Management Accountants Needed . . . Urgently

Source: Journal of Accountancy

Author Charles Tilley, chief executive of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), believes that management accountants will play a key role in driving the global economy forward. Management accountants – particularly those with the joint AICPA-CIMA Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) designation – will be indispensable in helping businesses move beyond financial statements to identify the human element and other nonfinancial factors that create value.

According to a recent AICPA-CIMA survey, 80 percent of CEOs said that candidates with the CGMA designation would be more desirable, and 75 percent said they would like existing finance employees to obtain the designation.

For the complete article, read “Helping CEOs connect the dots.”

From Journal of Accountancy, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, November 2011, http://www.journalofaccountancy.com/Issues/2012/Mar.