Leadership & Careers |

Do You Have Emotional Intelligence?

Clear communication, grace under pressure, and consensus-building skills are important EI skills for management accountants.

Management |

Building Trust in Management Accounting

Building trust and accountability between finance and accounting and throughout the company is essential to success.

IMA |

Our Enduring Legacy: The History of IMA

An exploration of IMA’s milestones, from the 1919 founding up past the 100,000th-member mark to today.

IMA |

Management Accounting: Expanding Relevance

A consideration of management accounting’s major milestones and a look at what’s ahead with three industry leaders.

IMA |

Women at IMA: Creating Opportunities

A review of the women who have led, created opportunities, and volunteered throughout IMA’s 100-year history.

IMA |

IMA Pioneers: Four Who Made a Difference

A biographical look at IMA's early leaders and their great contributions to the management accounting profession.

IMA |

Accounting Tech through the Years: A Long Look Back

IMA looks back over a century of evolution in management accounting technology, from punch cards to AI and the cloud.

IMA |

IMA Chairs: Memories from Volunteer Leaders

IMA Chairs reflect on their memories of the organization and the key milestones during their tenure.

IMA |

IMA Connections: All in the Family

For some members of the IMA community, the bond goes beyond professional affiliation to become a family affair.

IMA |

Reflections of Gratitude

IMA Chair Ginger White looks back on her year of leadership and the people who helped create the defining memories.

IMA |

IMA Life: Thank You, IMA!

Editor-in-Chief Emeritus Kathy Williams looks back her long career with IMA and offers thanks and fond memories.

Governance |

Clawbacks’ Tax Headaches

While clawbacks are designed with ethicality in mind, several complicating provisions require close consideration.

Small Business |

The New Lease Accounting Rules and Small Business

Accountants must use their judgment in working with data points from multiple sources in applying new lease accounting rules.

Ethics |

Data Ethics: Doing the Right Thing with Data

Organizational leaders should be asking several key questions in data ethics policies and data compliance models.

Technology |

Excel: Clustered Column Chart with Percent of Month

Using chart labels from a separate range of cells, users can label clustered column charts differently.

Technology |

The Future of Technology and Analytics

Management accountants must stay abreast of the latest technological developments and build competencies accordingly.

Leadership & Careers |

Diversity and Inclusion from the Top

The best leaders create D&I programs that are specific to the organization and adaptable as needs and demographics change.

Technology |

Tools of the Trade: June 2019

This month, we look back in time to the Brunsviga Nova Calculator, Osborne 1 computer, Microsoft Multiplan, and HP 12c Platinum Calculator.

Technology |

The VisiCalc Dawn

How Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankston created the first successful electronic spreadsheet program, VisiCalc.

Technology |

Access: Organizing Imported Data from Excel

This second in a series looks at moving imported data to a different destination table based on what the data describes.

IMA |

Women’s Accounting Leadership in the Middle East and India

IMA held consecutive Women’s Accounting Leadership Series events: Amman, Jordan; Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; and Bangalore, India.

IMA |

IMA Volunteerism: The Opportunity of a Lifetime

Former IMA Chair and a lifelong volunteerism advocate and participant, Bud Kulesza shares his view on volunteering’s value.

IMA |

IMA 100 Years: We Are Because They Were

As IMA members celebrate the organization’s centennial, it’s worth ensuring that we’re making the days count.

IMA |

Paul E. Juras Named IMA Chair-Elect

Babson professor Paul E. Juras has been unanimously named Chair-Elect for IMA’s fiscal year 2019-2020.

Governance |

SBA Primary Loan Program in Jeopardy

Trump’s 2020 budget plans could effectively shut down the Small Business Administration’s Loan Guarantee program.

Governance |

SEC Finalizes Accounting Changes

The SEC has issued a change to financial reporting rules to increase flexibility around MD&A periods.

Leadership & Careers |

Books: Overcoming Diversity Roadblocks

Porter Braswell’s "Let Them See You" provides a guide for people of color to thrive professionally in the diverse workforce.

Reporting |

FASB Eases Credit Losses Transition

The FASB has issued ASU 2019-05 for a 2016 standard to offer a new method for measuring current expected credit losses.

IMA |

April 2019: Welcome, New CMAs

The ICMA is proud to announce the list of IMA members who earned their CMA certification in April 2019.

IMA |

Generous Contributions to IMA

IMA thanks those who contributed to its annual giving campaigns between May 2018 and April 2019.