CIMA students: the career fast track

Name: Matthew Parker 
Role: Retail finance manager
Company: Top Shop/Top Man
Location: United Kingdom

'I can’t think of anyone that isn’t doing CIMA. I guess that’s reflective of the learning that CIMA offers and the skills set that you gain.

Name: Alice Carroll
Role: Consultant
Company: Deloitte
Location: Ireland

‘If I decide to travel, I know that CIMA is an established qualification throughout the world, because employers have confidence in the qualification.’

Name: Steve Johnson
Role: Commercial Accountant
Company: Innocent
Location: United Kingdom

'With CIMA, I was able to go into a business, fully understand it and get the most out of it.'

Names: Karen Barker (assistant finance manager) and Siobhan Brook (assistant management accountant)
Organisation: Leeds teaching hospital
Location: United Kingdom

'CIMA provided the broadest foundation on which I could build my career.'

Name: Sujata Gaikwad 
Role: Project accountant
Company: National Grid
Location: United Kingdom

'Globally, CIMA has a really good reputation. I wanted to get into business and to make a difference. All the signs pointed to CIMA.’

Name: Jonathan Power
Role: Financial analyst
Company: Nestle
Location: United KIngdom

'CIMA is more than just numbers and balance sheets…it’s about looking at the numbers and doing something about them.'

Name: Michael Carrier
Company: Royal Bank of Scotland
Location: Edinburgh

'There is a dynamic between the work you are doing and the studying.'

Name: Olga Kozmiruk
Role: Finance manager
Company: Sakhalin Energy
Location: Russia

'There are now four qualified management accountants in the team and we’ve all been promoted to different areas. It was understood  we’d offer invaluable experience to the rest of the company.'