4/21/2025
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Gaining an independently awarded certification is very important.
It is good that you are getting a college degree but understand that is merely a ticket to take a certified exam as all require a four year degree.
Remember it is far more important to pass one cert than to fail to obtain a difficult one
Get certified in SOMETHING!
Overall review articles
https://www.ais-cpa.com/best-accounting-certifications/
https://www.cpaexamguide.com/accounting-career/accounting-careers
34 Professional Certifications
https://accountantsaccelerator.com/34-professional-certifications-accounting-tax-audit/
AICPA / Texas State Board of Public Accountancy
https://www.tx.cpa/sanantonio/
CPA four part exam, pre-reqs now changing, there are alternatives to 150 hours
https://www.gleim.com/cpa-review/exam-guide/
Note Gleim offers free exam guides, first go to
gleim.com
click on accounting products
click on a particular cert
then go to resources and download free exam guide
American Management Association
Certified Professional Manager CPM
Just $599, a one part test, this is relatively new, May 2020, best to get in early on such certs, no experience required
https://www.amanet.org/ama-cpm-3-step-value-pack/
Institute Management Accountants
https://www.imanet.org/IMA-Certifications
Local Chapter
https://sanantonio.imanet.org/home?ssopc=1
CMA Certified Management Accountant – two part exam, very practical good world wide, number of CMAs now nearing 150,000
https://www.imanet.org/en/IMA-Certifications/CMA-Certification
Becker added this for the first time ever so they see it as important, Gleim has had reviews for years
CSCA Certified in Strategy and Competitive Analysis
https://www.imanet.org/en/IMA-Certifications/CSCA-Certification
FMAA Financial and Managerial Accounting Associate one test of 80 m/c questions
Gleim offer review materials, just added, again they would not do so if they did not see this as valuable for the long term
One of our students just passed on first attempt I will be getting an interview with her
think of this as introduction to CPA CIA CMA
Institute internal Auditors
Local Chapter
https://www.theiia.org/en/chapters/united-states/texas/san-antonio/
CIA Certified Internal Auditor CIA a global cert
CRMA Certification in Risk Management Assurance, CIA no longer required no a stand alone exam
ISACA
https://www.isaca.org/credentialing/certifications
CISA Certified Informtion Systems Auditor
CISM Certified Information Security Manager
CRISC Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control
CDPSE Privacy Laws and Regulation
CGEIT Certified in Governance of Enterprise IT
CCOA Certified Cybersecurity Operations Analyst
CSX-P Globally Validated Cybersecurity Skills
Enrolled Agent
https://www.irs.gov/tax-professionals/enrolled-agents/become-an-enrolled-agent
EA administered by the IRS itself, a three part exam covering all aspects of federal taxation
no college degree required
https://www.irs.gov/tax-professionals/enrolled-agents/become-an-enrolled-agent
ACFE Association of Fraud Examiners
CFE Certified Fraud Examiner
https://www.acfe.com/cfe-credential
San Antonio Chapter
Valuation Analyst
CVA Certified Valuation Analyst
https://www.nacva.com/cvaqualifications
Institute for Divorce Financial Analysts
Professor Elam 
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