What is the syllabus for the CMA Exam?

The Certified Management Accountant CMA Exam is divided into two parts, and each part covers a different set of topics. Here's a brief overview of the syllabus for each part: Part 1: External Financial Reporting and Decisions: Understanding financial statements, analyzing and interpreting financial statements, and decision analysis. Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting: Budgeting concepts and forecasting techniques, strategic planning, and budgeting methodologies. Performance Management: Cost and variance measures, responsibility accounting, and performance measures. Cost Management: Cost concepts, cost behavior, and cost-volume-profit analysis. Internal Controls: Governance, risk, and compliance, internal controls, and fraud risk assessment. Technology and Analytics: Data analytics and technology. Part 2: Financial Statement Analysis: Financial statement analysis, corporate finance, and decision analysis. Corporate Finance: Financial statement analysis, corporate finance, decision analysis, and risk management. Decision Analysis: Decision making techniques, linear programming, and forecasting techniques. Risk Management: Enterprise risk management, financial risk management, and internal controls. Investment Decisions: Capital budgeting, cost of capital, and working capital management. Professional Ethics: Ethics, corporate governance, and responsibility. \ The CMA Exam syllabus is regularly updated to keep it relevant to the changing business environment. Candidates can find the detailed syllabus, exam format, and other information on the official website of the Institute of Management Accountants (IMA), which conducts the CMA Exam.

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The CMA Foundation syllabus is categorized into 4 subjects, which are: Business Laws and Business Communication. Financial and Cost Accounting. Business Mathematics and Statistics.

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Hi, As per the official CMA Foundation 2023 syllabus, candidates should study for four different papers which include fundamentals of economics and management, fundamentals of accounting, fundamentals of law and ethics, fundamentals of business mathematics and Statistics.

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<p>The CMA syllabus for all three course levels is as follows</p><p><strong>CMA Foundation Course Syllabus: </strong></p><ul><li>Paper 1: Fundamentals of Business Laws and Business Communication (FBLC)</li><li>Paper 2: Fundamentals of Financial and Cost Accounting (FFCA)</li><li>Paper 3: Fundamentals of Business Mathematics and Statistics (FBMS)</li><li>Paper 4: Fundamentals of Business Economics and Management (FBEM)</li></ul><p><strong>CMA Intermediate Course Syllabus: </strong></p><ul><li>CMA Intermediate Course Group I<ul><li>Paper 5: Business Laws and Ethics (BLE)</li><li>Paper 6: Financial Accounting (FA)</li><li>Paper 7: Direct and Indirect Taxation (DITX)</li><li>Paper 8: Cost Accounting (CA)</li></ul></li><li>CMA Intermediate Course Group II<ul><li>Paper 9: Operations Management and Strategic Management (OMSM)</li><li>Paper 10: Corporate Accounting and Auditing (CAA)</li><li>Paper 11: Financial Management and Business Data Analytics (FMDA)</li><li>Paper 12: Management Accounting (MA)</li></ul></li></ul><p><strong>CMA Final Course Syllabus </strong></p><ul><li>CMA Final Course Group III<ul><li>Paper 13: Corporate and Economic Laws (CEL)</li><li>Paper 14: Strategic Financial Management (SFM)</li><li>Paper 15: Direct Tax Laws and International Taxation (DIT)</li><li>Paper 16: Strategic Cost Management (SCM)</li></ul></li><li>CMA Final Course Group IV<ul><li>Paper 17: Cost and Management Audit (CMAD)</li><li>Paper 18: Corporate Financial Reporting (CFR)</li><li>Paper 19: Indirect Tax Laws and Practice (ITLP)</li><li>Paper 20: One of the following subjects<ul><li>Paper 20A: Strategic Performance Management and Business Valuation (SPMBV)</li><li>Paper 20B: Risk Management in Banking and Insurance (RMBI)</li><li>Paper 20C: Entrepreneurship and Start-Up (ENTS)</li></ul></li></ul></li></ul><p>For more detailed information, you may visit the Shiksha CMA Exam page. (<a style="word-wrap: break-word;" href="./accounting-commerce/accounting/cma-exam-syllabus">https://www.shiksha.com/accounting-commerce/accounting/cma-exam-syllabus</a>).</p>

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CMA course is divided into three levels 1) Foundation, 2) Intermediate, and 3) Final. The new CMA syllabus for the Foundation course includes basic or fundamental concepts of accounting and management whereas the syllabus for the Intermediate and Final Course is divided into two groups which include advanced-level topics related to the field of accounting, cost, management, laws, etc. Here is a complete subject list for the CMA course: (1) Foundation Course: a)Fundamentals of Economics And Management b)Fundamentals of Accounting c)Fundamentals of Laws and Ethics d)Fundamentals of Business Mathematics and Statistics (2)Intermediate Course: Group 1 a)Financial Accounting b)Laws and Ethics c)Direct Taxation d)Cost Accounting Group 2 a)Operations Management &amp; Strategic Management b)Cost &amp; Management Accounting and Financial Management c)Indirect Taxation d)Company Accounts &amp; Audit Final Course: Group 1 a)Corporate Laws &amp; Compliance b)Strategic Financial Management c)Strategic Cost Management Decision Making d)Direct Tax Laws and International Taxation Group 2 a)Corporate Financial Reporting b)Indirect Tax Laws and Practice c)Cost and Management Audit d)Strategic Performance Management and Business Valuation.

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