Dai Reynolds from Brisbane’s western suburbs, has been named Jim’s Bookkeeping’s 2012 National Franchisee of the Year.

John Birse, CEO and Jim’s Bookkeeping national division franchisor, said “The Franchisee of the Year award is reserved for franchise partners who have excelled in aspects of the business including business growth, sales growth and support of the franchise system and the Jim’s Bookkeeping brand.

“Dai was nominated as he demonstrated perfectly the values and behaviour of a Jim’s Bookkeeper and represents our organisation flawlessly … He has established a very successful operation in Queensland and he is a model franchisee for others in the network and ought to be very proud of this achievement.”

Reynolds beat 70 other bookkeeping franchisees to claim the award, and was praised for being the first Jim’s Bookkeeper to gain BAS Agent registration, an early adopter of accounting software Xero and SAASU, demonstrated consistent growth in billings and participates enthusiastically in the franchise’s marketing activities.

He was one of the first Jim’s Bookkeepers to sign on to Etax Local Accountants and has employed an experienced bookkeeper to assist with servicing his growing client base.