2024 Controller of the Year Awards – Winners Announced
Chicago, IL—February 11, 2025—Winners of the 2024 Controller of the Year Awards have been selected after a nomination period and judging process that began in October 2024. The fifth annual program is produced by the Controllers Council, a member association and community focused on career development, training resources, research, and recognition.
Corporate Controllers and related titles that have Controller responsibilities including VPs, CFOs, Chief Accounting Officers, and related roles are eligible to enter. Applicants can self-nominate or be nominated by a colleague via a brief online survey that requests anonymous information on 2024 financial performance, work experience, volunteer or philanthropic activities, and educational background.
All nominations were screened by an algorithm and then judged by Controllers Council Board Advisors. The following Winners and Runners-Up are announced for 8 categories based on size and type, along with public or private classifications, where applicable.
| Category/Classification | 2024 Winners | Company/Org | Title |
| 2024 National Controller of the Year | Manoj Kumar Vandanapu | UBS | Corp. Finance Controller |
| Enterprise/Public Winner | Gene Liu | Atlassian | Chief Accounting Officer |
| Enterprise/Public/Runner-Up | Ting Song | JP Morgan Chase | Executive Director |
| Enterprise/Private/Winner | Kevin Moore | Brex | Controller |
| Medium/Private/Winner | Alicia Allen | Pinnacol Assurance | Chief Accounting Officer |
| Medium/Private/Runner-Up | Michael LaBorde | 8020 Consulting | CFO |
| Small/Public/Winner | Kimberly Hollinger | Wag! Group Co. | Corporate Controller |
| Small/Private/Winner | Sondra Dankberg | Chosen Foods | Controller |
| Small/Private/Runner-Up | Anthony Davlin | Enviromatic Corporation of America |
Controller |
| Not-For-Profit/Winner | Dorian Davis | WETA | Corporate Controller |
| Not-For-Profit/Runner-Up | Lovely Kuriakose | COLA Inc | Controller/Treasurer |
| Government | Matt Magee | City of Ordessa | Controller |
“Controllers and related corporate finance executives continued to achieve excellence in 2024, and the Controller of the Year Awards recognizes some of best and the brightest,” states Neil Brown, Controllers Council Executive Director.
All winners will be notified by email and receive a frame-quality Certificate. The 2024 National Controller of the Year will receive a gold-plated and engraved statuette/trophy manufactured by the makers of the Oscar® Awards.
Applications and registration for the 2025 Controller of the Year Awards will begin in October of 2025 at the following link: https://controllerscouncil.org/recognition/
ABOUT Controllers Council
Controllers Council™ is a national member association, community and platform of more than 100,000 Controllers, CFOs, and corporate accounting and finance professionals focused on career development and training, best practice resources, networking, recognition and more. Programs include continuing professional education (CPE), a national Career Center, strategic research studies, webcasts with expert panelists on trending topics, articles and whitepapers. Controllers Council publishes the annual CFO/Controller Sentiment™ Study, the Corporate Finance & Accounting Talent Study, the CFO/Controller Financial Performance Index™ (FPI); and produces the annual Controller of the Year™ Awards, Meet the Controller™ Interview Series, the Controllers for a Cause™ Scholarship Fund, and the upcoming Controllership 2030™ – Predictions Panel and study.
For more information, visit www.ControllersCouncil.org, or call Executive Director Neil Brown at 630-710-4710.
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