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CIMA® MEMBERSHIP


CIMA® Membership is exclusive to CIMA® charter-holders,
opening up a new world of professional and career growth opportunities for them.

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Essential for being able to use CIMA® as a designation, CIMA® membership is an invaluable perk for CIMA® charter-holders. CIMA® membership comes with insightfully conceived and curated informational, educational and guidance resources that unlock exciting professional development and career growth opportunities for CIMA® charter-holders.

Exclusively for CIMA® Charter-Holders

CIMA® membership is only and exclusively reserved for individuals who have already earned their CIMA® charter qualification. CIMA® Associate membership is granted immediately at the time of award of the CIMA® charter, and converts into a full CIMA® Professional Membership after two years for charter-holders who meet and complete the membership continuance norms.

Both Associate and Professional members get their personalized membership dashboards carrying a collection of resources for career and professional development. Professional members get opportunities to volunteer in CIMA® committees and expert groups and partake in the nurturing and governance of the CIMA® qualification and designation.

CIMA® Associate Membership

New CIMA® charter-holders are welcomed into the CIMA® community with the complimentary CIMA® Associate membership. Associate membership ends in two years and Associate members are upgraded to CIMA® Professional members at the end of two years after they pay the membership fee for the 3rd year and onward. Key benefits of CIMA® Associate membership include:

  • Exclusive CIMA® Members dashboard
  • Important updates on developments and changes in the industry, economy and business that impact investment and management accounting discipline and profession
  • Quarterly dashboard updates on national and global conferences/ seminars/ webinars etc.
  • Quarterly dashboard updates on useful online/ offline training programs and courses etc.
  • Periodic dashboard updates on job and career opportunities
  • Articles and opinions of leaders on a wide gamut of issues related to business, finance, accounting and international business and technology
  • Periodic regional and national online huddles among CIMA® qualification holders
  • Organic and periodically updating list of books and journals to be read
  • Life-long access to exclusive, members-only CIMA® publications
  • Opportunity to refer 2 friends and colleagues for the CIMA® program every calendar year at specially reduced fee
  • Discounted entry and registration in the CIMA institute networking events

CIMA® Professional Membership

CIMA® Associate membership converts into CIMA® Professional membership after two years once the charter-holders pay the 3rd year membership fee. Besides a number of career-development resources on the member dashboard, CIMA® Professional members get opportunities to volunteer in CIMA® committees and expert groups and partake in the nurturing and governance of the CIMA® qualification and designation. Key benefits of CIMA® Professional membership include:

  • Exclusive CIMA® Members dashboard and digital membership card
  • Opportunity to volunteer in the various CIMA® committees and expert groups
  • Join research panel for the CIMA® Investment & Management Accounting Body of Knowledge
  • Important updates on developments and changes in the industry, economy and business that impact investment and management accounting discipline and profession
  • Opportunity for becoming authorized CIMA® professional trainer
  • Opportunity to associate with CIMA® partner organizations and institutions
  • Quarterly dashboard updates on national and global conferences/ seminars/ webinars etc.
  • Quarterly dashboard updates on useful online/ offline training programs and courses etc.
  • Periodic dashboard updates on job and career opportunities
  • Articles and opinions of leaders on a wide gamut of issues related to business, finance, accounting and international business and technology
  • Periodic regional and national online huddles among CIMA® qualification holders
  • Organic and periodically updating list of books and journals to be read
  • Life-long access to exclusive, members-only CIMA® publications
  • Opportunity to refer 5 friends and colleagues for the CIMA® program every year at specially reduced fee
  • Discounted entry and registration in the CIMA institute networking events

Continuance of Membership

Keeping their CIMA® membership active is essential for CIMA® charter-holders to continue using the CIMA® designation. While there is no action required for the first two years to keep the Associate membership active as it is already covered in the CIMA® package, attention will be needed to maintain the CIMA® Professional membership.

CIMA® charter-holders can keep their Professional membership active and in good standing through attending the CIMA® Review Webinars once every year. There are no exams or assessments involved in CIMA® membership continuance. Payment of annual membership fee of US $150 is also a requirement for continuing CIMA® professional membership. Life-time membership is also available for US $650. CIMA® charter-holders who are unable to renew their membership may be barred from using CIMA® as a designation against their name, though their CIMA® charter-qualification will continue to remain active.

Professional Learning & Growth

Besides continuously updating professional development and career-growth resources on the CIMA® membership dashboard, CIMA® Professional members get the opportunity of attending the CIMA® Review Webinars - either live and synchronously, or recorded sessions.

Highly compact and crisp, typical CIMA® Review Webinars are 5-6 hours of video sessions and podcasts etc., by luminaries, experts and influencers in accounting and finance on about a dozen advanced themes of strategic relevance. Detailed information on CIMA® Review Webinars is updated on member dashboards.

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