CIA or CMA

govind
By govind

HI ACCOUNTANTS,
i m pretty new in Doha and i just want to increase my qualification but i m in dilemma which to start so plz can any experienced guy can help me .

thanks in advance for support

By Withnail• 24 May 2007 17:48
Withnail

i can't speak for qatar but in canada no one does CIA if you are getting into finance. if you want to audit, you do a CA. if you want to work in finance/accounting without auditing, you do a CMA.

what does the market here value?

also, if you are thinking of working abroad, you should think about what will be valued there. employers in canada value the CMA, and it is the equivalent of the CIMA in the UK (if i go to the UK i can get CIMA certification without doing any additional work). but, regarding that, the CMA in canada is different to the one in the US so i'm not sure if the UK does the same thing for the US one (in egypt they do the US version, which is like the old canadian version, so here they probably do to).

either way, whatever you learn will only go so far in an office, and the real world experience is what will make you a great or average accounting professional.

go with what the market values more.

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