The University Management Accounting Day CEE is organised every year together with CIMA partner universities and is addressed to undergraduate and postgraduate students of finance and accounting. UMAD brings together students, lecturers, best CIMA's employers and employees in Poland and abroad. The main goal of UMAD CEE is to familiarize students with the essence of management accounting and its role in shaping business.
This year's edition of the event was held online and attracted over 150 students from different economic universities in Poland, Czech Republic and Romania. Participants could make the most of the panel discussion entitled 'Readiness of students to be employed - what are employers looking for in graduates?'. CIMA experts representing global companies from various sectors shared their insights on what competencies employers expect from graduates.
The students received very beneficial career tips from:
Anna Stępnicka ACMA, CGMA - Infosys BPM Poland
Anna Trojanowska ACMA, CGMA – Kyndryl
Bartosz Gayer ACMA, CGMA – Fincastly
Jakub Kozielec ACMA, CGMA – Zalando
Tomasz Kociuba ACMA, CGMA – Motorola Solutions
This year Poznań University of Economics and Business (PUEB), which organized UMAD accompanying event, deserved a special recognition. On 28 October, PUEB students could participate in a lecture hosted by invited experts from Infosys BPM Poland. Ms. Marta Żywicka from the Digital Transformation team and Mr. Krystian Stasiak - from the Tax Center of Excellence spoke on the topic of Digitization of accounting documentation as a tool for optimizing business processes.
As in previous years, a very important part of the event was the CIMA Business Game, an interactive online competition between students from all participating universities. This time students had an opportunity for additional networking, as they competed in randomly assigned teams. Busines Game participants worked on a case study, in which they took the role of management accountants who have been asked to find solutions to business problems and come up with an idea for a new ride at a theme park.
The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), founded in 1919, is the world’s leading and largest professional body of management accountants, with more than 228,000 members and students in 179 countries. CIMA is also part of The Association of International Certified Professional Accountants, an institution of over 657,000 financiers from around the world, making up nearly 24% of all finance professionals.
CIMA qualifications are offered as part of CIMA & University Program and provide students with upskilling opportunities in the area of business, interpersonal competences, leadership and technical expertise - and all this based on the highest standards of ethics, integrity and professionalism. CIMA works closely with employers, constantly updating its curriculum, to be the first choice in recruiting business leaders in the field of finance.
Enrollment for the CIMA & University Program has been extended until 14 November! Register at www.cimauczelnie.pl.
