Many clients have inquired about the “CGMA” designation that I earned a couple of years ago:

CGMA stands for “Chartered Global Management Accountant.” It is a proprietary designation for management accountants issued by the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA).

Emphasis: This designation stresses management accounting services that I have provided to clients including: Product costing analysis, cash budgeting, expansion planning, overhead rate calculations, ratio analysis, and others.  Essentially, offering management accounting services to emerging businesses that large companies have in-house in their accounting departments.

Qualifications: In addition to the education, examination and internship requirements of the CPA license (often a seven year process), the CGMA certification requires an additional three years of management accounting experience.  As of 2014… I have thirty years of post-university experience. I have continually practiced in the area of management accounting in addition to my licensed areas of attestation and taxation under my CPA license.