National Finance Officer
To be responsible for the national register of members and to keep the accounts of the National Group and to have them audited annually by auditors appointed by the National General Meeting;
to prepare the budget for the National Group and to present it together with the accounts to the National Committee and the National General Meeting;
to approve all contracts on national level after consultation with and approval of the other National Committee members;
to participate in the preparation of the budget for the Association as a whole in conjunction with the Executive Finance
Officer;
and to present such financial information as is necessary for the Executive Finance Officer as and when requested.
Article 10.3.b of the IMA Statutes
The National Register of members
The National Finance Officers are responsible for ensuring:
- that a continually updated record of members is maintained centralised in the IMA members database
on the IMA website (GDPR compliant); it must be split into Professional Members, Business Members
and Associate Members.
- that new members are sent their credentials for login to the members' webpage and informed of their
own responsibility of keeping their record up to date
- that twice a year the membership figures are added up
Keeping the National Accounts of IMA
The National Finance Officers are responsible:
- that necessary bank accounts are maintained.
- that year end accounts, i.e. Profit and Loss account and Balance sheet, are audited before presentation
to the national AGM.
- that closed and, if possible, audited year-end accounts are forwarded to the Executive Finance Officer
as per the time lines mentioned above.
Preparing the budget for the national group
The National Finance Officers are responsible:
- that a total national budget is prepared and presented to the National Committee before being accepted
by the national AGM.
- that separate budgets for national arrangements (e.g. seminars) are made, and accepted by the
National Committee.
- that once a year the national budget for the following year is forwarded to the Executive Finance Officer
- that the necessary cost of twice-yearly participation in Council Meetings for the three Council Members
is included in the total budget.
- that possible application for contribution from IMA Central Travel fund for the two Council meetings the
following year is sent to the Executive Finance Officer, but only in case that any other financial possibility
is exhausted.
The National Finance Officers are responsible:
- that information on membership figures is forwarded to the Executive Finance Officer.
- that the total national budget is forwarded to the Executive Finance Officer.
- that closed and audited accounts are forwarded to the Executive Finance Officer.
- that the national group is represented, either in person or by representative, at the Council twice a year.
- that financial preparation for and follow-up on Council Meetings is made together with the National
Committee.
- that relevant input to and feed-back from Council Meetings is passed on to relevant parties i.e. National
Committee and membership.