Awards and Recognitions

We Put Our People First

For over a decade, Accounting Today has recognized our Firm as one of the top places to work. In 2023, we rose to the top of Accounting Today’s list of the Best Firms for Young Accountants, recognized as number 1. We have also been recognized by Accounting Today as a Best Firms for Women, Best Firms for Technology, and our Managing Partner Jeffery Mowery returned to their MP Elite list in 2023. Crain’s, Inc. Magazine, and the Chicago Tribune have all recognized us as a top workplace. We believe it is this commitment to our team which allows us to continue to receive recognition. It is our job to not only focus on supporting our clients, but also the men and women who make up our diverse and talented family.

We were founded on the philosophy that happy people make happy clients. In 2023, we were recognized by Inc. Magazine as a Power Partner and have returned to Clearly Rated’s Best of Accounting Client Satisfaction list each year we have surveyed our clients. It is achievements like this that have propelled us into an IPA Top 200 Firm and one of Crain’s Chicago Business’s Largest Accounting Firms in Chicago.

Striving for Excellence

2024 Best Workplaces

Inc. Magazine


2024 Inc. 5000's Fastest Growing Private Companies in America

Inc. Magazine

Number 4,142


2024 Best Firms to Work For

Accounting Today


2024 Fastest Growing Firms

Inside Public Accounting


2024 Top 200 Firms

Inside Public Accounting

2024 Top 200 Firms, Number 151


2024 Top Firms by AUM

Accounting Today

Number 103


2024 Top 200 CPAs in America

Forbes

Managing Partner, Jeff Mowery, has been named one of Forbes’ 2024 Top 200 CPAs in America.


2024 U.S. Regional Leader Firms - Great Lakes Region

Accounting Today


2024 Top 10 U.S. Fastest Growing Firms

Accounting Today


2024 New Service of the Year - Financial Services

American Business Awards

Gold Winner for Wealth Management reinvigoration


2024 Thought Leadership Campaign of the Year - Business Services

American Business Awards

Bronze Winner for International Tax Services thought leadership campaign


2023 Best Firm For Young Accountants

Accounting Today

In 2023, Mowery & Schoenfeld earned the top spot on this list out of thousands nationwide.


2023 Best Accounting Firms to Work For

Accounting Today


2023 Top Firms by AUM

Accounting Today


2023 Best Places to Work in Chicago

Crain’s Chicago Business


2023 Largest Accounting Firms and Privately Held Companies

Crain’s Chicago Business 


2023 Power Partner

Inc. Magazine


2023 Best Workplaces

Inc. Magazine


2023 Top 200 Firms

Inside Public Accounting


2023 Fastest Growing Firms

Inside Public Accounting


2023 Corporate Social Responsibility Program of the Year

American Business Awards


2023 We AAM to Serve

Association for Accounting Marketing


Prior Recognitions

2022 Best of Accounting

Clearly Rated Client Satisfaction


2022 Inc. 5000 Midwest Regionals

Inc. Magazine


2022 Best Firms for Technology

Accounting Today


2022 Top Chicago Workplace

Chicago Tribune


2021 Time and Talent Public Service

Illinois CPA Society


2020 America's Best Tax Firms

Forbes


2020 Best Firms for Women

Accounting Today


2017 Member Firm of the Year

Geneva Group International


2022 Best Places to Work in Illinois

Daily Herald


Individual Awards and Recognitions

Michael Kidd, Consulting Partner

2024 Notable Leaders in Accounting, Consulting, and Law – Crain’s Chicago Business


Jeffery Mowery, Managing Partner

2024 Notable Leaders in Accounting, Consulting, and Law – Crain’s Chicago Business


Jeffery Mowery, Managing Partner

2023 Managing Partner Elite – Accounting Today


Jeffery Mowery, Managing Partner

2023 Chicago Titan 100


Jeffery Mowery, Managing Partner

2023 Lifetime Achievement in Entrepreneurial Excellence – Daily Herald


Michael Deering, Tax Partner, Director of Tax

2022 Notable Gen-X Leaders in Accounting – Crain’s Chicago Business


Michael Kidd, Consulting Partner, Director of Transaction Advisory Services

2021 40 under 40 – CPA Practice Advisor