IMA Student Leadership Conference
Accounting and finance students meeting IMA professionals and recruiters; the 2025 edition was Nov 13-15 in Cleveland.
- Dates
- Usually November (next dates not announced)
- Where
- Cleveland, OH
- Cost
- Paid ticket. Price not read from site.
- Type
- Conference · Paid ticket
- Organizer
- Institute of Management Accountants
- Audience level
- Early career
- Program
- keynotes, an expo floor, networking events
- Suits
- Student or new grad
- Last checked
- October 23, 2026 against the event’s own site
Official site and registration
Speaking opportunities
Has sessions, ask how speakers are chosen
Who goes
Roles and segments the organizer or our research tag this event for.
Segments: Controllership and finance operations
Roles: financial analyst, staff accountant
Levels: Early career
The field it serves: Accounting & Audit
- Verified open jobs
- about 12,489
- Typical posted salary
- $108,000 a year (middle half $75,000 to $140,000)
- Entry or early-career level
- 31% of openings
- Employment, year over year
- +0.6% in professional and business services, the closest BLS sector
Source: NextChapter job data, jobs verified live in the last 7 days.
Source: NextChapter job data: salary ranges employers posted, midpoint of each range, 1,690 of the newest 5,000 verified open jobs.
Source: NextChapter job data: level read from the full posting, newest 5,000 verified open jobs.
Source: BLS Current Employment Statistics, seasonally adjusted payroll employment, September 2026.
Full Accounting & Audit snapshot: jobs, pay, layoffs and conferences
Accounting & Audit employers hiring now
We have not yet published an exhibitor or attendee list for this event. These employers in its industry have open verified jobs, so they are the ones worth meeting.
Industries and functions
Where it is and who it is for
Held in Cleveland, OH. Local jobs, employers, layoffs and other conferences nearby are on the place pages.
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