CIMA is introducing an updated syllabus for its professional qualification and new assessment methods which will take effect from January 2015.

The 2015 syllabus is competency-based retaining the 2010 syllabus structure with its pillars and levels. CIMA have added new material such as ‘Big Data’, sustainability, integrated reporting and finance function transformation. CIMA have strengthened existing themes on costing and cost management, and carried the topic of ‘risk’ through all levels of the syllabus. CIMA have also adjusted the weightings of some syllabus topics.

As a result of this change, in the new syllabus you will be required to achieve a minimum of 70% on the new Objective Tests and 60% on the Integrated Case Studies in order to pass.

The CIMA Certificate in Business Accounting is ideal for people who are new to the world of business qualifications because it offers a solid grounding in the basics of management accounting, financial accounting and business. It is also a stepping stone towards the CIMA Professional Qualification.

There are five subject areas in the CIMA Certificate in Business Accounting that you must successfully complete:

• C01: Fundamentals of Management Accounting

• C02: Fundamentals of Financial Accounting

• C03: Fundamentals of Business Mathematics

• C04: Fundamentals of Business Economics

• C05: Fundamentals of Ethics, Corporate Governance and Law

Your performance is tested by Computer Based Assessment (CBA), which offers three main benefits; you can be assessed at your nearest CBA centre whenever you’re ready, your results and feedback are available immediately and if you need to, you can re-sit at a time and place that suits you.

We have created three distinct packages for the CIMA Certificate in Business Accounting qualification, they are:

Our CIMA Certificate packages for 2016 are:

Access to our Online Learning Community, full syllabus recordings and HTFT’s own study notes are standard across all packages.

The addition of Mock exams, debriefs of these mocks and access to the Rewind and Replay recordings of our masterclasses take you to our On-demand package.

Our Ultimate Live package provides you with the opportunity to log in live to our highly interactive masterclasses. Our masterclasses have been designed to engage you in practice driven activities, working with your tutor to apply knowledge and gain feedback.

The CIMA professional qualification comprises three pillars of domain knowledge divided into three levels of achievement. The syllabus and related assessment will ensure that CIMA qualified finance professional are competent in their accounting, finance and other skills, and confident in using them to add value to their employer.

To complete the CIMA qualification, and be able to use the Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA^©) designation, trainees need to:

• Meet the entry requirement of the professional level qualification

• Study for and complete the relevant professional level assessment, culminating in the Strategic Case Study exam

• Complete three years of relevant practical experience

There are 9 Objective Test Papers (E, P and F at each level) and 3 Integrated Case Studies.

For more information on the CIMA Professional Qualification syllabus please email [email protected] 

Each paper will still have an exam like the 2010 syllabus, however, the exams are now computer-based Objective Tests. These exams have been designed and structured to cover the entire syllabus – hence the importance of mastering and focusing on the learning outcomes.

The exams for the Objective Test Papers are ‘on demand’ (you can sit them when you are ready at a PearsonVue centre) last for 90 minutes and have a 70% pass mark.

We have created three distinct packages for the Objective Test papers, they are:

Our three packages for the Objective Test papers offer:

Access to our Online Learning Community, full syllabus recordings and HTFT’s own study notes (included annotated versions) are standard across all packages. The addition of Mock exams, debriefs of these mocks and access to the Rewind and Replay recordings of our masterclasses take you to our On-demand package.

Our Ultimate Live package provides you with the opportunity to log in live to our highly interactive masterclasses. Our masterclasses have been designed to engage you in practice driven activities, working with your tutor to apply knowledge and gain feedback.

Ask us for a bespoke timetable for your Objective Test Papers by emailing [email protected] or download our brochure here.

In order to complete each level you will need to sit the appropriate Integrated Case Study. The case study exams are 3 hours long, have a 60% pass mark and are available four times per year during specified exam windows. The case studies will examine the knowledge and learning across the three pillars and are set within a simulated business context to reflect real-life work situations.

We have created two distinct packages for CIMA Case Studies, they are:

Our On-demand and Ultimate Live packages offer the following:

Access to our Online Learning Community, full syllabus recordings and HTFT’s own study notes are standard across both packages, along with our Mock exams and the associated debriefs.

With our On-demand package you will gain access to the Rewind and Replay recordings of our weekend and evening sessions – providing you with the ability to re-watch them at a time and pace to suit you.

Our Ultimate Live package provides you with the opportunity to log in live to our highly interactive sessions. Our sessions have been designed to focus on CIMA pillars and relate them directly to the CIMA Case Study pre-seen.

Ask us for a bespoke timetable by emailing [email protected] or download our brochure here.