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Before liberalisation of Indian Economy, career in finance was perceived as a back office record keeping job; but afte

liberalisation it has become much more challenging and interesting. Today, it is seen as a career that provides greater rol

decision making, planning and controlling operations in any organisation.

Acquiring an appropriate professional qualification is the first positive step towards a successful career in Finance. In India

three professional bodies offering finance-related professional course are-

Institute Course

Institute of Chartered Accountants of India Chartered Accountant - CA

Institute of Cost Accountants of India Cost & Management Accountant - CMA

Institute of Company Secretaries of India Company Secretary - CS

No doubt, Chartered Accountancy course has enjoyed wide popularity but CMA and CS courses too have been ga

popularity over the last few years. Particularly, growth in numbers of students enrolled for CMA is far more than any o

course in India. This is because of cost awareness amongst the business entrepreneurs due to growing competition in

market, and this has resulted in increased demand for CMA.

Although all three course are good and guarantees a secure future but I would limit my article to Career as a CMA - as

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have already been written about the other two courses.

Cost & Management Accountant (CMA)

A CMA is a person who performs services involving costing, pricing of goods and services, verification or certification of

Records and Taxation, especially in Indirect Taxation.

Unlike pure accounting professionals, the demand for CMA cuts across functions in all organizations. In mark

department, he is required to prepare the quotation, in production department he is required to advice on the profit

product mix, in purchase department for taking make or buy decisions and in top management for identifying business

and their mitigation.

Not only are these, CMAs also working in the fields of Taxation, Valuation, Risk Management, etc. We may, therefore,

CMAs are ALLROUNDERS rather than mere batsmen or bowlers.

Role of CMA in brief

a. Improving Cost Competitiveness

b. Resource & Performance Management

c. Financial Reporting and Strategy

d. Cost Audit and Assurance

e. Direct and Indirect Taxation

f. Internal Audit & Management Audit

Employment options

CMAs in Job

Earlier only Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) Companies offered job to CMAs, but in the last few years trends have chan

Now almost all enterprises/ companies show their interest in giving job to CMAs. It has shown in Institutes campus place

where, apart from PSUs, companies such as ITC, ICICI Bank, IDBI Bank, Wipro, Ashok Leyland, Ford etc. are reg

recruiters.

Nowadays, with multi-product ventures taking place, it has become important to know and understand the exact cost of e


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product and service at different stages to minimize the expenditure incurred on them and to ensure optimum utilizatio

resources. This is where the role of Cost Accountant comes and that is the reason behind increase in demand of the CMA

As mention above, a CMA is an ALLROUNDER rather than mere a batsman or a bowler, -apart from cost rel

assignments, we find CMAs doing jobs as Manager Taxation, Manager Accounts, Manager - Credit etc in m

companies. Many CMAs are holding top management positions, viz., Managing Director, Finance Director, Fina

Controller, Cost Controller, Chief Internal Auditor, CEO, CFO etc.

Besides this, the Institute of Cost Accounts (ICAI) has entered into MoUs with many accounting bodies across the G

which is creating job opportunities for CMAs abroad too.

Cost Accountants in Government Department:

Realising the importance of the profession of the Cost and Management Accountancy in the economic development o

nation, the Central Government has constituted an All India Cadre known as Indian Cost Accounts Service (ICAS) at par

other Class-I services such as IAS, IFS etc. to advise the Government in cost pricing and in framing the appropriate fiscal

tax policies. CMAs are eligible for Indian Cost Accounts Service/Job. Cost Accountants in Education:

a. University Grants Commission (UGC) has notified, CMA with First Class Graduation can be appoint as Assistant Profe

in universities and colleges in the area of Management/ Business Administration.

b. Various Universities (36 till today) have recognized CMA qualification for the purpose of admission in PhD in Commerc

enables CMAs to pursue PhD without any master degree.

Practice as Cost Accountant

In the job market both professional accountant i.e. CA and CMA, are treated as equivalent. It is in the field of practice, in w

CAs has more scope than CMAs but this situation is changing too, - all thanks to Notifications and Cost Orders issue

Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA).

Some of the services offered by practicing CMAs are listed below:

Maintenance of Cost Records

Every company on which Companies (Cost Accounting Records), Rules 2011 (CARR 2011) apply, (Covering Lakh

Companies) shall keep Cost Records on regular basis and submit a Compliance Report, in respect of each of its financial


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duly certified by a Cost Accountant, to the Central Government.

Cost Audit

Almost all organizations / industries engaged in Production, Processing, Manufacturing, Mining to which CARR 2011 ap

are now covered under Annual Cost Audit (MCA order 52/26/ CAB 2010 dated 06 Nov 12). Only Cost Accounts are authoto sign Cost Audit Report.

Audit and other Work

The Cost Accountants are authorised to conduct audit and other as follows:

Value Added Tax

States have authorised Cost Accountants for auditing, certification of returns and to appear as authorised representativ

behalf of their clients under the relevant Acts.

Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC)

1. Special Audit under Central Excise Act 1944, Customs Act, 1962 and Service Tax;

2. Certification of refund of Additional Duty of Customs (CVD);

3. Certificate of Cost of production of captive consumed goods as per Rule 8 of Central Excise Act, 1944 in accordance

CAS-4.

4. Certificate for Average Cost of transportation as per Rule 5 of the Central Excise Valuation (Determination of Pric

Excisable Goods) Rules, 2000.

5. Certifying Performa CI & C2 and Statement of cost of production under Anti Dumping as prescribed by MinistrCommerce;

6. Under Fixation of brand rate of Drawback without pre-verification - drawback rates should be duly verified by CA / CMA;

7. Under Customs & Central Excise Duties Drawback Rules, 1995, exporters should furnish a certificate from CA / CMA a

consumption and cost of processing chemicals used for its processing;

8. As per MOU with CBEC, CMAs are authorised to act as facilitators under CFC Scheme in filing various Excise and Ser

Tax Returns.


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Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC)

Certification of various forms prescribed under the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission.

Reserve Bank of India

b. Stock Audit and Concurrent Audit of many Public Sector and Private Sector Banks.

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)

a. Legal Representation before Appellate Tribunal as per Section 17 of TRAI Act,1997

b. Reporting and Audit for System on Accounting Separation - Certification Work

c. Audit for Metering and Billing Accuracy- authorized to conduct audit

Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity (DAVP)

CMAs are authorized for certification of various forms prescribed under Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity (DA

Various Ministries of Government of India have authorized CMAs in practice for certifying various returns and to i

Compliance Certificate as per their formats. Such ministries are

a. Ministry of Finance,

b. Ministry of Commerce,

c. Ministry of Corporate Affairs,

d. Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers,

e. Ministry of Textile,

f. Ministry of Consumer Affairs,

g. Food and Public Distribution


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Others

a. Empanelled by many Public and Private Companies and Cooperative Societies as Internal Auditor for auditing fina

books of accounts.

b. Apart from above services, Central & State Governments, Companies, Banks have empanelled CMAs for variety of

such as Cost Management, ERP, Financial Management, Project Consultancy, Materials Management, Tax Planning, Re

of Sick Units, Incentive Plans, Energy Audit etc.

Even after all this, one may not agree that scope in Practice is equal for both CAs & CMAs. I would like to say one thing, t

is no doubt that CAs have more scope in practice as even a General Stores requires Tax Audit but the number of pract

CAs are far more than this and in CMAs, work-to-be-done is more than practicing CMAs.

In todays world, apart from Degree / Qualification, one should have below mention qualities in his personality to

successful career as CMA.

a. Effective Communication & Negotiation Skill

b. Patience (especially in practice)

c. Punctuality (that I need to improve)

d. Leadership Skill

e. Passion for learning. It is more required in case of practising CMAs, as they themselves says they are doing pra

(means still learning) no matter how many years they have spent on practice i.e. learning.

Lastly, a Qualification / Degree is just a passport, to be eligible for getting Working Visa of a developed country

employment in good company), one must have PASSPORT with the above mention qualities in his shape of his personalit

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#1 pavithra venkatesan 2013-06-03 16:12

Really a good article! helped me get the info that i wanted..! thank you..! and btw.. I'm a future CMA.!

#2 Sujay Kumarn 2013-12-05 12:42


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Awesome feeling but still feared about lack of scope for CMA auditors. wanna start a own auditing office am i in ritePath?

#3 Balachander 2013-12-06 17:59It is very informative to read the message. On completion of the last group pending of CMA, I decide to take up practias CMA.

#4 Riru Raj 2014-04-15 17:41

Thanks for this useful article. I am a future CMA. Regards.

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