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CMA Program

cma program

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Become a Certified Management Accountant (CMA®)

What is CMA®?

Certified Management Accountants (CMAs) are financial management professionals who have gained the knowledge and skills necessary to provide analysis, evaluation, and synthesis in the area of cost and management decision-making. Our program leads to the most respected and highly sought-after designation in business: the CMA®.

Certified Management Accountants are strategic value creators who apply proactive financial skills and forward-looking management to provide innovative business solutions. Unlike a CPA, which emphasizes financial reporting, auditing, theoretical applications and after-the-fact verification, the CMA® looks to the future to provide real-world strategic direction, business management, and leadership. A CMA® creates value, instead of just measuring it.

Who Should Attend?

The CMA® Program is open to both Accountants and Non-Accountants. University graduates with accounting degree need to take the CMA® Program while non-accounting graduates need to take the same program plus four (4) additional subjects.

The CMA® Program is highly recommended to:

  • - Chief Financial Officers
  • - Finance Directors
  • - Executive Officers
  • - Financial Controllers
  • - Senior Auditors
  • - Accountants
  • - Analyst
  • - Top Managers engaging in accounting functions in their organizations

What are the Benefits?

  • - Professional Recognition
  • - 24/7 access to information, tools, and networking
  • - Be part of the most expansive community of management accounting professionals
  • - Salary and Career Management
  • - Continuing Professional Development Opportunities
  • - Thought Leadership
  • - International Reach

Program Syllabus

Same curriculum is being used by all providers in ICMA Australia in the world, including Monash University, Deakin University and University of South Australia. Because of the recognition of CMA® graduates, successful participants who become CMA® can actually earn substantial credits (about 40% of total units) towards completing an Australian MBA should they decide to study further.

Module 1: Strategic Business Analysis

  • Corporate Objectives, Strategy and Structure
  • Strategic Marketing Analysis and Budgeting
  • Financial Analysis in Product Portfolio Management
  • Pricing Methods and Strategies
  • Financial Dimensions of Pricing in International Business Strategies
  • Promotion: Push Strategy and Human Resource Management
  • Promotion: Pull Strategy and Integrated Marketing Communication
  • Supply Chain Management and the Place-Distribution Decision
  • Free Cash Flows and Strategic Value Analysis
  • Risk Management - Corporate Radar and Early Warning Systems
  • Strategic Scorecards and Key Performance Indicators
Module 2: Strategic Cost Management

  • Management Control Systems
  • Lean Manufacturing and Quality Control
  • Cost Accounting and Cost Management in a Lean Environment
  • Life Cycle Costing Systems
  • Benchmarking
  • Activity Based Cost Allocation System
  • Customer Profitability Analysis
  • Process Control and Activity Based Management
  • Implementing Re-engineered Cost Analysis and Control Systems
  • Strategic Performance Management Systems
  • Emerging Issues 1: Triple Bottom Line Accounting and Carbonomics
  • Emerging Issues 2: Governance, Empowerment and the Strategic Audit

Testimonials

"I highly recommend this CMA program! It turns me into a confident person from a very shy person by interacting with different individuals from different levels and industries that I knew I can treasure and rely on even after this program. My usual financial or traditional reporting will not be the same again as I will apply all the learnings I’ve gained from this program."

Joana Michelle de Guzman
Financial Consultant

 

"CMA program provides a good balance of financial and non-financial information that is both relevant to the growth of a company. The session gives us an insightful view of what are the other aspects that are important other than the usual numbers and figures that we have in our financial reporting. It’s an avenue to think beyond the box and create more value for the company as an employee and part of the management team."

Rogelio Lumanta
Senior Finance Manager

 

"The CMA program taught me the value of interpreting the numbers into words and providing a plan on how to do it and eventually implement the same. We, as CMA, carry the knowledge of helping the management realize the company’s vision and mission into life."

Mariecielo Pamaylaon
Regional Accounting and Control Manager

 

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