Key CIMA facts
From its headquarters in London and ten offices outside the UK, CIMA supports over 65,000 members and 85,000 students in 156 countries.
The market place continues to view CIMA as the preferred qualification for business with the latest UK Robert Half International survey for 2003/2004 declaring that "CIMA is rapidly becoming the chartered qualification of choice - Source: Robert Half Survey 2003
We work with leading employers in the UK and around the world to train and qualify financial managers. We pride ourselves on the commercial relevance of our syllabus, which is continually enhanced to reflect the latest developments in business. In an age of growing globalisation and intensified competition, the Chartered Management Accountant is fully prepared to meet the need for timely and accurate financial information.
Our members and students work across all business sectors at all levels throughout the world, demonstrating the flexibility of the qualification.
CIMA has enjoyed 26% membership growth over the last five years, growing from 51,600 in1999 to 65,000 in 2004.
From 1 October 2003 to 1 October 2004 CIMA has enjoyed a 15% growth in new membership and 29% growth in student recruitment.
15% of working members are Finance Directors (incl CFO) and 14% are Financial Controllers (CIMA Member Survey 2004)
7% of working members are Chief Executive Officers, Managing Directors or Other Directors (CIMA Member Survey 2004)
698 of CIMA members are employed within the top management of the FTSE 350
42 members of CIMA members operate at group board level in the FTSE 350
40% of working members work outside the core finance function
19% of UK members who are employed are based in the public sector (CIMA Member Survey 2004)
35% of members earn £50-99k, whilst 6% earn £100,000 or more (CIMA Member Survey 2004)
55% of working members in the UK are employed by an organisation with an annual turnover of £50 million or more. (CIMA Member Survey 2004)
CIMA has offices in Australia, Hong Kong, Ireland, India, Malaysia, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Zambia and Zimbabwe.