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CIMA Management Level

A full CIMA Management level plan: current rules checked, three objective tests booked and passed, weekly study routines, topic work for each subject, and a pre-seen and mock plan that carries you through the case study.

Free · Mac (Apple silicon) and Windows · v1.0.0 · Other platforms

Then open the Marketplace in the app, search for CIMA Management Level, and click Install. It goes into your own files, and works offline from then on.

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🎓 Finance & Business Certifications

CIMA Management Level

Working through CIMA's Management level: objective tests on project and relationship management, advanced management accounting and financial reporting, then the case study.

  1. Management level syllabus and exam rules check
  2. Progression and exemption status check
  3. Tuition route and study materials choice
  4. Weekly study hours budget
  5. Test order and calendar to the case study window
  6. Booking the first objective test
  7. Objective test software and question styles walkthrough
  8. Operational level knowledge carried into Management level
  9. Weekly study block routine
  10. Learning outcomes coverage tracker
  11. Error log for missed objective test questions
  12. Weekly timed objective test question set
  13. Daily recall cards for standards, formulae and models
  14. Monthly progress review against the calendar
  15. Mock and question bank score log
  16. Weekly business news habit for case study awareness
  17. Keeping passed subjects warm until the case study
  18. Business models, digital ecosystems and value creation
  19. Leading teams, motivation and people performance
  20. Project planning, network analysis and project control
  21. Stakeholders, negotiation and relationship management
  22. Target costing, life cycle costing and activity-based management
  23. Capital investment appraisal with tax and inflation
  24. Risk and uncertainty in investment decisions
  25. Divisional performance and transfer pricing
  26. Balanced scorecard and non-financial performance measures
  27. Long-term finance and the cost of capital
  28. Group accounts, goodwill and non-controlling interests
  29. Associates, joint arrangements and changes in group structure
  30. Revenue, leases, financial instruments and provisions
  31. Interpreting financial statements and integrated reporting
  32. Final fortnight before each objective test
  33. Exam day checklist for tests and the case study
  34. Score report review and objective test retake plan
  35. Case study competencies and marking approach
  36. Booking the Management case study sitting
  37. Past case study worked end to end
  38. Pre-seen material analysis pack
  39. Industry research for the pre-seen sector
  40. CIMA Code of Ethics in case study scenarios
  41. First full timed case study mock
  42. Final three weeks before the case study
  43. Case study results, feedback and the Advanced Diploma
  44. Case study retake plan
  45. Management level alongside a full-time finance job
  46. Employer sponsorship and study leave request
  47. Sitting CIMA exams by remote invigilation
  48. Management level as a graduate with little work experience
  49. Applying Management level tools in your current role
  50. Rebuilding a group consolidation in a spreadsheet

Where it starts.

Each project arrives with its purpose, milestones and first tasks written out. Here is how the first three read.

Management level syllabus and exam rules check

CIMA updates its syllabus, exam blueprints and candidate rules from time to time, and study texts or forum posts written for an earlier version can be wrong about subject names, codes, question styles and what the case study tests. Reading CIMA's own pages first means every later decision rests on the rules that apply to your sitting, not last year's.

First tasks

  • Download the current Management level syllabus and exam blueprints from CIMA
  • Write down the test format, case study windows and fees as CIMA states them
  • Note what differs from the syllabus your study texts were written for
  • Recheck CIMA's Management level pages for rule or syllabus changes @recurring(quarterly)

Progression and exemption status check

CIMA expects each level to be completed in order, and a degree, another accountancy qualification or an earlier CIMA route can change what you still have to sit. Confirming your record before booking anything avoids paying for a test you are exempt from, or booking one CIMA will not yet let you take.

First tasks

  • Log in to your CIMA account and list every pass and exemption shown
  • Read CIMA's progression rules for the Management level exams
  • Email CIMA about any exemption that is missing from your record
  • Write down what you still have to pass at this level

Tuition route and study materials choice

Candidates pass Management level through classroom courses, live online tuition, recorded courses and pure self-study, and the right choice depends on your budget, your discipline and whether an employer is paying. Comparing two or three routes against the same criteria, and checking that every text matches the current syllabus, stops money going on materials you abandon in week four.

First tasks

  • Shortlist three tuition routes, including one self-study option
  • Score each route on cost, syllabus edition, mocks and tutor access
  • Confirm the texts you buy name the current syllabus on the cover
  • Check for updated editions of your study texts before each new subject @recurring(yearly)

Make it yours.

Install CIMA Management Level, then tell Aurum the date you're aiming for. It checks whether the plan fits the weeks you actually have.

Free · Mac (Apple silicon) and Windows · v1.0.0 · Other platforms

Blueprints are general information to help you organise your own work. They are not medical, financial, legal or other professional advice. See the Terms.