CALGARY, Alberta, Feb. 13, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sage  (FTSE:SGE), the market leader in cloud business management solutions, announces the launch of the Sage Circle of Excellence Accounting Awards today at the Calgary Sage Accountants Forum. The awards initiative aims to honour the best of Canada’s accounting community by recognizing the accountants and bookkeepers who have made a positive impact on their clients, communities, and the profession itself.

Between now and May 10, 2019 at 11:59 pm PT, Sage will be accepting nominations in seven categories, with the winners scheduled to be announced at the Vancouver National Sage Accountants Forum in June.

  • Bookkeeper Partner of the Year: Recognizes the outstanding achievements of a bookkeeper or bookkeeping firm.
  • Accountant Partner of the Year: Recognizes the outstanding achievements of an accountant or accountant firm.
  • Innovator Award: Recognizes a person or practice that pushes through conventional boundaries.
  • Small Business Influencer Award: Recognizes a person or practice that has adapted to industry changes in an innovative way. Methods could include but are not limited to cloud adoption or workplace environment changes.
  • Social Influencer Award: Recognizes a person or practice in their efforts to promote Sage Canada and the accounting industry in social media.
  • Trainer/ Training Company of the Year: Recognizes a person or practice that has excelled in training accountants and bookkeepers in Sage products.
  • Community Spirit Award: Celebrates a person or practice that has made outstanding contributions to their community.

“The Sage Circle of Excellence Accounting Awards offer a chance for us to acknowledge the hard work and dedication so many of our customers have shown to their practice and their community,” said Paul Struthers, EVP and Managing Director, Sage Canada. “We’re thrilled to help celebrate the amazing accomplishments in the industry and look forward to congratulating the winners in June.”

To nominate an individual or practice, nominators must submit their subject’s full name, contact details, and a short write-up of no more than 200 words explaining why the nominee deserves or embodies the award for the category in which they’re being nominated. Once a nomination form is submitted, nominees will be notified via email. The awards are open to accountants and bookkeepers across Canada.

Once nominations close a panel of independent judges, to be announced in March, will rank nomination write-ups based on each subject’s embodiment of their corresponding Awards category. The three highest-ranked write-ups will be the finalists in each category, with the highest-ranked nominees in each category declared the winners.

Prospective nominators and nominees seeking more information can visit the official Sage Circle of Excellence Accounting Awards website here .

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Betty Tian Sage Office: 604-207-3611 Mobile: 604-376-7398 Betty.Tian@Sage.com

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Sage (FTSE: SGE) is the global market leader for technology that helps businesses of all sizes manage everything from money to people – whether they’re a start-up, scale-up or enterprise. We do this through Sage Business Cloud - the one and only business management solution that customers will ever need, comprising Accounting, Financials, Sage Intacct, Enterprise Management, People & Payroll and Payments & Banking.    Our mission is to free business builders from the burden of admin, so they can spend more time doing what they love – and we do that every day for three million customers across 23 countries, through our 13000 colleagues and a network of accountants and partners. We are committed to doing business the right way, and giving back to our communities through Sage Foundation.  Find out more at  https://www.sage.com/ca/ .