CIMA: Operational – Level 1
Diploma in Management Accounting
CIMA Operational teaches organisational management, cost analysis, financial reporting, and taxation. You also take a Case Study to test your overall knowledge. Duration: ~9–12 months.
Careers after completion: financial analyst, management accountant. Next level: CIMA Management Level.
Fee structure:
Standard Online
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Assessment: OnDemand computer-based exam (CBE)
You’ll learn about the role of finance in organisations, the structure and shape of the finance function, technology impacts, and data usage.
- Role of the finance function
- Technology in a digital world
- Data and information in a digital world
- Shape and structure of the finance function
- Finance interacting with the organisation
Assessment: OnDemand computer-based exam (CBE)
Focus on costs in production, decision-making, short-term budgeting, and digital costing issues.
- Cost accounting systems
- Budget and budgetary control
- Short term decision making
- Dealing with uncertainty in the short term
Assessment: OnDemand computer-based exam (CBE)
Learn to prepare financial statements, manage working capital, and understand taxation principles.
- Regulatory environment
- Financial statements
- Principles of taxation
- Managing working capital
Assessment: Integrated Case Study Exam (CBE)
Tests your overall knowledge from E1, P1, and F1. Apply skills to real-world management accounting scenarios.
Tuition offering: TBA
Tuition Options
Includes: Access to recorded lectures, module pacer, lecturer interaction, access to recorded exam courses.
Excludes: CIMA textbooks, CIMA institute fees
Add-on option: One-on-one private online sessions (by appointment, additional fee). EBSdotCOZA assists with textbook orders and CIMA registration at an additional fee.
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Entry Requirements
CIMA Certificate, AAT Professional (Level 4), or an accountancy/finance degree required.
Level Structure
Three Objective Test subjects + Case Study. Pass all Objective Tests to sit the Case Study. Must pass all assessments to progress to Management Level.