Institute of Management Accountants
Overview
Montvale, New Jersey
Montvale is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 7,844.Montvale was incorporated as a borough on August 31, 1894, from portions of Orvil Township and Washington Township, at the height of the "Boroughitis" craze then...
more than 60,000 professionals worldwide. The IMA vision is to be the leading resource for developing, certifying, connecting, and supporting the world’s best accountants and financial
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professionals working in business.
IMA is a collective voice for professionals around the world who work in business, distinct from public accounting.
With a network of more than 60,000 professionals, IMA provides best-in-class certification
Certification
Certification refers to the confirmation of certain characteristics of an object, person, or organization. This confirmation is often, but not always, provided by some form of external review, education, assessment, or audit...
, the Certified Management Accountant
Certified Management Accountant
The title Certified Management Accountant is used by various professional bodies around the world to designate their different professional certifications....
(CMA®), for critical internal financial management
Financial management
Financial management may refer to:* Managerial finance, a branch of finance that concerns itself with the managerial significance of finance techniques....
responsibilities, including planning
Planning
Planning in organizations and public policy is both the organizational process of creating and maintaining a plan; and the psychological process of thinking about the activities required to create a desired goal on some scale. As such, it is a fundamental property of intelligent behavior...
, budgeting, business reporting, decision analysis, and risk management
Risk management
Risk management is the identification, assessment, and prioritization of risks followed by coordinated and economical application of resources to minimize, monitor, and control the probability and/or impact of unfortunate events or to maximize the realization of opportunities...
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