Affiliate members enjoy comprehensive benefits designed to help you stay on-game professionally, while giving you lots of opportunities for access to the audience you’re seeking – professionals with purchasing power who work in community financial institutions.
Because the Financial Managers Society (FMS) is the only individual membership society devoted exclusively to finance, accounting and auditing professionals from banks, thrifts and credit unions, staying engaged as an FMS member both expands your network of prospective customers across the lines of all financial institution types, and helps reinforce your relationships with current clients.
FMS offers a whole lot of value to its members who are product and service providers. Invest in your development and your company’s growth by joining our ranks today. You will thank us later.
Be Heard.
Speak - Apply to present a session at the annual Finance & Accounting Forum for Financial Institutions. The Forum is one of the most efficient vehicles for targeting decision makers from financial institutions. Plus, each year FMS offers a powerhouse line-up of educational programs, both in-person and live online. While it’s a lot of work to create a substantive program that meets the high standards set by FMS, the integrity and know-how you project will earn you a lot of credibility with those attending the program and their peers, because it’s a small world, you know. View speaking opportunities.
Write - Expand your reach by writing informational or analytical articles on topics that FMS members need and want to learn about. Whether an article for the biweekly FMS Update or a widely distributed and highly sought out white paper, your name in the byline of these resources will be seen again and again. View writing opportunities.
Advise - Keep your name in front of current and prospective clients in three ways:
With a listing in the FMS Membership Directory.
By participating in the Peer Consulting program, which provides an opportunity to be listed by and called upon by members regarding your areas of expertise.
By actively participating in Discussion Board threads. The Discussion Board is a forum in which members ask questions, exchange information, make contacts and offer advice, allowing you to dialog with other members wherever and whenever you can. View a sample discussion board discussion.
Lead - Join one of four FMS Advisory Councils. Councils identify emerging trends and issues in the financial services industry, and focuses work to ensure that FMS continually offers members the most useful resources and educational programs.
Be Knowledgeable.
Read - So many resources in one place. It’s as if someone read your mind – save time but still know what you need to know, when you need to know it.
Financial Managers Update - Reliable, timely and relevant - that’s the type of information covered in this biweekly newsletter. Addressed specifically to finance and internal audit professionals, its pages cover asset/liability management techniques, risk and profitability management strategies, accounting
standards and practices, regulatory changes, internal auditing issues and more. View a sample Update newsletter.
Industry Insights - A weekly electronic chronicle, Industry Insights provides timely and succinct access to information and resources specific to your professional needs. Culled from financial news outlets everywhere, Industry Insights is rated by all FMS members as one of the most valuable benefits of belonging to FMS. View Industry News column.
The FMS home page - features daily headlines on issues impacting our industry. Why wade through volumes of information when FMS brings you only the information you want right now?
Industry News Archive - A searchable database of articles, white papers, interpretive and implementation guidance on pressing regulatory, accounting, ALM, investment, internal auditing and strategic issues of the day.
White Papers - A library of white papers, contributed by industry experts (which could include you), offering highly specialized analyses and implementation guides to help address finance, accounting, reporting or asset/liability challenges. View a sample White Paper.
Regulatory Checklist - The FMS Regulatory Checklist is a rundown of current regulations and proposals from the FED, FDIC, OTS, OCC, NCUA and SEC. It is featured in every issue of Update and in the members-only section of the FMS website.
Learn.
Stay current on critical issues and engage your clients with specialized professional education FMS members enjoy the lowest rate on all Society education. Two-day in-person programs. Live webinars. OnDemand webinars. Reference materials. Finding an educational format that fits your hectic schedules couldn’t be any easier because you can learn from FMS 24/7. View education calendar.
Be seen.
Exhibit - The yearly Finance & Accounting Forum for Financial Institutions is attended by your target audience – qualified buyers from community banks, savings and loans, and credit unions. Over 225 registrants attend this annual conference, participating in sessions geared specifically to their needs, and spending one-on-one time with company representatives during dedicated exhibits times. We make the exhibit time even more attractive to members by scheduling functions in and around the exhibits area, allowing you to talk to current and prospective clients in a relaxed atmosphere. Plus, exhibitors who commit early are featured in registration materials sent out to over 15,000 financial executives.
Sponsor - Everyone likes a gift, a special event, an “upgrade”. It makes them feel important. And appreciative. You can position your company favorably and uniquely through creative Forum sponsorships; and FMS can customize a sponsorship to almost any specification. Independent sponsorship opportunities exist, too, such as helping FMS develop or update its reference materials. A low-stress, cost effective means of getting your brand in front of your target audience in ways they’ll be reminded of again and again.
Contact - Rent the FMS membership mailing list to get your message across members’ desks. Affiliate members receive preferred pricing on list rental.
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Be penny-wise and pound-wise.
Annual dues for individual Affiliate Members are $495 per year.
Please note that while FMS does not offer institutional memberships some benefits are extended to colleagues of FMS members, such as reduced rates on educational programming and publications.
Apply for membership.