Paul Arab, Home Federal Bank assistant vice president and internal audit department manager, is a winner of the 2015 Elijah Watt Sells Award. The award is given by the American Institute of CPAs to CPA candidates who have obtained a cumulative average score above 95.50 across all four sections of the Uniform CPA Examination, passed all four sections of the exam on their first attempt and completed testing in 2015.
A total of 93,742 individuals sat for the exam in 2015, with 75 candidates meeting the criteria to receive the Elijah Watt Sells Award.
Arab joined Home Federal Bank in 2008 and works in the bank’s downtown Knoxville headquarters. He resides in South Knoxville.