibilities assumed by the nominee throughout his or her career and career path.
• Relationship between the nominee’s achievements and future goals in terms of career development.

Visibility of the profession

• Contribution of the nominee’s achievements to the visibility of the profession.
• Nomination files should highlight the fact that candidates clearly identify themselves as chartered professional accountants and that they are known and recognized as CPAs

Community services

• Nature and significance of the nominee’s involvement in the community, in particular as a volunteer with community or charitable organizations, other not-for-profit organizations or professional groups.