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Vietnamese On January 31st 2012, the Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) designation is officially launched under a joint venture by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountant (AICPA) and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA).
This groundbreaking move is to “elevate the profession of management accounting” by guiding critical business decisions and driving performance in businesses of all sizes, public and private sectors alike.
The CGMA is also hoped to promote a global profile of management accounting, built on the recognition of AICPA in North America and CIMA in Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia and more.
These two biggest professional accountancy bodies in the world, the AICPA and CIMA, are founded in 1887 and 1919 respectively, with a total of more than 550,000 members and students.
What make the CGMA stand out as a single global quality standard are its code of ethics and enforcement, commitment to progressive professional development with a different perspective on accounting.
CGMA holders are trained to work with non-financial, qualitative, predictive information as well as financial information. They also possess integrative thinking and utilize resources provided to maintain market-driven competencies.
A comprehensive range of CGMA resources includes:
- Online social community for management accountants
- Affiliation with leaders in business
- Inaugural print issue of CGMA magazine
- CGMA online magazine
- Leading-edge research, tools and techniques and global surveys
- Global Economic Outlook Survey
- Advocacy voice of a half-million accounting professionals around the world
- Professional development – online course, digital publications, webinars, conferences etc.
Visit the brand new website http://www.cgma.org/homepage.htm for more information.
