About Us

The Institute of Certified Management Accountants (ICMA, also known as CMA Australia) was established in 1996 under the patronage of Mr William Dix (former Chairman of Ford and Qantas) and Professor John Miller (former Director of Consumer Affairs, Chairman of Pannell, Kerr, Foster and holder of numerous senior academic positions) with the vision to promote the specialisation of management accounting. Its objective is to provide local prospective and practicing management accountants with the opportunity to attain the highly regarded Certified Management Accountant (CMA) professional qualification, whilst providing members with a wide range of professional development workshops and seminars on management accounting and current business topics. CMA Australia is a professional examining body as well as a membership body. Members are required to pass examinations and have relevant work experience prior to attaining the CMA qualification. The Institute partners with many universities and education providers worldwide, in grooming future professional management accountants. CMA Australia also partners with business organisations by accrediting organisations as providers of recognised training and experience programs for prospective members to obtain their experience requirements for membership.