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FM magazine, June 2019

FM, June 2019
  • Standing the test of time after 100 years

    CIMA’s dedicated members have advanced the cause of cost and management accounting through war and peacetime and are poised to meet the challenges the future will bring.

  • CIMA history

    This timeline explores the organisation’s most significant moments since its founding as the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants in 1919.

The Roman marble statue of Antinous, dating to circa 130–138 AD, stands in a rotunda of the Lady Lever Art Gallery.

Art for all

The art gallery that CIMA’s first president, Lord Leverhulme, built in the UK for his soap factory workers is still filled with treasures.
Former Unilever CEO Paul Polman, HonFCMA, speaks at the Centenary Dinner.

A challenge to the profession

The accounting profession has a role to play in solving global problems such as climate change and income inequality, former Unilever CEO Paul Polman said at the CIMA President’s London Centenary Dinner.
Instead of acting hastily, think strategically about cost-cutting

Bringing value to healthcare using cost accounting

Professionals at the UK’s National Health Service are using principles that date back to cost accounting’s roots as they employ a data-centric approach to improving patient care and efficiency in treatment.
100 quick technology tips

100 quick technology tips

In celebration of CIMA’s 100th anniversary, this guide provides 100 ways to more effectively use technology such as Excel.
Grecia the toucan, who lost most of his upper beak in an attack, eats with his new 3D-printed beak at Zoo Ave animal sanctuary in Alajuela, Costa Rica.

On-demand customisation

Three-dimensional printing holds promise for manufacturers making unique products for individual customers.
Andrew Harding, FCMA, CGMA

Learning from the past

Andrew Harding, FCMA, CGMA, the chief executive–Management Accounting for the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants, looks back for lessons for the future.
CIMA president Steven Swientozielskyj with a Diploma in Management Accounting graduate in Gauteng, South Africa.

Institute news

Get updates on issues affecting the profession and your membership.
Lease accelerator

Ask the expert: Leases

John Kuett heads accounting strategy for LeaseAccelerator, the software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution for Enterprise Lease Accounting. He has 20 years’ experience directing companies’ financial reporting and compliance with IFRS 16 and ASC 842. He is an IFRS expert, specialising in topics such as IFRS 15, IAS 16, and IFRS 16 leases.
Sage Intacct

Ask the expert: Technology

Marc Linden has more than 25 years of finance, business strategy, and general management experience. He was CFO of Intacct prior to its acquisition by Sage. He has also held senior financial management positions with Mirapoint, Openwave, and Onebox and began his career in the technology practice at McKinsey & Company.
SAP

Ask the expert: Business expenses

Since joining in 2004, Dafydd Llewellyn has played a key role in developing the UK business — helping growing companies to transform their manual expense, travel, and invoice processes.
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