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Bristol management accountants celebrate global status

Bristol’s Chartered Management Accountants are celebrating new global status as Chartered Global Management Accountants (CGMAs).

The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) is marking the joint venture with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Bristol on Wednesday.

The new global designation is a single global quality standard, which means CGMAs have greater mobility, and can move with confidence around the world.

A recent survey showed 75% of CEOs would want their existing finance employees to obtain the CGMA designation, which highlights training and leadership skills so they can help their colleagues understand income and costs, and risks and opportunities of all kinds.

At the event, Harold Baird, FMCA, CGMA President of CIMA, is expected to say: “Businesses are facing unprecedented challenges. One of the key struggles faced by CEOs is building sustainably for the future in the face of a fixation on financial, short-term gains.

“Our research shows there is an unmet need in the measuring of non-financial information within organisations.

“Management accountants, who have the depth and breadth to understand the business from multiple perspectives, can help businesses succeed in troubled times and create long-term sustainability.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Tom Keighley .