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Management Accounting CIMA - Can someone explain how you do this qualification? I've looked on their website and it's not very clear. If you wanted to train as a management accountant, do you have to do the course at University or are the specialist centres around that teach only students who are going for the CIMA thing? I'd have to enter it as a school leaver which means I will need to start with a certificate in business accounting. Can I work for a company and do this course at the same time? (Sorry if this post is confusing, I basically need a 'Dummies guide to Management Accounting/CIMA'
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CIMA is usually offered only as day release/distance learning/night school option anyway. When I looked into doing CIMA you could work (even for yourself) and study at the same time. You'll find it harder to get the letters after your name unless you can prove practical experience. Again you used to be able to do this as a self-employed person/company director but you should check with CIMA that this is still the case. As with any Professional qualification, the more relevant your work is to the course, the easier the studies will be.
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I was thinking of it as a company that provides a qualification that gets you into management accounting jobs. Is it actually more like a course which extends your knowledge so you can get better jobs? (So you train as a management accountant through a company or uni course then you do the CIMA course which makes you 'professional' with letters after your name)?
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How to do the CIMA qualification You can do the CIMA qualification by; Studying at home Attending classroom courses Most CIMA students work through this qualification in their spare time alongside working in an accounts department in any business or organisation that is large enough to afford its own accounts department. You could try contact the CIMA helpline here (0)20 8849 2251 (select option 1)
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 -- What about this AAT thing? Is that the same as CIMA but for a different type of accounting?
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The Association of Accounting Technicians was set up (I believe) by the different chartered accounting bodies to provide a technician level qualification for people who would then work in support of qualified accountants. The AAT qualfication is a widely respected stand alone qualification in its own right. This qualification can be used as a stepping stone to one of the higher level accounting qualifications. For a good explanation of the variety of junior and senior accounting qualifications in the UK, go to Google search, type 'british qualified accountants' and from the search results select the Wikipedia link which should be the top organic result below the advertisements. For further information about the various accounting bodies click on the links given in the Wikipedia page.
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AAT will give you a good grounding in accounting and stands alone as a very good firm qualification. This also exempts you from the first year of the CIMA qualification. Have a look around at different providers for distance learning. There are a lot around and find one that offers a package that will work for you.
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Fred, we have a guy doing this. He attends college every Thursday.
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Straight into it. We're sponsoring him because he's brilliant and we want to keep him.
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