Amanda Sheerin: Winner – Women Leader in Accounting & Tax Advisory | International Women Awards 2026
The 8th International Women Awards 2026 by Great Companies celebrates women leaders who are creating meaningful impact through entrepreneurship, professional excellence, innovation, resilience, and service to their communities.
Among this year's distinguished winners is Amanda Sheerin, Owner of Amazing Accounting Services LLC, honored as the Winner – Women Leader in Accounting & Tax Advisory.
Based in Hillsboro, Missouri, USA, Amanda has built her accounting practice around a simple but powerful philosophy: business owners should be able to understand their finances, stay compliant, and receive dependable support throughout the year—not only when tax deadlines arrive.
As an Enrolled Agent, MBA, and QuickBooks ProAdvisor, Amanda combines technical tax knowledge with practical business experience and a strong emphasis on communication.
Company Overview
Founder & Owner: Amanda Sheerin, EA, MBA
Business: Amazing Accounting Services LLC
Location: Hillsboro, Missouri, USA
Established: 2019
Award Category: Accounting & Tax Advisory
Industry: Accounting & Financial Services
Website: www.amazingacctsvcs.com
Making Accounting Less Stressful for Business Owners
Amazing Accounting Services LLC provides accounting and business services designed to help individuals, entrepreneurs, and small businesses remain compliant, organized, and financially informed.
The firm's services include:
Tax Preparation
Bookkeeping
Payroll
Business Startup Support
Tax Planning
Business Advisory
Nonprofit Accounting
Trust & Estate Tax Services
The firm works with clients throughout the year, helping them address financial responsibilities before they become stressful deadlines.
Amanda's approach is centered on taking the weight of accounting and tax responsibilities off business owners' shoulders so they can focus more of their energy on building their businesses.
More Than Tax Preparation
For Amanda, accounting is not simply about preparing a tax return once a year.
Her firm provides ongoing support so clients can better understand their financial position and make informed decisions.
Amazing Accounting Services provides monthly or quarterly bookkeeping, payroll support, tax preparation, and business advisory services.
This year-round model allows Amanda and her team to develop a deeper understanding of each client's business while helping entrepreneurs remain organized and prepared.
Expertise Built Around Education and Communication
One of Amanda's strongest differentiators is her commitment to communication.
The company emphasizes responsive service and clear guidance, recognizing that financial terminology and tax requirements can often feel complicated to business owners.
Amanda's professional background enables her to explain financial matters in a practical way, helping clients understand their numbers rather than simply receiving reports or completed forms.
Her approach combines technical expertise with accessibility and personal attention.
The Advantage of an Enrolled Agent and QuickBooks ProAdvisor
Amanda's professional credentials strengthen the services offered through Amazing Accounting Services.
She is an Enrolled Agent and a certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor, combining tax expertise with accounting technology knowledge.
As a QuickBooks ProAdvisor, Amanda specializes in:
Bookkeeping cleanup
QuickBooks system setup
Training
Financial organization
Improving bookkeeping processes
Creating reliable financial information for decision-making
Her objective is to help business owners establish systems that make their financial information easier to manage and understand.
Supporting Entrepreneurs From the Beginning
Starting a business can be overwhelming.
Entrepreneurs must consider entity formation, EIN registration, compliance requirements, bookkeeping systems, payroll, taxes, and financial organization—often while simultaneously trying to build their products and serve customers.
Amazing Accounting Services supports entrepreneurs through this early stage by helping establish the financial structure required for long-term business operations.
This allows Amanda to work with businesses not only after they become established, but from the earliest stages of their entrepreneurial journey.
A Personalized Approach to Financial Support
Amanda believes that every business has different circumstances.
Rather than offering a one-size-fits-all approach, she works closely with small business owners, startups, and growing companies to understand their individual needs and goals.
This personalized approach can include everything from resolving tax issues and cleaning up bookkeeping systems to developing tax-saving strategies and improving financial processes.
The goal is always the same: give clients greater clarity and confidence.
Building a Business After Personal Adversity
Amanda's entrepreneurial journey was shaped by significant personal challenges.
She experienced two automobile accidents and later faced back surgery, a period when she was unable to work and came close to losing everything.
Returning to a traditional job after surgery proved difficult. Her physical limitations meant that working the extremely long hours expected in some positions was no longer realistic.
Instead of allowing those circumstances to end her professional journey, Amanda chose entrepreneurship.
She started her own business and created a professional path that allowed her greater control over her schedule while continuing to use her expertise to help other businesses.
That decision became the foundation for Amazing Accounting Services.
Turning a Challenge Into an Opportunity
The transition into entrepreneurship allowed Amanda to create a different type of professional life.
Rather than working around a schedule determined by someone else, she could structure her business around both her capabilities and her clients' needs.
More importantly, she discovered that her experience could help small businesses throughout the year.
By supporting clients beyond tax season, Amanda could help entrepreneurs understand what to expect, organize their financial information, and gain a clearer picture of their businesses.
Her journey demonstrates how a difficult professional transition can lead to the creation of a business built around flexibility, service, and purpose.
A Vision Built on Trust and Integrity
Amazing Accounting Services describes its vision around trust, integrity, professionalism, responsiveness, and quality in growth.
The company emphasizes dependable financial support and a commitment to excellence across its services.
For Amanda, these values are not simply business principles.
They shape the way she communicates with clients and approaches their financial challenges.
Whether the client is an individual, entrepreneur, nonprofit, estate, or growing company, the firm aims to provide accurate and dependable financial support.
Helping Clients Make Confident Financial Decisions
A major part of Amanda's role is helping clients move from uncertainty to understanding.
Financial information can be intimidating when business owners do not know what their numbers mean.
Amanda's approach is to provide practical explanations and proactive guidance so clients can better understand their financial position.
Her work can involve:
Understanding the numbers → organizing the records → identifying opportunities → planning ahead → making informed decisions.
This advisory mindset helps position accounting as a business tool rather than merely an administrative responsibility.
Services Designed for Different Business Needs
Amazing Accounting Services supports a wide range of clients.
Its tax services cover individuals and businesses, while the firm also provides services for nonprofits, trusts, and estates.
Its broader business services include:
Tax Preparation: Accurate preparation for individuals and businesses.
Bookkeeping: Monthly or quarterly financial record management.
Payroll: Support for accurate payroll processing and compliance.
Business Startup: Assistance with entity setup, EIN registration, compliance, and financial structure.
Business Advisory: Practical guidance to help entrepreneurs understand and manage their finances.
This breadth enables the firm to support clients across different stages of their financial and business journeys.
The Importance of Year-Round Support
Many people associate accounting primarily with tax season.
Amanda's business model takes a broader view.
Amazing Accounting Services remains available throughout the year, helping clients manage financial responsibilities before deadlines become urgent.
This year-round relationship creates opportunities for proactive planning.
Instead of simply looking backward at financial activity, clients can use financial information to prepare for what comes next.
Family, Service and Personal Connection
Amanda's commitment to people extends beyond her professional work.
She is a wife, mother of three, and grandmother of six. Her family is an important part of her life, and the same care and personal commitment influence how she approaches client relationships.
She sees businesses not simply as sets of financial statements, but as important parts of people's lives.
Behind every business are entrepreneurs, employees, families, customers, and communities.
That understanding contributes to the personal approach she brings to her work.
Leadership Through Resilience
Amanda's entrepreneurial story demonstrates that leadership does not always begin with perfect circumstances.
Her business was built after a period of significant physical and professional difficulty.
Instead of giving up when traditional employment no longer fit her circumstances, she created a new path.
Today, she uses that experience to help other business owners navigate their own challenges.
Her journey is a reminder that resilience is not about avoiding difficult moments.
It is about continuing to move forward and finding a new way to use your strengths.
Advice for Women Entrepreneurs
Amanda's advice to women entrepreneurs comes directly from her own journey:
Even if things seem tough don't give up.
She encourages women to believe in themselves, recognize that challenges are part of success, and continue working toward their goals with confidence and determination.
At the same time, she emphasizes the importance of helping others.
Entrepreneurship is not only about achieving personal goals. It can also create opportunities to support other people who may be facing difficult days or need a helping hand.
Her message is ultimately one of resilience, positivity, confidence, and compassion.
The Future of Amazing Accounting Services
As financial regulations, technology, accounting platforms, and business needs continue to evolve, Amanda's focus remains on providing clients with dependable and accessible financial support.
With expertise in tax preparation, bookkeeping, QuickBooks, payroll, business startups, and advisory services, Amazing Accounting Services is positioned around the needs of individuals and small businesses seeking year-round financial guidance.
The firm's continued emphasis on communication and personalized service reflects Amanda's belief that clients deserve more than completed forms—they deserve an accounting partner who understands their business.
Why Amanda Sheerin Deserves This Recognition
Amanda Sheerin's journey represents the combination of professional expertise, entrepreneurship, resilience, and service.
After experiencing serious personal and professional challenges, she created Amazing Accounting Services LLC and built it into a business focused on helping individuals and entrepreneurs manage their accounting and tax responsibilities with greater confidence.
Her credentials as an Enrolled Agent, MBA, and QuickBooks ProAdvisor provide a strong technical foundation, while her emphasis on communication and personalized support gives her work a distinctly human dimension.
Through year-round accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, payroll, business startup support, and advisory services, Amanda helps clients become more organized, informed, and prepared.
Her story demonstrates that professional success can emerge from adversity—and that the experience of overcoming challenges can become a source of strength when helping others.
Official Recognition
Amanda Sheerin, Owner of Amazing Accounting Services LLC, has been honored as the Winner – Women Leader in Accounting & Tax Advisory at the 8th International Women Awards 2026 by Great Companies.
The recognition celebrates her contribution to accounting and tax services, her commitment to year-round client support, her expertise in tax and QuickBooks, and her dedication to helping entrepreneurs understand and manage their finances.
Her journey from overcoming significant personal challenges to building a client-focused accounting practice reflects the resilience, determination, and service-oriented leadership celebrated by the International Women Awards.
About the International Women Awards
The International Women Awards by Great Companies celebrates inspiring women entrepreneurs, founders, executives, professionals, and leaders from around the world.
The awards recognize women who demonstrate leadership, innovation, resilience, professional excellence, and meaningful contribution to their industries and communities.
Amanda Sheerin's story reflects the spirit of the awards through her commitment to financial education, personalized accounting support, entrepreneurship, and helping small businesses move forward with greater financial confidence.