June 2019 - Strategic Finance

Special Issue: 100 Years of IMA

IMA celebrates a century of industry innovation, leadership, and service to the management accounting community.

Do You Have Emotional Intelligence?

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

Building Trust in Management Accounting

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

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.

Management Accounting: Expanding Relevance

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

Women at IMA: Creating Opportunities

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

IMA Pioneers: Four Who Made a Difference

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

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 Chairs: Memories from Volunteer Leaders

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

IMA Connections: All in the Family

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

Reflections of Gratitude

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

IMA Life: Thank You, IMA!

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

Clawbacks’ Tax Headaches

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

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.

Data Ethics: Doing the Right Thing with Data

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

Excel: Clustered Column Chart with Percent of Month

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

The Future of Technology and Analytics

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

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.

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.

The VisiCalc Dawn

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

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.

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 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 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.

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.

SBA Primary Loan Program in Jeopardy

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

SEC Finalizes Accounting Changes

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

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.

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.

April 2019: Welcome, New CMAs

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

Generous Contributions to IMA

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