CIMA offers two accountancy qualifications:

• The CIMA Certificate in Business Accounting
• The CIMA Professional Management Accounting Qualification

Certificate papers are examined throughout the year by Computer Based Assessment.
A recognised qualification in its own right, the Certificate in Business Accounting provides a solid grounding in the basics of accounting and business skills and is an entry requirement for the CIMA Professional Management Accounting Qualification.

CIMA Certificate in Business Accounting

C01 Fundamentals of Management Accounting
C02 Fundamentals of Financial Accounting
C03 Fundamentals of Business Mathematics
C04 Fundamentals of Business Economics
C05 Fundamentals of Ethics, Corporate Governance and Business Law

The CIMA Professional Management Accounting qualification consists of ten papers. There are 6 papers at Managerial level, followed by 3 papers at Strategic level and finally the Test of Professional Competence in Management Accounting (TOPCIMA)

Examinations for Managerial and Strategic level papers take place in May and November. TOPCIMA is examined four times a year in March, May, September and November.

CIMA Managerial Level

P1 Management Accounting- Performance Evaluation
P2 Management Accounting- Decision Management
P4 Organisational Management and Information Systems
P5 Integrated Management
P7 Financial Accounting and Tax Principles
P8 Financial Analysis

CIMA Strategic Level

P3 Management Accounting- Risk and Control Strategy
P6 Management Accounting- Business Strategy
P9 Management Accounting- Financial Strategy