The Houston IMA Chapter will meet Tuesday, February 19t at the Magnolia Houston Hotel, 1100 Texas Avenue, Houston, 77002
5:30 pm – Check-in 6:30 pm – Dinner & Presentation 7:45 pm – Networking 1 1/2 CPE hours for both CMAs and CPAs are provided. Attendees must sign in and out and be present for the presentation in order to receive CPE credit. IMA Houston Chapter is a registered CPE sponsor with the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy (TSBPA). This registration does not constitute an endorsement by the board as to the quality of our CPE program. Cost - Dinner Meeting: Members and Guests- $40.00 – Meeting & Dinner only Students and Educators - $35.00 – Meeting & Dinner only Reservations after 02/15 $45 RSVP HERE
Professional Development Session Topic: " The Acceleration of Business Planning and Strategy "
Summary:
At this session, you will learn:
- Impacts of the evolution of technology, regulation and human resources on the planning process
- How to evaluate the current business environment to improve integrated business planning and strategy
- To anticipate likely trends in business management and accounting best practices.
CPE Credits: 1.5
Prerequisites: None
Advanced Preparation: None
Course Level: Basic
Field of Study: Advisory Services
Course Delivery: Group Live
Presenter Bio:
Heather Bain CPA, CMA, MBA is the owner of Bain CPA Business Strategies, LLC, a small business management advisory firm in Houston, Texas and adjunct accounting professor for University of Phoenix Houston Campus. Bain has a variety business experience from business development roles in both corporate and family-owned businesses to finance professional for national publicly traded companies to controller for a privately-held energy exploration and production company. Bain serves on IMA's Small Business Committee, as a board member and treasurer for a local not-for-profit organization and on the energy committee for the Houston Chapter of the Texas Society of CPA’s. She has volunteers as an adviser for the Houston Community College business plan competition, and in 2016 and 2017, her teams won first and second place prizes, respectively. Bain is on the steering committee of the Newspring Edge Program to develop businesses in the Houston area.
Bain has presented Accounting for the Cost of Regulation at the 2015 IMA annual conference and presents local accounting seminars to small business owners in Houston, Texas. She presents a wide variety of topics as an accounting professor at University of Phoenix. Bain has authored three small business columns in Strategic Finance Magazine: Nexus and the Small Business, published in May 2016, Checklists for the Small Business, published in the May 2017 publication of Strategic Finance Magazine and Customer Lifetime Value for Small Businesses, published in August 2018.
The Houston Chapter of IMA is registered with the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy (TSBPA) to offer CPE to CPAs (ID #005541).