Certified Management Accountants (CMA) are strategic financial management professionals who integrate accounting expertise with advanced management skills to achieve business success. The CMA designation provides the dual benefit of having a globally recognized accounting designation partnered with the broad management skills normally only associated with an MBA degree.
The CMA Society was founded in Canada in the 1920s, is a self-regulating body to maintain the highest standards, practices and professional conduct in management accounting. Bermuda, along with Nova Scotia and the Caribbean are regional governance entity within the CMA partnership.
CMA Accelerated Programme
The CMA Accelerated Programme is offered through Bermuda College as a part-time, pre-professional programme designed for university graduates as a precursor to the CMA Entrance Exam and as preparation for your CMA professional studies. It is the usual first step for the majority of applicants wishing to become a CMA.
The eight-month programme consists of four modules, covering all of the prerequisite topics necessary for the remainder of the CMA path.
The Accelerated Program begins every September, minimum entry requirements university topics:
• Introductory financial accounting
• Introductory management accounting
• Statistics/quantitative methods, and
• Economics.