Secure your place at the top. The CIMA Strategic Level is the final step in of CIMA’s CGMA Professional Qualification, giving you the skills to think long-term, manage risk and make the bold strategic financial decisions that shape organisations.
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Course Overview
From finance professional to business leader.
The CIMA Strategic Level is designed for ambitious accounting professionals looking to get the high-level skills needed to operate at a senior level. Focusing on long-term decision making, you’ll become invaluable to organisational leaders in crafting strategy and evaluating and managing risk. Covering topics including risk-management, strategic management and financial strategy, you’ll move beyond the day-to-day and learn to think and act like a senior leader.
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Covers core aspects of strategic management and how this works within an organisation. Investigates how strategic options are engineered from organisational demands, along with their implementation and evaluation. Additional focus on change management and delivery, alongside tools that drive transformation
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The CIMA Strategic Level is the final level of the CGMA Professional Qualification. This level focuses on the skills and knowledge needed to operate at high-level senior finance roles, such as chief financial officer or finance director. The main areas that this level assesses you on are long-term financial strategy, risk management, and executive decision making.
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