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The Institute of Management Accountants has engaged the search firm Korn Ferry to help identify its next leader.

Jeff Thomson, the longtime leader of the Institute of Management Accountants, plans to retire in early 2023.

The Big Four firm is making progress on its diversity goals, welcoming the most diverse incoming class of partners, principals and managing directors in its 177-year history.

The Institute of Management Accountants is seeing signs of a lax attitude toward ethics developing in recent years as more people work from home and are tempted to cut corners on their expenses.

Economic confidence among accountants and finance professionals in North America has declined to levels seen during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

At its annual conference this week, the IMA put a spotlight on how accountants are dealing with challenges like inflation and supply chain shortages.

The committee is looking for a new chairperson as its current chair, Paul Sobel, plans to depart at the end of the year. 

The accounting profession is undergoing a reexamination of its efforts to address the lack of diversity, not only in the U.S. but in other parts of the world.

Three organizations released a new report on the problems with diversity, equity and inclusion in the accounting profession and ways to address them.

Accountants globally are expressing more economic optimism in the first quarter of the year, according to a new survey, but they see risks ahead.

Accountants and procurement experts are being urged to team up to deal with the supply chain shortages plaguing the world economy during the pandemic.

The Institute of Management Accountants released a guide to the steps that businesses can take to cut carbon and other greenhouse gas emissions in their operations under the leadership of accountants.

North American accountants, however, felt more upbeat than most.

Accountants are seeking out more satisfying places to work where they can realize their career goals or just be able to balance their work and personal lives better.

The institute is allowing candidates for its Certified Management Accountant and Certified in Strategy and Competitive Analysis exams to take them remotely.

The institute released a report describing the essential competencies it sees as necessary for all entry-level accountants.

The IMA hopes that next year the public will come to view accountants as action heroes, helping them meet the many difficulties confronting society.

The institute hit 46,859 active Certified Management Accountants, with 12,926 new certifications earned in the past fiscal year.

The institute joins two other groups in withdrawing because of the involvement of officials from Myanmar.

CPA Australia and CA ANZ have withdrawn from an upcoming conference in Singapore due to the involvement of officials from Myanmar.