The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) trains management accountants in business (letters ACMA / FCMA). Its headline designation is CGMA — Chartered Global Management Accountant, jointly awarded with the AICPA: the two bodies formed the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants in 2017. The verification point that matters: CIMA is not a Recognised Supervisory Body or Recognised Qualifying Body, and CGMAs do not acquire statutory-audit rights — so a CGMA is a strong management-accounting signal but is not an auditor. Conflating management-accounting membership with audit eligibility is exactly the mis-read a verification product must avoid.
Sources & verification
- CGMA (Chartered Global Management Accountant) is jointly awarded by the AICPA and CIMA (together the Association of International Certified Professional Accountants); CIMA members are management accountants in business and CIMA is not a Recognised Supervisory/Qualifying Body, so CGMAs do not acquire statutory-audit rights — source, verified 2026-06-10
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