Step 3: CMA Professional Program

This page contains:

• The CMA Professional Program information
• Additional resources

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The traditional path to becoming a CMA

The CMA Professional Program

Target candidate: University graduates with an interest in accounting who aspire to senior-management and executive positions in the private, public, and not-for-profit sectors.

Having successfully met the entry requirements (see Step 1 and Step 2), candidates progress through the 18-month CMA Professional Program (also known as the CMA Strategic Leadership Program) concurrent with full-time employment.

This dynamic program explores and applies the practices that innovative enterprises adopt to succeed in a competitive global environment.
The program allows candidates to develop six functional competencies and four enabling competencies, as follows:

Functional Competencies	Enabling Competencies
• Strategic management • Risk management and governance • Performance management • Performance measurement • Financial management • Financial reporting	• Problem solving and decision making • Leadership and group dynamics • Professionalism and ethical behaviour • Communication

At the heart of the program is a series of interactive sessions allowing candidates to exchange views and experiences on program concepts under the guidance of experienced moderators. Each of the program modules includes a two-day interactive session. Candidates also complete a series of individual and group management projects applying these concepts to their own organizations.

Complementary to the integrated format of the CMA Professional Program, students are required to be simultaneously employed in a role closely aligned to the territory of management accounting during their course of studies.

Please click here to view the CMA program brochure for local program details, scheduling and fees.

Additional resources:

• Detailed program overview
• Frequently asked questions
• Sample schedule