The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP) is organizing first ever National Finance Olympiad (NFO) 2015 to showcase professionalism, knowledge and aptitude of finance professionals in Pakistan. The event provides a distinctive platform to finance professionals to exhibit their potential and celebrate their competence. The competition will test the technical knowledge and application of competing teams in the areas of accounting, finance, and governance standards. NFO, in its first edition seeks to provide multipronged benefits to participants as individuals and as organizations by facilitating networking, recognizing talent in the field of finance, fostering an environment of competition while also focusing on building knowledge, encouraging culture of knowledge sharing, and celebrating team work. To be eligible to participate one has to be a finance professional working in industry. Each team of 3 members would be led by a member of ICAP. An organization can nominate maximum 2 teams. In its inaugural edition NFO will be conducting qualifying rounds at designated centers in Lahore and Karachi, followed by Grand Finale in Karachi.