Thread: CMA Versus CA
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Old 02-11-2012, 04:12 PM   #150
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Originally Posted by Ducay View Post
Ha, thats the beauty of it, most CAs don't end up doing accounting as they progress (or at least don't deal with the niggy gritty details), thats generally done by the CMAs, CGAs; while the CAs are the ones setting policies, dealing with complex treatements etc.

Nifty fact from my CA "graduation" ceremony from the chair of the CICA, 15 or 20% of senior executives in Canada are CAs, while representing only a fraction of a percent of the total population. And thats not just CFOs, that every position VP and up.
I am a CMA (also a MBA), in my opinion the CA is a more rounded and senior accountant in most situations, and usually the CFO in larger companies is a CA. The MBA in my opinon though provides a broader path to senior management, if just looking from a perspective of career path.
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