Certified Management Accountant (CMA) Preparatory Program - Overview

WHAT DOES A MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANT DO?

Globalization has forced everyone to improve themselves. Being an Accountant is needed and has been pushed them to develop their skills to support financial and strategic management professional. Therefore, Certified Management Accountant (CMA) is being offered to assess business possibilities, grasp opportunities and shape the future of organizations.

New technology and management philosophies have changed the nature of competition and have forced firms to be able to respond rapidly to market demands. The focus of management accounting must move beyond summary financial measures of manufacturing operations if it is to maintain its central evaluation and control role.

Management accountants are no longer only scorekeepers of past performance. They have become value-adding members of management teams, creating information vital for enhancing operational excellence, and for formulating and implementing new strategies.

WHY BECOMING A CERTIFIED MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANT (CMA)?

To become a Certified Management Accountant (CMA) means to become an internationally recognized professional in Management Accounting. It is also becoming a member of The Institute for Certified Management Accountants (ICMA), a certified world-class professional organization dedicated to the provision of value - creating information to management.

Certified Management Accountants (CMA) is a gateway for creating business knowledge for strategic leadership with roles in the product management, pricing decision, promotion, distribution decision, strategic financial structures and cost of capital, and strategic value analysis in linking finance and strategy.

WHAT IS IPMI BUSINESS SCHOOL ROLE?

IPMI Business School is an international branch of ICMA, and has been authorized to provide training to both prospective and current members of ICMA, and to administer the ICMA examination in Advanced Management Accounting subjects in Indonesia.