Rising Star Award for City employee
Rising Star Award for City employee
City of Gosnells Senior Accountant Linnet Blair has won the prestigious 2010 Rising Star Finance Professional Award in recognition of her excellent accounting ability and strong work performance.
The Local Government Managers Association WA presented its awards on 12 February at the conclusion of the Finance Professionals Conference with two winners in the rising star category.
Ms Blair said she had not expected to win the award and was just pleased that her Manager Frazer Sullivan had nominated her for the prize.
She said her success was due to the support and encouragement she received at work.
“I really do enjoy working for the City of Gosnells,” she said.
“I’ve been given the opportunity to grow and develop in my role.”
Ms Blair said being an accountant was not an obvious choice even after she completed a double degree at Edith Cowan University earning a Bachelor of Business (Accounting) and a Bachelor of Science (Environmental Management).
She travelled overseas after completing her studies and took on her first local government role as an Assistant Accountant with the Town of Cambridge in March 2006.
The City hired her as an Assistant Accountant in October 2006 and she was named Employee of the Year in 2009.
“It was really sheer chance that I ended up working in local government as an accountant,” Ms Blair said.
“But I do have a passion for numbers and puzzles, that’s just the way my brain works.
“I’m currently studying for my CPA qualification.”
Manager Financial Services Frazer Sullivan said Ms Blair’s exceptional accounting ability was immediately obvious and she was promoted to Financial Accountant within four months of being hired.
She spent two years in that role before being promoted to Senior Accountant.
“Linnet is a remarkable person,” Mr Sullivan said.
“And she is a truly worthy winner of the Rising Star Award.”
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