Welcome to the IMA Kickoff! ima.byu.edu. What is the IMA? () Worldwide association of accountants...

Welcome to the IMA Kickoff!

ima.byu.edu

What is the IMA?(www.imanet.org)

Worldwide association of accountants and financial professionals (founded 1919)

More than 70,000 members Awards the Certified Management Accountant

(CMA) designation

Activities & Opportunities• Speaker Events• Dell • Vivint• Goldman Sachs• Qualtrics• LDS Church• Intel• Disney• Access Tech• NuSkin• Mgt. Acctg. Profs• IMA Staff

• Plant Tours• 1-800-Contacts/

glasses.com• Adobe• IM Flash

Activities & Opportunities• Service Projects• Budgeting/Personal

Finance Counseling• Habitat for Humanity• Science Palooza

• Recruiter Breakfasts• Dell• Walmart• Disney• John Deere• Johnson & Johnson

• Other events• Intern panels• SLC networking events• CMA Test Drives

Activities & Opportunities

• NAC Lunch and Panel Session• IMA Student Leadership Conference• IMA Student Case Competition• IMA Board Leadership Experience• Academic and CMA Scholarships

Isn’t this interesting?

Why the downward trend?• Companies are investing in campus hiring, rookie development• Better-informed students• Overcoming the language barrier (accounting, finance)

National Advisory Council (NAC) Student Lunch and

Panel Session• Next Friday, September 25• 1:00 – 3:00 pm• Joint session with Corporate Finance Club• Members have been invited • New members TODAY will get an invitation email

2015 IMA Student Leadership Conference• November 12-14, in Orlando, FL• SOA will cover all expenses after $140 student

registration • See Professor Smith if interested

IMA Student Case Competition

• Group case, submitted by video, in early February 2016• Finalists compete at the IMA Annual Conference• Watch for more information around November• 2014 Winners!

IMA Leadership Experience

• Students invited for leadership training, attend IMA Global Board Meeting

• February 2016• Watch for an email with details• Joon Beh – one of five students selected last year!

Scholarships, etc.• Scholarships• 4 of 10 winners of the IMA’s 2014 Memorial Education

Fund Scholarship were BYU students• See imanet.org for information and applications

• Thousands of dollars given in CMA scholarships• Granted by faculty nomination

• Accreditation• SOA endorsed by IMA for CMA curriculum

• CMA participation• BYU highly ranked in CMA pass rate• 88%, 29 takers

CMA?

How to Join the IMA• Chapter Dues: $10

• Go to the Marriott School Club Directory• Select “Institute of Management

Accountants – BYU Chapter”• Click “Register Now”• This gets you on the email list

Email us with any questions!(byuimaclub@gmail.com)

How to Join the IMA• Chapter Dues: $10

• Go to the Marriott School Club Directory• Select “Institute of Management Accountants – BYU Chapter”• Click “Register Now”• This gets you on the email list

• Join the Global IMA• www.imanet.org• Student member dues: $25 with promo code STUOFFER1516• Do you have to join the global to be a BYU chapter member?

• No, but we encourage it

Email us with any questions!(byuimaclub@gmail.com)

What else should I be doing?

Refer to BYU Bridge regularly• Information sessions• Resume deadlines• Interview dates• Consider an internship this summer• IF IT SAYS FINANCE, IT ALMOST ALWAYS MEANS ACCOUNTING

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Next Chapter Event: INTERN PANEL DISCUSSIONFriday, October 2 @ 11:00 AMWatch email for more details

Enjoy some treats!