Certified Management Accountant (CMA)- Part 2

This DIXONTECH course is designed to prepare participants for the Certified Management Accountant (CMA) Part 2 examination, covering Strategic Financial Management as outlined by the IMA framework. The course focuses on advanced financial analysis, decision making, corporate finance, and risk management, enabling professionals to apply strategic and analytical thinking in driving organizational performance and value creation.

TRAINING TOPICS

•   Financial statement analysis and valuation techniques
•   Corporate finance and investment decisions
•   Decision analysis and risk management
•   Professional ethics and corporate governance
•   Performance measurement and strategic planning
•   Financial management and capital structure optimization

BY THE END OF THIS TRAINING COURSE, DELEGATES WILL BE ABLE TO:

•   Analyze and interpret complex financial data for decision making
•   Evaluate corporate investment and financing options
•   Assess and mitigate financial and operational risks
•   Apply valuation and cost of capital methodologies
•   Align financial management with strategic objectives
•   Strengthen governance, ethics, and control frameworks
•   Develop strategic performance measurement systems
•   Prepare effectively for the CMA Part 2 certification exam

TRAINING IS TAILORED TO

•   Finance and accounting professionals pursuing CMA certification
•   Financial managers and controllers
•   Strategic planners and business analysts
•   Corporate finance and treasury specialists
•   Risk and investment management professionals
•   Internal auditors and compliance officers
•   Consultants and management advisors
•   Business school graduates in finance and economics

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

This DIXONTECH training combines conceptual lectures, practical simulations, and CMA style problem solving workshops. Participants will analyze real world financial scenarios, practice exam level questions, and use interactive models to enhance understanding of strategic finance, valuation, and risk-based decision making.

DAY 1

FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS AND VALUATION TECHNIQUES

•   Review of financial statements and key components
•   Ratio analysis for liquidity, profitability, and solvency
•   Trend and common size analysis
•   Cash flow and earnings quality assessment
•   Business valuation approaches: DCF, market, and asset based
•   Financial forecasting and pro forma statement preparation
•   Economic value added (EVA) and shareholder value creation
•   Case study: evaluating a company’s financial health

DAY 2

CORPORATE FINANCE AND INVESTMENT DECISIONS

•   Time value of money and capital budgeting concepts
•   NPV, IRR, and payback methods for investment analysis
•   Cost of capital and capital structure optimization
•   Dividend policy and working capital management
•   Mergers, acquisitions, and restructuring decisions
•   Financial leverage and risk return trade offs
•   Real options and investment under uncertainty
•   Workshop: project evaluation and financing choice analysis

DAY 3

DECISION ANALYSIS AND RISK MANAGEMENT

•   Decision making under certainty, risk, and uncertainty
•   Relevant costing and incremental analysis
•   Sensitivity, scenario, and break-even analysis
•   Risk identification and quantification techniques
•   Hedging strategies using derivatives and forwards
•   Foreign exchange and interest rate risk management
•   Value at Risk (VaR) and enterprise risk integration
•   Simulation: designing a corporate risk mitigation framework

DAY 4

PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT AND STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT

•   Balanced Scorecard and strategic performance systems
•   Profitability, liquidity, and efficiency metrics
•   ROI, residual income, and strategic variance analysis
•   Transfer pricing and divisional performance measurement
•   Strategy formulation and financial alignment
•   Benchmarking and continuous improvement models
•   Linking performance metrics to organizational value
•   Case study: developing a performance measurement dashboard

DAY 5

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE, ETHICS, AND CMA EXAM PREPARATION

• Corporate governance frameworks and accountability structures
• Ethical principles in management accounting (IMA Code of Ethics)
• Internal control, fraud prevention, and audit coordination
• Regulatory environment and compliance requirements
• CMA Part 2 exam content and study techniques
• Practice test and timed mock questions
• Review of key formulas and decision frameworks
• Final assessment and readiness checklist for CMA exam