Membership Levels

Six Primary Levels of Memberships
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    Certified Management Accountant

    Certified Management Accountant (CMA) is the pinnacle of the qualification structure which is awarded to a professional completing the following:

      Academic requirements of GMA level
      Participated in the seven day qualifying workshop and the relevant assessments
      Gained a minimum of five years of acceptable professional experience

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    Associate Management Accountant

    Associate Management Accountant (AMA) membership is the intermediate level professional membership awarded based on completing the following:

    Academic requirements of GMA level or GMA membership
    Gained minimum three years of relevant professional experience

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    Graduate Management Accountant

    Graduate Management Accountant (GMA) membership is the starting level of professional membership awarded to a professional completing:

      Graduate conversion programme, or
      Graduate programme
      An academic degree or professional qualification in accounting acceptable to ICMA.

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    Registered Business Accountant

    Eligibility criteria,

    Degree (Bachelors) other than Accounting from a recognised University or
    Three Stages of a Professional Qualification in Accounting or
    Completion of Stages 1,2 & 3 of the ICMA’s Graduate

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    Registered Cost Accountant

    Eligibility criteria,
      Diploma in Accounting from a recognised Technical College (TAFE) or
      Two Stages of a Professional Qualification in Accounting or
      Completion of Stages 2 of the ICMA’s Graduate program

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    Certified Accounting Technician

    Eligibility criteria,

      Certificate in Accounting from a recognised Technical College (TAFE) or
      Stage 1 of a Professional Qualification in Accounting or
      Completion of Stage 1 of the ICMA’s graduate program

Other Memberships

Related Experience

Relevant experience in management accounting is broadly defined to include the gaining of experience in the provision of information in a wide range of managerial functions including costing, pricing, marketing, strategy, financial analysis, logistics, an information systems, etc.