About Us
Our Statement of Mission
Provide to members personal and professional
development opportunities through education, association with business
professionals, and certification in management accounting and financial
management skills.
Ensure that IMA is globally recognized by the financial community as a
respected institution influencing the concepts and ethical practices of
management accounting and financial management.
What We Do
IMA is dedicated to the support of its members’
careers through information, knowledge, certification, research, and
peer-group interaction.
The CMA and CFM designations are the only professional certifications
specifically designed to meet the current and future skill sets of corporate
accounting and financial management professionals.
IMA Education programs address the professional, management, and technological
skill sets needed for advancement in the finance function of the future. IMA
provides national conferences and seminars, free on-line courses, regional and
local seminars, self-study programs, and custom-designed corporate education
programs.
IMA publishes the award winning Strategic Finance Magazine every month.
It is one of the leading publications for accounting, financial and
information management professionals and is an indispensable resource for
members who wish to stay current on essential issues, business trends, and the
latest technologies.
IMA research projects such as What Corporate America Wants in Entry Level
Accountants (1994), The Practice Analysis of Management Accounting (1996),
Counting More, Counting Less (1999), have broadened the awareness of the
changing role of financial professionals. The ongoing work of the IMA’s
Foundation for Applied Research provides our members with access to
field-based research that applies to current and emerging business issues.
IMA’s nearly 300 local chapters, Member Interest Groups, E-Mail Exchanges,
and Industry Sector groups provide each of our members with the opportunity to
discuss trends, techniques, problems, careers and ideas with peers and
specialists in the industries and fields in which they work.
How You Can Benefit
As an IMA member, you will not only take advantage of
the prestige that comes from membership in the world’s largest association
of business financial executives, you will also:
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Receive, every month, the IMA’s innovative
magazine, Strategic Finance
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Receive the IMA’s new journal, Management
Accounting Quarterly
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Qualify to join over 23,000 financial executives
around the world as a candidate for one of IMA’s professional
certifications, the CMA (Certified Management Accountant) or CFM (Certified
in Financial Management)
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Have access to the members-only areas of the IMA Web
site, www.imanet.org, featuring the IMA
career site and Job Bank, the IMA Member Interest Groups, and access to the
IMA member discount programs, featuring personal and business discounts on:
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UPS
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Airborne
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IMA credit card
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Hertz and Alamo rental cars
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Pennywise office products
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IMA’s insurance plans: Group Term Life;
Automobile; Small Business; High-limit Accident; In-hospital;
Disability; Long Term Care; Excess Major Medical; Medicare Supplement;
and Cancer Expense
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Be able to access IMA’s Online Marketplace,
featuring member discounts on a wide variety of personal and business
products and services offered by the leading .com retailers
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Qualify for member discounts on all IMA conferences
and seminars, held nationally and regionally
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Qualify for free on-line professional education
courses
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Be able to join one of the IMA’s Member Interest
Groups—The Controllers Council, The Cost Management Group, or the
Small-Business Council
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Be able to participate, at no extra cost, in one of
IMA’s new Industry Sector groups, in which you will be able to network
with your peers who are working in the same industry as you are
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Be able to access the latest research in the
financial management field, through the IMA’s respected Foundation for
Applied Research, or through the McLeod Information Center, the largest
resource of its kind
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Qualify for membership in one of IMA’s nearly 300
local chapters, a great source for networking, new ideas, and information
about business trends nationally and locally
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Take advantage of IMA’s exclusive relationship
with Robert Half International, our National Career Partner and the the
largest financial search firm and career resource in the world
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Take advantage of IMA’s alliances with the leading
innovators in the field of information technology: Oracle, Navision,
Armstrong Laing, Deltek
How You Can Join
Joining IMA has never been easier.
You can review our membership kit online, or
e-mail us and we'll send you
one. If you are a prospective student member, we invite you to visit our
Student Site and review the student information kit.
When you’re ready, fill out the membership application online to join or
download a PDF version of the application.
We look forward to serving your professional and career needs in the months
and years ahead.
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