From university to opportunity

The business world is evolving faster than ever, and to secure your future you must be able to look beyond the numbers. People and leadership skills are every bit as crucial as competencies in accounting, finance and business, and you’re expected to know the latest technologies, data and digital platforms.

The CGMA Finance Leadership Program (FLP) teaches you all this and more. You’ll gain practical experience as well as expertise and earn the coveted Chartered Global Management Accounting® (CGMA) designation.

It’s time to transform your potential into opportunity.

 

What is the CGMA designation?

The CGMA designation is the world’s most widely held management accounting designation. It’s professional proof that you understand business inside and out,and is recognised and prized by employers all over the globe — 91 of Fortune 100 companies say they will pay a premium to hire a CGMA designation holder.

 

Earning Skills, Certficates and Diplomas

A curriculum made up of skills identified by 2,000 finance teams around the world as critical for driving actionable insights and accelerating career growth.

Complete groups of Competencies to earn Skills Certificates, and pass each Level to earn Diplomas. These milestones document your own progress and demonstrate tools you’ve acquired to employers. The CGMA Finance Leadership Program’s curriculum is based on the 2019 CIMA Syllabus, the world’s most up-to-date and technologically advanced accountancy program.

Here’s how it breaks down:

 

Review the curriculum to see skills, Certificates and Diplomas you’ll earn throughout the program.

 

 

 

 

 

Curriculum

Operational Level >

The Operational Level teaches essential business concepts and establishes a strong foundation in technical finance and accounting.

Digital Finance Skills Certificate

Finance Function Transformation | Understand the role and transformation of finance.

Finance Business Partnering |  Explain main business functions and finance business partnering.

Data and Analytics |  Identify how data-backend analysis supports decision making.

Budget and Cost Analysis Skills Certificate

Short-Term Decision Making | Present information to support decision making that considers uncertainty.

Cost Accounting |  Apply cost accounting methods to planning, control and reporting.

Budgeting and Planning | Prepare and use budgets to impact planning and control.

Finance Reporting Skills Certificate

Regulatory Environment | Describe regulatory oversight, standard setting and corporate governance processes.

Finance Statements | Apply financial reporting standards to prepare financal statements.

Principles of Taxation | Recognize key international taxation issues and prepare corporate tax calculations.

Managing Working Capital | Utilize short-term financing and working capital management techniques.

Diploma in Management Accounting

Receive your diploma after completing the Operational Learning Level and the Operational Case Study.

 

 

 

 

Management Level >

At the Management Level, you’ll develop core skills and business acumen while acquiring more advanced tools and frameworks.

Team Performance Management Skills Certificate

Business Models | Recognize the dynamics of organizational ecosystems and business model frameworks.

Leading and Managing People | Apply management and leadership approaches that improve team performance.

Project Management | Apply project management tools and techniques that drive change.

Financial Planning and Analysis Skills Certificate

Cost Competitiveness | Advise on techniques to manage costs and achieve sustainable competitive advantage.

Organizational Performance | Manage performance of organization units.

Pricing and Capital Investment Decisions | Support pricing strategies and capital investment decision making.

Decision Making and Risk | Identify and manage risk associated with decision making.

Financial Statement Analysis Skills Certificate

Advanced Financial Statements | Apply recognition, measurement and presentation criteria used in International Financial Reporting Standards.

Long-Term Financing | Advise on sources of long-term finance and associated costs.

Complex Group Reporting | Prepare financial statements according to relevant international accounting standards.

Financial Statement Analysis | Provide insights about financial performance and position.

Advanced Diploma in Management Accounting

Receive your diploma after completing the Management Learning Level and the Management Case Study.