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Welcome to a winning academic opportunity that enables you to become a Certified Management Accountant (CMA) as you complete your Masters of Accountancy at the University of Waterloo, School of Accountancy.

The Bachelor of Accounting and Financial Management (BAFM) has been awarded accredited status by CMA Canada. Graduates from this program, who are enrolled in the Masters of Accountancy Program, will be exempt from writing the CMA Entrance Exam. Because they have completed the CMA Strategic Leadership Program requirements, candidates must only write the CMA Case Examination and the Board Report.

Those students in the Bachelor of Arts-Accounting, Bachelor of Mathematics and Bachelor of Science enrolled in the Master of Accountancy program are required to write the CMA Entrance Examination, CMA Case Examination and Board Report.

How Do You Benefit?

Marketability for senior level positions dramatically increases with a professional accounting designation, a fact confirmed through a survey of job placement ads for accounting and senior management positions placed in several Ontario newspapers. Our findings confirmed that 85% of them sought candidates with a professional accounting designation.

CMAs are active in virtually every aspect of business operations. As leaders in management accounting, our expertise is grounded in three pillars of foundational knowledge: accounting, management and strategy. Our capacity to independently focus on each element or, alternatively, to amalgamate information from all three, is becoming increasingly relevant to today’s business environment. Our ability to breathe life into numbers by understanding their implications and making strategic decisions based on them, adds tremendous value to any department of any business. Many CEOs and CFOs are CMAs whose abilities as articulate communicators, team players, creative thinkers and problem solvers were recognized and chosen for their leadership abilities. Our strengths lie in our approach – applying practical applications to real world situations. Newly-certified CMAs hit the ground running and quickly find employment opportunities in any number of fields.

 

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