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CMA Part 2
Certified Management Accountant
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Course Overview

Whether you are a fresh graduate or someone working in the finance and accounting role with an ambition to have a highly rewarding career - CMA is the qualification for you! The Certified Management Accountant (CMA) is the advanced professional certification that demonstrates command of the critical accounting and financial management skills demanded by today’s dynamic businesses, translating into

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Key Takeaways

1
Financial Statement Analysis.
2
Corporate Finance and Decision Analysis.
3
Risk Management.
4
Investment Decisions.
5
Professional Ethics.

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Founded in Buffalo, N.Y. in 1919, the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) is the worldwide association of accountants and financial professional working in business. Whilst representing more than 70,000 professional members, IMA is committed to promote knowledge and professionalism among cost accountants and foster a wider understanding of the role of cost accounting in management. In this regard, IMA’s mission is to provide a forum for research, practice development, education, knowledge sharing and the advocacy of the highest ethical and best business practices in management accounting and finance. IMA achieves its main goal through: » Offering a rigorous, highly respected credential – the CMA – that recognized and rewards expertise » Building a peer network of professional relationships to share industry experience, access career opportunities, and make business contacts to last a lifetime » Providing extensive education programs to advance professional knowledge, increase leadership potential and satisfy CPE requirements » Giving a voice to the profession with insightful and timely journals and newsletters » Promoting leading-edge research and industry best practices » Advocating for the profession in a challenging regulatory environment.

Course Outline

Day 1
Section A: Financial Statement Analysis

Section A. Comparative Financial Statement Analysis

  • Common size financial statements
  • Common size balance sheet
  • Common size income statement
  • Common base year financial statements
  • Growth analysis

Financial Ratios

  • Liquidity
  • Leverage
  • Activity
  • Profitability
  • Market
  • Limitations of ratio analysis

Profitability analysis

  • Income measurement analysis
  • Revenue analysis
  • Cost of sales analysis
  • Expense analysis
  • Variation analysis
Day 2
Continuing Section A: Financial Statement Analysis

D. Special issues

  • Economic profit and accounting profit
  • Earnings quality
  • Earnings persistence
  • Market based measures
  • Impact of foreign operations
  • Fair value accounting
  • Impact of foreign currency
  • International financial reporting standards
Section B: Corporate Finance

A. Financial Risk and Return

  • Risk and types of financial risk
  • Calculating Risk and Return
  • Relationship between Risk and Return
  • Risk and Return in a portfolio context
  • Diversification
  • Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)

B. Long Term Financial Management

  • Term structure of interest rates
  • Types of financial instruments
  • Cost of capital
  • Valuation of financial instruments
Day 3
Continuing Section B: Corporate Finance

C. Raising Capital

  • Financial Markets and Regulation
  • Market efficiency
  • Financial Institutions
  • Initial public offerings
  • Secondary offerings
  • Dividend policy and share repurchase
  • Private placement
  • Debt and lease financing

D. Working Capital Management

  • Working capital terminology
  • Net working capital
  • Cash management
  • Marketable securities management
  • Accounts receivables management
  • Inventory management
  • Types of short-term credit
  • Short-term credit management
Day 4
Continuing Section B: Corporate Finance

E. Corporate Restructuring

  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Divestitures
  • Evaluating factors for restructuring
  • Other forms of restructuring

F. International Finance

  • Fixed, Flexible and Floating exchange rates
  • Managing transaction exposure
  • Financing international trade
  • Transfer pricing
Section C: Decision Analysis

A. Cost/ Volume/ Profit Analysis

  • Breakeven analysis
  • Profit performance and alternative operating levels
  • Analysis of multiple products

B. Marginal Analysis

  • Sunk costs, opportunity costs, and other related concepts
  • Marginal cost and marginal revenue
  • Special orders and pricing
  • Make versus Buy
  • Sell or process further
  • Capacity considerations
Day 5
Continuing Section C: Decision Analysis

C. Pricing

  • Pricing methodologies
  • Target costing
  • Price elasticity of demand
  • Product lifecycle considerations
  • Market structure considerations
Section D: Enterprise Risk Management

A. Enterprise Risk

  • Types of risks
  • Risk Identification, assessment, and response
  • Risk mitigation strategies
  • Managing risk
Section E: Capital Investment Decisions

A. Capital budgeting process

  • Stages of capital budgeting
  • Incremental cash flows
  • Income tax considerations
  • Evaluating uncertainty
  • Discount rates

B. Capital investment analysis methods

  • Required rate of return (RRR)
  • Net present value (NPV)
  • Internal rate of return (IRR)
  • Comparison of NPV and IRR
Day 6
Continuing Section E: Decision Analysis

E. Payback and Discounted Payback

  • Uses of Payback method
  • Advantages and Disadvantages of Payback method
  • Sensitivity analysis
  • Qualitative considerations in capital investments
Section F: Professional Ethics

A. Business Ethics

  • Ethical decision making
  • Types of business fraud

B. Ethical considerations for management accounting and financial management professionals

  • The IMA’s Statement of Ethical Professional Practice
  • Fraud triangle
  • Evaluation and resolution of ethical issues

C. Ethical considerations for the organization

  • Organizational factors and ethical culture
  • Ethical leadership
  • Legal compliance
  • Responsibility for ethical conduct
  • Sustainability and social responsibility
  • Data ethics 

Practice Exam

Who Should Attend?

This highly practical and interactive course has been specifically designed for
The CMA is the globally recognized, advancedlevel credential appropriate for accountants and financial professionals in business. Achieving the CMA demonstrates your professional expertise in financial planning, analysis, control, decision support, and professional ethics – skills that are in demand by organizations around the world. It is ideal for accountancy or financial professionals carrying out the following duties:
  • Staff Accountant
  • Cost Accountant
  • Internal Auditor
  • Budget Analyst
  • Financial Analyst
  • Senior Accountant
  • Finance Manager
  • Controller
  • Vice President, Finance
  • Treasurer
  • Chief Financial Officer
  • Chief Executive Officer

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