Atlanta-based recruiting and staffing firm specializing in accounting and finance, Accountants One, hosted the 2022 Search for the South's Funniest Accountant in partnership with the Atlanta Business Chronicle on November 10, 2022, at the Coca-Cola Roxy inside the Battery. This event sold out with over 1,000 in attendance to cheer on Funny Accountants.
To date, this unique comedy show has raised over half a million dollars for Junior Achievement of Georgia. In 2022, there were more funds raised than ever before reaching $100,000.
There were 5 accountants who participated in the stand-up comedy competition including Mike Blake, Will Wright, Caspian Roberts, CPA, Steffanie Scialdone, CPA, and Tammara Buckey. Tammara Buckey took won the competition and was named the 2022 South's Funniest Accountant winning an all-expenses paid trip to Las Vegas, Nevada sponsored by Casino Junket Club.
The event was sponsored by a variety of companies like Thomson Reuters, PwC, ADP, Moore Colson CPAs and Advisors, AGL CPA Group, Honors Holdings, Graphic Packaging, Southern Company Gas, Kanner Baker, Jamestown, Hartman Simons & Wood, The Siegried Group, Lumistella Company, Grant Park Accounting, Secureworks, Georgia Oak Partners, HonorBuilt, Mauldin & Jenkins, TechCXO, Cooleaf, IMA, B. Riley Financial, and Windham Brannon.
If you were unable to attend the show but are interested in supporting the Funny Accountants Movement, please click here.
Accountants One provides contract, temp-to-hire, and direct hire placements to clients across the Southeast. Clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to entrepreneurial startups rely on Accountants One for high-quality accounting and finance talent. Their ability to attract an outstanding community of Atlanta-based candidates dates to 1973. To learn more visit, www.accountantsone.com.
For more information, contact Tori Wheeler