09 September 2003
Sarah Webb, a twenty five-year-old Financial Analyst at Rolls Royce's Risk and Revenue Sharing Division, was announced as CIMA's 60,000th member at the New Members' Celebration held at the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery on 8 September.
Claire Ighodaro congratulated CIMA's new members and said "Reaching the 60,000 mark is a great achievement for CIMA, and shows just how important the qualification and our members are to employers around the world."
At 25, Webb is the perfect example of the changing role of the management accountant. CIMA, which originated in the manufacturing industry, has always focused on providing business accountants, financial and strategy specialists who understand the business as well as the figure. But job titles and roles have changed fundamentally in the past decade, which has seen also seen membership of CIMA double in number.
The word 'accountant' is increasingly being dropped for titles such as 'analyst' and 'financial manager', and roles are far wider in their reach. As Sarah explains, "I decided that I didn’t want to be a number-crunching accountant. Instead I wanted to influence how financial decisions were made, and how they would affect business, so management accountancy and CIMA were the next steps after graduating."
Claire Ighodaro, President of CIMA and Finance Director of BT Broadband is another great example of the opportunities CIMA provides. She has risen through the ranks of the BT Group and past achievements include leading successful Trade Missions on behalf of the UK Department of Trade and Industry. She is keen for others to have the opportunities that she has benefited from. "All new members can be proud to have joined the ranks of the Chartered Management Accountant with all the new opportunities that this brings. What makes CIMA so valuable and differentiates us from other accountancy bodies is our sole focus on training and qualifying accountants in business."
The CIMA New Members & 60,000 Member Celebrations were proudly sponsored by Greenwell Gleeson - specialists in the provision of high calibre accountancy personnel
If you would like more information please contact Louisa Roberts
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Email: louisa.roberts@cimaglobal.com
