The Executive CMA Program


What is the CMA Executive (ECMA) Program?

The ECMA is a leading edge executive program for today’s busy professional. The program is designed to leverage the rich career experience and prior education of successful applicants. It is exclusively for executives with five or more years of senior-level financial and strategic management experience who are looking for an opportunity to gain professional recognition and enhance their skills to deal with today’s complex marketplace.

The ECMA program brings together a distinguished group of colleagues and moderators from diverse industries and backgrounds. Going beyond theoretical business applications and traditional case studies, the CMA Executive Program explores new and emerging best practices employed by today’s leading enterprises to achieve market dominance. Analyzing and understanding an organization’s competitive growth strategies—whether it’s introducing new methods, modifying existing ones, or altering products or services— is the foundation of the program.
 

> ECMA Program Brochure




How is the ECMA Program Delivered?

The ECMA Program has been designed to carefully balance the executive candidate's need for flexibility with the benefits of interaction with peers. The one year program is delivered part-time with periodic interactive sessions. Review the ECMA Program Schedule to learn more about how the program is structured.

> 2011-2012 schedule currently being developed.




ECMA Program Eligibility

To be eligible for the Executive CMA Program, applicants must:

1. Hold a Canadian university degree or a unversity degree equivalent to a Canadian university degree.
2. Have a minimum of five years of senior-level practical experience as a strategic financial management professional.


Applicants must have practical experience in a strategic leadership position covering the following:

1. The identification and evaluation of possible courses of action through the use of quantitative and qualitative methods in order to facilitate planning and decision making.
2. Decision making on all matters, including the establishment of policies and the implementation of major programs, subject only to overall policy and financial controls.
3. Development and implementation of policies, procedures and systems which improve the quality of both the decision-making process and the decisions of the organization.
4. Participation and involvement in organization planning and decision making.
5. Making decisions relating to the selection, training, discipline and remuneration of staff.




How do I apply?

Individuals interested in pursuing the CMA Executive Program must first complete an ECMA Application form and submit it to CMA Manitoba.

> ECMA Application Form


For more information, please contact:

Connie Sherry, CMA (Honourary)
Program Manager
csherry@cma-canada.org
204.987.4567 or 1.800.841.7148