Chartered Institute of Management Accountants

CIMA


Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) is the world’s largest professional body of management accountants. Founded in 1919 CIMA has useful accounting qualification for a career in business. Programmes are designed that individual and businesses to succed by harnessing the power of management accounting.

Starting with spring 2020 PwC's Academy Romania is providing 3 programmes for the accounting managers:

Leap forward to a global designation with a CEE cohort

With your vast experience in finance and business functions as a C-suite executive, we would like to help you stay at the cutting edge of your profession. The CFO Program will complement your experience and put you on a fast track to gaining the globally trusted and highly valued Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) designation.

Under this fast track program candidates will only take the Strategic Case Study exam of the CIMA qualification and completion of the exam will allow direct entry to CIMA membership.

Ahead of sitting the exam, candidates will attend preparatory classes with PwC’s Academy.

Here is the programme for Autumn 2025:


Application deadline: 18 July

Pre-course homework: 1 August

Introductory webinar: 4 August

Individual meeting: 5-7 August

Workshop Part 1: 12-14 August

Workshop Part 2: 26-28 August

Workshop Part 3: 21-22 October

Workshop Part 4: 28-29 October

Mock exam deadline: 7 November

Individual meetings: 12,13,14 November

Exam dates: 19-21 November

Exam results: 12 January 2026

Intro webinar takes place at 9:00 a.m., Live Online workshops from 8:30 a.m. till 3:00 p.m.

Individual meetings are set up with each participant, after the course starts.

Enhance your professional standing

Strategic Level is the third and final level of the CIMA Professional Qualification. It focuses on the role of the senior finance manager and long-term strategic decision making.

Under this fast track program, the stundents will have to take three Objective Tests and a Strategic Case Study exam. After completion of the exam will be admitted to associate membership and granted the associate chartered management accountant (ACMA) and Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) designations.

CGMA is the most widely held management accounting designation in the world. It distinguishes more than 150,000 accounting and finance professionals who have advanced proficiency in finance, operations, strategy and management.

Objective tests:

P3 Module: Risk Management
·       Enterprise risk
·       Strategic risk 
·       Internal controls
·       Cyber risks

Duration: 33 hours, 8:30 am till 02:30 pm CET with two 15 minute coffee breaks
Format: Live Online classes
Dates:  Spring 2024

 

E3 Module: Strategic Management - Period: Spring 2024
·       The Strategy process 
·       Analysing the organisational ecosystem 
·       Generating strategic options 
·       Making strategic choices
·       Strategic control 
·       Digital strategy

F3 Module: Financial Strategy 
MOCK exam follow-up, 8:30 am till 11:30 am CET with one 15 minute coffee break 
·       Financial policy decisions
·       Sources of long-term funds
·       Financial risks
·       Business valuation

New dates soon

Enhances your leadership, strategic and decision making skills

CGMA Top Manager Program is a tailor-made programme best suitable for experienced managers and team leaders (or other equivalent mid-level roles) with at least 5 years of work experience.

The Program enhances leadership, strategic and decision making skills and it equips people with the skillset of both business and finance acumen.

Ahead of sitting the exam, candidates will attend preparatory classes with the PwC’s Academy.

For this programme there are 2 possible routes:

  1. Management Case Study
  2. Management and Strategic Case Study

In order to choose the best option for you and your time connect with our local team for a short meeting to explore the benefits of the two routes.

Contact us

Denisa Panaite Casu

PwC's Academy Manager, PwC Romania

Tel: +40 720 028 359

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