Rise Accounting Shortlisted for International Firm of the Year at the Accounting Excellence Awards 2026
Rise Accounting has been shortlisted for International Firm of the Year at the Accounting Excellence Awards 2026, organised by AccountingWEB in association with Intuit QuickBooks, and widely regarded as the most prestigious recognition event in the UK accounting calendar.
Nomination date: June 2026
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About the Accounting Excellence Awards
The Accounting Excellence Awards are the UK accounting profession’s highest mark of recognition. Past finalists have described them as the highest critical acclaim a practising accountant can receive and the shortlist spans everything from agile boutique firms to multinational mid-tier giants.
International Firm of the Year is one of the most demanding categories on the list. It looks past local performance to assess firms genuinely capable of delivering seamless, high-quality service across borders. Judges look for a clear strategy around international client care, active collaboration in global markets, strong digital and operational capability, and the same standard of delivery wherever in the world a client is based.
Being shortlisted means an independent panel judged Rise Accounting against those standards and placed the firm among a small group of UK practices doing this well.
The 2026 shortlist
Rise Accounting is shortlisted alongside:
- AAB, a major force in mid-market tech and advisory accounting
- CBTax, a fast-growing, highly decorated tax specialist
- Nephos Group, a tech-forward, advisory-led challenger firm
- Oscar Ip & Co. Chartered Accountants
Why this matters
Recognition for strategy and execution
The Accounting Excellence Awards have a strong track record of rewarding impact and digital transformation over headcount growth alone. Sitting on this shortlist alongside tech-forward firms like Nephos Group and scale players like AAB reflects an approach built on strategic weight and genuine cross-border capability.
Backed by the biggest name in cloud accounting
The awards are held in association with Intuit QuickBooks, the headline partner behind the entire event. That backing shapes what the judges actually look for: digital transformation, modern app-stacks and real-time financial operations, not legacy compliance. Being shortlisted in an awards programme defined by those standard reflects the approach Rise Accounting takes with clients.
Proof of borderless delivery
The International Firm of the Year criteria specifically test whether a firm can deliver the same quality of service regardless of where a client is based. The category is judged on whether a firm genuinely delivers growth-driving advice across borders, not just paperwork in multiple countries.
What the shortlist recognises
Global collaboration
Our UK and Dubai teams work as one function, not two separate offices. That means consistent advice and joined-up planning for clients operating across both markets.
Digital capability
We run on modern cloud accounting infrastructure, giving clients real-time visibility of their finances rather than static reports delivered after the fact.
Consistent delivery, wherever you are
Whatever market a client is operating in, they get the same quality of advice, the same response times, and the same level of attention. That consistency is the whole point of the International Firm of the Year category.
"To be shortlisted for International Firm of the Year is a real moment for us. This category is judged on international client care, collaboration across markets, and whether a firm delivers the same standard of service wherever a client is based. That's been the driving force behind our Dubai office and my own relocation to spearhead growing the local team here - give clients expanding into the UAE proper international capability, not just UK advice with a different postcode. Sitting alongside firms like AAB and Nephos Group, who are genuinely redefining what modern accounting looks like, tells us we're building it right."
Max Raynor
Director, Rise Accounting
About Rise Accounting
Rise Accounting is a modern accounting firm built for businesses with serious growth ambitions. We work with scaling tech companies and digital-first businesses across the UK, Dubai, and the US providing proactive accounting, tax, and advisory support that keeps pace with how fast-moving businesses actually operate.