Certified Management Accountant (CMA)

Course details

Earning the CMA credential certifies you have the skills needed to succeed at financial planning, analysis, control, decision support, and it also represents your commitment to professional ethics. In addition to these basic skills, the CMA certification focuses on advanced skills such as budgeting, forecasting, and managing costs. All these are required to effectively evaluate investment opportunities and support strategic financial decisions based on solid analysis and sound ethics. Employers value the CMA because it drives long-term growth, representing comprehensive and thorough financial analysis plus accurate financial reporting.

Objective

Being a CMA sends a clear message to the professional world and companies. It shows the mastery of advanced financial and accounting skills, a high level of competency, and a serious commitment. This makes the CMA essential for accounting and financial professionals. Earning the certification also opens the door to a worldwide elite professional network through the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA®) that connects more than 30,000 CMAs. CMAs are rewarded in terms of higher salaries, more challenging work responsibilities, and greater career advancement opportunities.

Leading employers selectively recruit CMAs to fill positions that require vital accounting and financial management skills: from multinational corporations to private firms, academic institutions, and non-profit organizations.

Target Audience

The CMA credential is ideal for Staff Accountants, Cost Accountants, Senior Accountants, Budget Analysts, Financial Analysts, Finance Managers, Finance Controllers, Treasurers, Vice Presidents (VP), Chief Executive Officers (CEO), Chief Financial Officers (CFO) and even more inpiduals with a vested interest in the field. Earning the CMA will make you part of a network of  over 30,000 credentialed peers worldwide.