The CMA (Certified Management Accountant) or ICMA is the advanced professional certification that measures your accounting and financial management skills. The ICMA program focuses the content on the critical skills of financial planning, analysis, control, and decision support. Its primary market consists of accountants and financial professionals.

• Calling 800-638-4427. Have your credit card available.
• Filling out an on-line registration at www.imanet.org/certification using a credit card.
• Mailing a registration form with credit card information or a check payable in U.S. funds. Mailing address is 10 Paragon Dr., Montvale, NJ 07645.
• Faxing a registration form to 201-474-1600 with credit card information.

Once you have received authorization from ICMA, you can schedule your appointment www.prometric.com/ICMA to locate a testing center, schedule, confirm, reschedule, or cancel your appointment 24 hours, 7 days a week. You should schedule your appointment at least four weeks prior to your desired appointment date.

January and February: Parts 1, 2, and 3

March: No exam parts offered

April: Part 4 only

May and June: Parts 1, 2, and 3

July: No exam parts offered

August: Part 4 only

September and October: Parts 1, 2, and 3

November: No exam parts offered

December: Part 4 only

Candidates for the CMA Certification must complete two continuous years of professional experience in management accounting and/or financial management. This requirement may be completed prior to or within seven years of passing the examination. Teachers can meet this requirement if the majority of their course load is in accounting and corporate financial management courses above the introductory level. Professional experience is expected to be gained in full-time employment. However, continuous part-time positions of 20 hours per week meeting the definition of qualified experience will count toward this requirement at a rate of one year of experience for every two years of part-time employment.

**This is an all-inclusive fee that covers:

• Credential review for educational qualification
• Credential review for experience qualification
• Electronic access to the CMA Resource Guide to exam preparation
• Access to the Certification Listserv for peer-to-peer networking
• Final Score Report
• Personalized, numbered Certificate for office display
• Congratulatory notification to employer or others if desired
• Maintenance of continuing education records
• CMA Assessment Tool for six months
• Printable Q&A Electronic books
• Retired Questions
• Three Advanced Performance Reports for parts not passed

If you do not test in the assigned testing window for any active exam authorization, your exam fee will be forfeited. No extensions will be granted.

Certification entrance fees and waiver fees are NOT REFUNDABLE. After 30 days from the date of registration, examination fees are NOT REFUNDABLE. Within 30 days of the registration date, an examination fee may be refunded IF NO TEST APPOINTMENT HAS BEEN SET. A $25 processing fee will be subtracted from the refund.

Students/Academics - Eligible students/academics may take four examination parts at a discount of 50% from the regular fee. These discounts must be used within the year following application or they will be forfeited. To qualify for the student discount, you must be an IMA student member.

If you find that, you are unable to keep a scheduled appointment at a Prometric Testing Center, you must cancel no later than three business days before the appointment (excluding Saturday and Sunday). To cancel an appointment, have your confirmation number ready and visit www.prometric.com/ICMA.

Once you have cancelled an appointment, you must wait 72 hours before calling to reschedule. If you do not comply with this cancellation policy, you will be considered a “no-show” and you will need to reregister with ICMA and repay the examination fee.

An exam part may be taken no more than two times in a testing window and no more than three times in a twelve-month period. (E.g., Part 1 may only be taken twice within the January/February testing window). Part 4 of the exam may only be taken once during each testing window.

PLEASE NOTE: All exam retakes require a NEW REGISTRATION along with payment of appropriate fees. Candidates have four years in which to complete the required exams. The four-year time period begins with the date of first passed exam.

Upon completion of Parts 1, 2, and 3, your results will be displayed on the screen. Before leaving the Testing Center, you will receive a printed and embossed copy of your results. Part 4 results will be mailed approximately six weeks after the close of the testing window.

To become more familiar with the types of questions that may appear on the exam, view the CMA sample exam questions. In addition, consider purchasing the CMA Q&A publications. Each Q&A book includes 50 sample questions that model the actual exam; in fact, they are actually "retired" questions from the computer-based CMA exam.

The IMA Statement on Ethical Professional Practice communicates the values and ideology that guide each member's conduct in the workplace and throughout the examination process. The principles of the Statement are tested in the CMA exam, and candidates are responsible for learning the Statement contents.

There are many ways to prepare for the CMA exam; you should select the method and materials that best match the way you like to study. The listings provided to the right have been prepared by ICMA from information supplied by the vendors offering preparation materials and courses. The ICMA is independent from all vendors and does not sponsor or endorse any of these private programs. For specific information on the course, contact the individual vendor. For further information regarding ICMA (CMA), please visit www.prometric.com

Phone: 1-800-638-4427 or 201-573-9000

Fax: 201-474-1606

E-Mail: cmacfm@imanet.org

Prometric Registration Center Number: 00603376283333

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