Members and passed finalists of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (ICASL) can now take advantage of an offer made by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA ) and fast track to qualify as a Chartered Management Accountant.

CIMA is today widely recognized and is seen as a truly global qualification, with 3 main accounting bodies accepting the qualification by offering CIMA members direct membership. The 3 bodies are ACCA, CPA Australia and CMA Canada. Further for migration purposes to the UK, CIMA is classified as equivalent to a Masters degree.

Under this exclusive offer ICASL members and passed finalists can now register for CIMA by paying only a registration and subscription fee of £148 thereby making an overall saving of £607 to gain the chance of joining a group of world recognised Chartered Management Accountants. The free exemption offer will be made available up to 31 December 2009.

This offer, which is in recognition of the reciprocal exemption arrangement between CIMA and ICASL, offers free exemptions for 11 examination papers to ICASL members and passed finalists whereby they only have to take the Strategic level papers and the TOPCIMA case study to qualify. Over the years a large number of ICASL members and passed finalists have registered with CIMA via this specially designed accelerated route and have enhanced their career progression.