CIMA Fast Facts
From its headquarters in London and twelve offices outside the UK, CIMA supports over 164,000 members and students in 161 countries.
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, Chartered Management Accountants are fully prepared to meet the need for timely and accurate financial information.
CIMA's vision is CIMA members driving the world's successful organisations.
- Our members and students work across all business sectors at all levels throughout the world, demonstrating the flexibility of the qualification.
- CIMA has enjoyed 23% membership growth over the last five years, growing from 59,782 in 2002 to 73,356 in 2007.
- 14% of working members are finance directors (including CFOs) and 14% are financial controllers (CIMA Member Survey 2006).
- 7% of working members are chief executive officers, managing directors or other directors (CIMA Member Survey 2006).
- 124 members operate at group board level in the FTSE 350.
- 16% of UK members who are employed are based in the public sector (CIMA Member Survey 2006).
- 34% of members earn 50-99k, whilst 8% earn 100,000K or more (CIMA Member Survey 2006).
- 62% of working members in the UK are employed by an organisation with an annual turnover of 50 million or more (CIMA Member Survey 2006).
- In an independent salary survey conducted by the Robert Walters recruitment agency, ACMAs working in London were found to earn between 11 - 18% more than ACCAs.
CIMA has offices in Australia, Botswana, China, Dubai, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Malaysia, Singapore, Southern Africa, Sri Lanka, Switzerland and Zambia.
