Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA) is a professional management accounting

Management accounting

Management accounting or managerial accounting is concerned with the provisions and use of accounting information to managers within organizations, to provide them with the basis to make informed business decisions that will allow them to be better equipped in their management and control...

 credential to be issued beginning on January 31, 2012.

CGMA is intended to be a worldwide standard designation for management accountants. The issuing body will be a joint venture owned by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Founded in 1887, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants is the national professional organization of Certified Public Accountants in the United States, with more than 370,000 CPA members in 128 countries in business and industry, public practice, government, education, student...

 (AICPA) and the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants

Chartered Institute of Management Accountants

The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants is a United Kingdom-based professional body offering training and qualification in management accountancy and related subjects, focused on accounting for business; together with ongoing support for members.CIMA is one of a number of professional...

(CIMA). The credential will be issued to all members of CIMA, and AICPA voting members with management accounting experience who commit to a program of continuing professional education.
Beginning in 2015, AICPA voting members who seek to obtain the CGMA credential will have to pass a new examination.