1. Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of
Pakistan
Career Planning Guide

2. VISION
To be the Preference in Value Optimization for Business.
MISSION
To Develop Business Leaders imparting quality education & training in financial
and non-financial areas to bring value-addition in the economy
CORE VALUES
ICMA PAKISTAN

4.  Choose a career that fits who you
are.
 Figure out how much time and
money you can devote to your
education.
 Think about the salary you need.
 Think about future opportunities.
 Think about Market condition.

5. Why Career Planning?
Time
Finance
Energy
Resources Management

6. BUSINESS
&
FINANCE
Engineering &
Computer
Science
Health &
Medicine
Architecture,
Planning &
Environmental
Design
Law & Public
Policy
Sciences-
Biological &
Physical
Government
Arts &
Entertainment

7.  Finance is a field lush with great
earning potential .
 Rewarding career options in a wide
range of industries.
 More guaranteed than other fields.
 Growing Job Prospects.
 Wide Variety of Job Opportunities.
 Financially Rewarding Careers.

8.  “A person who can solve problems, think creatively
and persuade others will have a promising career in
management accounting”, If you want to take your
number crunching skills to a higher level,
management accounting might be a good fit.

9. Business success depends upon strategic financial
decision which means Intelligent Finance
As A Management Accountant you will learn to make
Intelligent Finance Decisions which is a balance b/w
Company Resources & its Ultimate Goal

10. Management
Accountant’s
Role
Finance &
Treasury
Business
Planning &
Development
Accounts &
Taxation
Legal
Affairs &
Secretarial
Practices
Production
Planning &
Cost
Management
Risk
Management
& Audit
Resources
Management
MIS
Supply
Chain
Management
Problem
Solving
&
Decision
Making

11. Tuition fee less than one-third of other Educational Institutes.
(ICMAP is non-profit educational Institute) .
Time Required (4 years) is less than minimum time required in
other qualifications but with Job opportunities and career growth
in five years is 60% more than other qualifications.

12.  Internationally Recognized Qualification.
 Programmes with Practical Orientation.
 Close links to Industry.
 A large number of Qualified and Partly Qualified
Students have secured Employment.
 Tuition fee less than one-third of other Educational
Institutes.

13.  Professional Certification of CMA leading to
ACMA & FCMA
 Over 6,000 Members all around the World
 Approx. 15,000 enrolled Students and more than
10,000 active registered students;
 Nationwide Network with 12 Centres& Overseas
examination facilities at KSA and UAE

14.  A student needs to confirm that the place from where
individual grab his education degree is from
internationally accredited Institution, otherwise he
might end up in big trouble! If it’s only regionally
accredited, his degree will not be recognized in
various other regions or any other country except his
own country where he lives.

15. International Federation of Accountants (IFAC)
International Accounting Standards Board (IASB)
Confederation of Asian & Pacific Accountants (CAPA)
South Asian Federation of Accountants (SAFA)

16.  MOU with the Chartered Institute of Management
Accountants (CIMA, UK)
 MOU with the Association of Chartered Certified
Accountants (ACCA, UK)
 ICAEW (Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales)
 IIA-USA (The Institute of Internal Auditors)
 CPAAustralia (Certified Practicing Accountants)
 The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP)
 Institute of Corporate Secretaries of Pakistan (ICSP)
 Pakistan Institute of Public Finance Accountants (PIPFA)

18. Accounting &
Finance
Management &
Leadership
Laws & Ethics
Designing & Implementation of
Management Information System.
Devising Standards, policies &
Procedures.
Managing Corporate Affairs.
Managing Financial Operations &
reporting in accordance with IAS &
IFRS.
Managing Enterprise Affairs. Handling Tax Matters.
Financial Planning & Budgeting. Organizational Development, Business
Planning, Analysis and Decision making.
Compliance of Business &
Industrial Laws.
Performance Financial & Non
Financial Analysis.
Bringing vale addition, Innovations &
Creative Solutions.
Ensuring Implementation of
Professional Coad of Ethics.
Pricing & Cost Management Supply Chain Management. Representation of Behalf of the
organizations on legal matters.
Managing banking Affairs & Treasury
management.
Ensuring Resources Optimization
Communication & Negotiation.
Asset management & Ensuring
Insurance of Resources.
Project Management.
Analyzing Investment & Portfolio
Management.
Designing Internal Control System
Performing Audit Function & Risk
Management.

19.  Professional Services and Consulting
 Financial Services
 Public Sector and NPO
 FMCGs
 Retail Sector
 Pharmaceuticals

21.  CMA Certification is Recognized in
Government, Corporate and Private Sectors.
 It gives you an opportunity to apply for jobs
even after completing one year of study.

22. • Fundamentals of Financial Accounting
• Business Economics
• Business English
• Fundamentals of Management Accounting
• Commercial Laws
• Business Mathematics & Statistics
• 40 Hours Training Program in MS Word &
Excel
• Fundamentals Accounting
• Enterprise Management & Communication
• Management Accounting
• Corporate Laws & Secretarial Practices
• Business Taxation
• 32 Hours Training Program in Presentation
Skills
• Financial Reporting
• Audit & Assurance
• Cost Accounting Records & Audit
• Corporate Financial Reporting (Open
Book Assessment)
• Corporate Controlling
• 40 Hours Training Program in Advanced
Excel & Financial Modeling
• Strategic Risk Management
• Strategic Management Accounting
• Strategic Financial Management
• Strategic Management
• 40 Hours Training Program in
Presentation Skills

23. • Corporate Governance &
Professional Ethics
• Capstone Project

24. Sr.No Course Name
Subject Wise
Coaching & DLP
Fee
Subject
Wise
Assessment
Fee
Subject Wise
Examination
Fee
1 Financial Accounting 7700 3600 1850
2 Business Economics 7700 3600 1850
3 Business English 7700 3600 1850
4
Fundamentals of
Management Accounting 7700 3600 1850
5 Commercial Laws 7700 3600 1850
6 Business Maths & Stats 7700 3600 1850
7
40 Hour Post
Examination
Training Program in MS
Word & Excel
5000 (Not
Available
in DLP) - -

25. Sr.No Course Name
Subject Wise
Coaching & DLP
Fee
Subject Wise
Assessment
Fee
Subject Wise
Examination
Fee
1
Advanced Financial
Accounting 9800 4700 2450
2
Enterprise Management
& Communication 9800 4700 2450
3 Management Accounting 9800 4700 2450
4
Corporate Law &
Secretarial Practices 9800 4700 2450
5 Business Taxation 9800 4700 2450
6
32 Hour Post Examination
Training Program in
Presentation Skill
5000 (Not
Available
in DLP) - -

26. Sr.No Course Name
Subject Wise
Coaching & DLP
Fee
Subject
Wise
Assessment
Fee
Subject Wise
Examination
Fee
1 Financial Reporting 11900 5900 3050
2 Audit & Assurance 11900 5900 3050
3
Cost Accounting
Records & Audits 11900 5900 3050
4
Corporate financial
Reporting 11900 5900 3050
5
Corporate Planning
& Controlling 11900 5900 3050
6
40 Hour Post
Examination
Training Program in Adv
Excel & Financial
Modeling
6000 (Not
Available
in DLP) - -

27. Sr.No Course Name
Subject Wise
Coaching & DLP
Fee
Subject
Wise
Assessment
Fee
Subject Wise
Examination
Fee
1 Risk Management & Audit 13090 6500 3650
2
Strategic Management
Accounting 13090 6500 3650
3
Stratefic Financial
Management 13090 6500 3650
4 Strategic Management 13090 6500 3650
5
40 Hour Post Examination
Training Program in
Presentation Skills &
Report Writing
6000 (Not
Available
in DLP) - -

28. FCMA Fellow Cost and Management Accountant
ACMA Associate Cost and Management Accountant
CMA Cost and Management Accountant

29.  ICMA Pakistan introduces FAST TRACK ENTRY
ROUTE.
 For this reason we have created a framework that
allows you to take advantage of existing
qualifications that you may have already gained.

30. Students Waiting for Results May Also
Apply.
Intermediate
(19 Courses)
--------------------
A-Levels
(16 Courses)
14 Years
B.Com / BBA
(14 Courses)
16 Years
(MBA/M.Com/
BBA (Hons)
/BS)
(12 Courses)

31. Academic Qualification
 B .Com/BBA/B.E/B.Sc/LLB/
 M.Sc/MCS/MPA/MA/LLM/MBA/M.Com/BS/BBA(4-year Program)
Professional Qualification
 The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA, UK)
 The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA, UK)
 The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan (ICAP)
 Pakistan Institute of Public Finance Accountants (PIPFA)
 The Institute of Bankers Pakistan (IBP)-DAIBP
 The Institute of Corporate Secretaries of Pakistan (ICSP)-ACIS
 The Society of Management Accountants (CMA, Canada)
 Institute Of Management Accountants- (CMA, USA)
 Certified General Accountants (CGA, Canada)
 The Institute of Internal Auditor (IIA, USA)
For Details of
FAST TRACK
ENTRY ROUTE
kindly visit our
website/branches
in your
Respective City.

32.  Merit-based Scholarship [For
Fresh Intake Position holder in
Intermediate / A-Level /
Bachelor or Master Degree
 Position holder: 100% waiver in
tuition fee
 Those who have secured 85%-90% :
75% waiver in tuition fee .
 Those who have secured 75%-84% : 50%
waiver in tuition fee in the
subjects

33.  Need-Cum-Merit-based Concession / Financial
Assistance
 Performance-based scholarship [For existing
students]
 Kinship-based discount for Students

34. Higher Education Commission
(HEC) has recognized ICMA
Pakistan Certification as equivalent
to Master’s degree for the purposes
of higher education and employment.

35. • Finance Minister of Pakistan
• Auditor General of Pakistan
• Managing Director, Pakistan
International Airlines
• Chairman, Corporate Law Authority
(now SECP)
• Chairman & MD, Philips Electrical
Industries of
• Chairman, National Insurance Co.
Ltd. Pak. Ltd.
• Chairman, Kalia Group
• Chief Executive, National Fertilizer
Co., etc.
• Chief Executive, Jehangir Siddiqui &
Company Ltd.
• Managing Director, Karachi Stock
Exchange
• Managing Director, Pakistan Paper
Sack Corporation
• Managing Director, Serena Hotels
Pakistan Ltd.
• Director General, National Tariff
Commission
• Director General, WAPDA
• Executive Director, SECP
• Executive Director, State Bank of
Pakistan
• Executive Director, Pakistan Services
Ltd. (Operator of PC Hotels)
• Executive Director, National
Insurance Co. Ltd.
• Executive Director, Millat Tractors
Ltd.

36. • Executive Director, Trade Development
Authority of Pakistan (formerly EPB)
• Executive Director, Pakistan State Oil
• Executive Director, Security Papers Ltd.
• Director & Company Secretary, Arif
Habib Securities Ltd.
• Director Finance, The Aga Khan
University
• Director Finance, Bahria Foundation
• Finance Director, QESCO
• Director Finance & Business Admin., KSB
Pumps Company Ltd.
• Director Finance, Century Paper & Board
Mills Ltd.
• Director & GM Finance, Caltex Oil
Pakistan Ltd.
• Finance Director & Company Secretary,
BOC Pakistan Ltd.
• Director Budgets & Accounts, National
Telecommunication Corporation
• Finance Director, HESCO
• Director Revenue, PTCL
• Finance Director, Barrett Hodgson
Pakistan Pvt. Ltd.
• Director General Finance, A.Q. Khan
Research Lab.
• Finance Director, PESCO
• Director Finance, Excide Pakistan Ltd.
• Director Finance, WAPDA
• Head of Finance, Johnson & Johnson
Pakistan Ltd.
• Head of Finance, TCS Pvt. Ltd.
• Director Budget, Pakistan Atomic Energy
Commission