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الخميس, 16 سبتمبر 2021 10:09

ماذا يعني تجمُع المواهب العالمي للمحاسبين الإداريين؟

في 6 مايو من كل عام، يعترف أولئك الذين يعملون في مهنة التمويل بالمحاسبين الإداريين في جميع أنحاء العالم

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المحتوى بالإنجليزية What a global talent pool means for management accountants
By Jeff Thomson
May 06, 2021, 9:39 a.m. EDT
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Each year on May 6, those of us in the finance profession recognize management accountants across the globe. This International Management Accounting Day is especially poignant, coming after one of the most disruptive and challenging years for businesses in modern history, and we should all take the time to appreciate the hard work, dedication and tenacity of those prevailing through the pandemic. Management accountants are risk managers, budgeters, strategists and decision-makers who are valued by their companies during uncertain times.

The crucial role of management accountants has not changed, but the global talent pool from which companies recruit them has undergone an immense transformation over the past year. Thanks to mass remote work, which will likely continue in some form once the pandemic is over, the job market is no longer local, regional or even national. With companies announcing office closures and hiring remote employees, talent no longer has borders. Eliminating geographic boundaries increases the number of applicants with whom candidates are competing, so it’s important they find ways to compellingly distinguish themselves. As a result, here is what should be top of mind for all management accountants today.

Prioritizing globally recognized certifications

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Accountants with globally recognized educational achievements will stand out among the rest. For nearly 50 years, the CMA (Certified Management Accountant) certification, a U.S.-based globally recognized certification offered by the Institute of Management Accountants, has been the global benchmark for the profession. It’s designed to meet the needs of a rapidly changing business environment. Top employers such as 3M, AT&T, Bank of America, Boeing, Hewlett-Packard, Johnson & Johnson, Microsoft, Procter & Gamble, Verizon and Xerox employ and promote CMAs. From Fortune 500 companies to small and medium-sized businesses, employers in every industry recognize their value.

AI as a trusted business partner

These uncertain times laid bare the advantage of companies that were more advanced in AI. The adoption of new technologies by organizations has significantly increased this past year to meet demands and exceed expectations. Proficiency with artificial intelligence, data analytics, robotic process automation and cloud-based computing at scale are real competitive differentiators around the world. Those equipped with these tech skills can not only automate processes and leverage data analytics, but also perform more value-adding work, making them highly attractive and putting them in high demand in today’s labor market.

The value of sustainability

Management accountants are vital to the financial health of organizations as they plan for business sustainability. Companies that operate in global markets are subject to a variety of environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosure requirements. Accounting and finance professionals with a pulse on sustainability reporting have a leg up. They see how ESG issues, such as climate change preparedness and diversity, equity and inclusion tie into the growth of intangible business value. More importantly, today’s finance leaders drive their organization’s value in an unpredictable market.

Rethinking risk

The COVID-19 pandemic caused supply chains and business continuity plans to crumble. Now, accountants are increasingly being called upon to minimize risk and prepare for future disruptions. All organizations are susceptible to fraudulent activities, but their accounting and finance teams can identify, deter and report fraud risks. These professionals make critical decisions and implement effective risk oversight, solving problems and thinking outside the box to the benefit of their businesses.

On this International Management Accounting Day, it’s worth asking what competing in a global accounting and finance talent pool means for CMAs. At IMA, we’ve been tracking these shifts and prevailing trends relevant to management accountants and other finance leaders and professionals. We’re proud to see them continuously bringing their value, expertise and determination to their companies during these uncertain times. This is why we have a day out of the year earmarked just to celebrate them.

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الثلاثاء, 24 أغسطس 2021 14:40

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عين معهد المحاسبين الإداريين رسمياً ج. ستيفن ماكنالي كرئيس لمجلس إدارة IMA العالمي، وهو يخطط للتركيز على الحضور المتزايد للمؤسسة على المستوى الدولي.

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المحتوى بالإنجليزية New IMA chair McNally embraces global focus
By Michael Cohn
July 16, 2021, 4:24 p.m. EDT
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The Institute of Management Accountants officially appointed J. Stephen McNally as chair of the IMA’s global board of directors, and he plans to focus on the organization’s growing presence internationally.

McNally, who is CFO of the Plastic Technologies group of companies and previously spent a long career as a finance executive at Campbell Soup, will chair the IMA global board for fiscal year 2022, from July 1, 2021, to June 30, 2022. He will be succeeded by Gwen van Berne of the internet registry RIPE NCC in the Netherlands (see story).

The IMA, like other accounting organizations such as the AICPA, have been putting more emphasis on broadening their international presence. McNally also hopes to advance the IMA’s thought leadership and research, especially around the future of work, and to advance the use of technology strategies in the accounting and finance profession and support members in being effective, well-rounded management accountants and finance professionals. He also plans to help members in the small business sector recover from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

McNally also will be chairing the IMA's Governance Standing Board Committee and be a member of the Nominating Standing Board Committee. He is a member of the IMA's Toledo Chapter and a former board liaison to the IMA Committee on Ethics.

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“I’m really excited and honored to be in the role as chair for IMA,” he told Accounting Today. “Clearly, we’re in a very dynamic environment and it’s just going to continue to ramp up and change, so one of my key priorities or goals is to support our members in becoming future ready, not knowing what that future looks like, but being future ready to do their work. That’s through things like keeping the CMA up to date, and doing various webinars and articles, all around just helping our members prepare for the future of work.”

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McNally also plans to contribute to the IMA’s thought leadership work, especially around the use of internal controls over financial reporting, using the COSO framework, originated by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission.

“One of the things I’ve always been impressed with is how IMA is such a leader within the management accounting and finance profession on various topics,” he said”. I’m personally partial to COSO and internal controls and enterprise risk management. I had the honor of representing IMA on the COSO Advisory Council back in 2011-2012 that updated the internal control framework. IMA also drives thought leadership in the areas of sustainability and DE&I and ethics and so many areas.”

A big priority as global chair will be the IMA’s work internationally. “Over the last 10 to 12 years, we’ve very much evolved from a very U.S.-centric organization to a global organization, with over 140,000 members in over 150 countries,” said McNally. “Therefore, for me, it’s imperative that we reach out and listen to the voice of our global members, understand what they need, what their wants and desires are, and how IMA can support them.”

He also wants to do more to support small and midsized businesses. “I spent a good chunk of my career at Campbell Soup, which is obviously a big public company, but now I’m CFO of a small private company, and it was just an eye owner for me how it’s so important that smaller and midsized businesses have the financial talent to be successful. Therefore, it’s so important that we, IMA, support our members in smaller and midsized businesses so they can support their organizations.”

One way the IMA will be supporting businesses is by helping them get through the pandemic as the organization makes plans to once again hold in-person meetings and conferences. “On the one hand, I absolutely am hoping that through vaccinations and through the virus itself becoming more and more under control, hopefully we do have an opportunity to go back to meeting in person and having those live events,” said McNally. “For finance and accounting professionals, it’s important that we play a key role within our organizations and think through helping our organizations be ready for the future, whether that future is tomorrow, or a month out, or six months out. Even things like how do you go back — being completely remote, or is it a hybrid, or is it fully in person? As accounting and finance professionals, we’re inquisitive. We ask questions. That’s one of the key things we need to do within our cross-functional leadership team is ask those questions, to pressure test the decisions to ensure we’re making the best decisions as a company or as an organization.”

The IMA has also been collaborating with the California Society of CPAs on research examining diversity, equity and inclusion in the accounting profession (see story), and that fits in with the group’s international growth.

“I’m very proud of the fact that in the last 10 years alone IMA has gone from being very much U.S.-centric to a global organization, and is now represented in over 150 countries,” said McNally. “Along with that comes the importance of really ensuring that as an organization we hear the voice of our global members. This year, I’m really excited that on July 1, the same day that I became global chair, we’ve actually launched a brand-new, board-level standing advisory committee. It’s our Global Markets Committee. And at the same time, we’ve now launched regional advisory committees in China, India and the Middle East. This is one way that we’re going to ensure that we better hear the voices of our diverse members. And I’m also proud for the first time ever, my successor, Gwen van Berne, will be the first non-U.S. chair of the IMA, so from a governance perspective, we’re pushing very hard to ensure we’re really embracing all kinds of diversity, and giving appropriate representation, whether it’s on our global board or our global technical advisory committees. But also, IMA has played a key role in terms of educating the broader profession and community in regards to setting the tone when it comes to ensuring diversity and equity in our profession and, through that awareness, working toward improving that fact.”

The IMA has also been encouraging accountants to develop technology skills in areas like data analytics as part of its Management Accounting Competency Framework, and McNally hopes to continue that work.

“As CFOs and just generally as accounting and finance professionals, I think we need to take a leadership role,” he said. “Clearly technology plays such an important role in preparing for the future, preparing our respective organizations to be successful. It starts with individuals cultivating a technology savvy mindset, and as individuals, doing what we can. I know I read up on things like RPA and blockchain and data visualization, just staying connected with what the technology trends are, and again as management accountants and finance leaders setting the tone within our own organizations, and evaluating where we are today. What systems do we have? What processes do we have? Where can we be better, more efficient, more effective? How can technology help with that? With that said, typically small and midsized businesses don’t have excess funds to invest, so it’s also very important that we think through the return on investment. What is the technology investment otherwise? That’s another place where the accounting and finance professionals can really make a difference within their cross-functional leadership team in ensuring that we’re asking the right questions, and pressure testing so that we invest in the right technologies for us at this moment in time.”

Accountants need to monitor their organizations’ technology investments and make sure the money doesn’t get wasted. “Over my career, I saw too many times where investments were made in technology and you get yourself to that finish line of going live, and then the management team or the project team moves on, and you take away the budgets for training and such,” said McNally. “You can’t do that. If you’re going to make an investment in technology, it’s really important that you sustain it through the training, through the upgrades and such. That’s where we as management, finance and accounting professionals can make such a difference, especially because we’re the ones typically managing the budgets and have oversight of the budget and can ensure those investments are made for the long term.”

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الأربعاء, 21 سبتمبر 2022 13:19

المحاسبون الإداريون المعتمدون أقل عرضة لتضرر رواتبهم أثناء الوباء

لم يكن المحاسبون الإداريون المعتمدون يتضررون من الراتب بسبب الانكماش الاقتصادي الناجم عن جائحة COVID-19 مثل غير الحاصلين على شهادة CMA، وفقًا لمسح نشره معهد المحاسبين الإداريين

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المحتوى بالإنجليزية CMAs experienced fewer salary cuts during pandemic
By Michael Cohn
March 02, 2021, 3:58 p.m. EST
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Certified management accountants weren’t as hurt salary-wise by the economic downturn caused by the COVID-19 pandemic as non-CMAs, according to a survey released Tuesday by the Institute of Management Accountants.

The global survey found that CMAs were more confident in their job performance in comparison to non-CMAs and CPAs. Certified management accountants earned 58 percent more than non-CMAs and were less likely to experience a salary cut than non-CMAs (35 percent compared to 38 percent) across all regions. Globally, the difference in median total compensation between CMAs and non-CMAs was $29,000.

The COVID-19 pandemic caused widespread job losses and economic devastation in the U.S. and other parts of the world, but accountants fared relatively well compared to other jobs, especially in industries like restaurants, retail, tourism, leisure and hospitality.

“We have always known the CMA certification has a positive impact on compensation and job security,” said IMA director of research Kip Krumwiede in a statement. “This year is especially encouraging as CMA holders have been generally better off in maintaining both their jobs and compensation levels during the pandemic than those without the CMA.”

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The difference in median compensation varied sharply by region, according to the IMA survey. Respondents from the Americas region indicated that CMAs earn 22 percent more in median salary and 25 percent more in median total compensation than non-CMAs. They reported the highest median salary and total compensation amounts, earning $103,000 and $115,000, respectively, compared to other regions. CMAs were 12 percent more likely to say their job had not been impacted than non-CMAs, and were 12 percent less likely to be making a career change.

The IMA awards the CMA designation and its annual salary survey tends to show how certificate holders earn more than their counterparts. Those holding the CMA certification were more likely to hold upper management job titles compared to non-CMAs, including directors (73 percent), CFOs (72 percent), and finance managers (66 percent). With CMAs becoming leaders in their companies, 85 percent of all respondents said the CMA gave them more confidence to perform their jobs at a high level and strengthened their ability to move across all areas of the business.

Comparing the impact of COVID-19 on CMAs against non-CMAs, the survey found CMAs were more likely to say their job had not been impacted by COVID-19 than non-CMAs (33 percent compared to 21 percent), and less likely to be making a career change due to COVID-19 (9 percent as opposed to 21 percent).

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الأربعاء, 30 ديسمبر 2020 17:25

معهد المحاسبين الإداريين يشهد نموًا في عام 2020 على الرغم من الجائحة

معهد المحاسبين الإداريين يشهد نموًا في عام 2020 على الرغم من الاضطرابات الناجمة عن فيروس كورونا

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الثلاثاء, 15 نوفمبر 2022 09:20

Certified Management Accountant CMA شهادة محاسب اداري معتمد

شهادة CMA واحدة من اهم الشهادات المهنية التي يحصل عليها الدراس في مجال المحاسبة حيث اصبحت الشهادات المهنية جزء لا يتجزأ للحصول على فرصة مميزة في مجال العمل

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