The Certified Management Accountant (CMA) qualification is a post-graduate level professional qualification that those already possessing a CA/CPA would undertake whilst at a senior level in the organisation. In short, the CA/CPA are ‘generalist’ qualifications, mainly focusing on statutory financial reporting, auditing and taxation; whilst the CMA is a ‘specialist’ qualification focusing on strategic decision-making, [...]

ICMA provides all information on its website, www.cmaaustralia.edu.au. If you have any other queries, you can direct your questions to our Executive Director at [email protected], who will in turn forward your email to the relevant section/person.

There are three generalist professional accounting bodies who have members that provide public practice services in Australia; and are recognised in s88B of the Corporations Act (Australia) to issue a certificate under paragraphs 708(8)(c) or 761G(7)(c) after compiling or auditing a financial report in public companies. These three bodies are the Chartered Accountants of Australia and [...]

The Institute of Certified Management Accountants (Australia & New Zealand) is an independent Australian body. Its patrons are Bill Dix, formerly the Chairman of Qantas and Ford, and Professor John Miller, formally Director of Consumer Affairs and President of CPA Australia. The ICMA (ANZ) is accredited by the Commonwealth of Nations under the category of Civic [...]