Certificate Programs for Professional Development
Prove your professional credibility and skill by earning certificates.
Expand your competency, grow you career, or enter new areas of practice with certificates.
Earn certificates from the most influential body for finance and accounting professionals in the world. Developed in partnership with both the AICPA and IMA, MACPA offers a curriculum designed by industry experts. Certificate programs set you apart within your organization and among colleagues, helping you advance your career to the next level.
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Accounting & Financial Reporting
Blockchain Fundamentals
Forensic Accounting
Cybersecurity
Data Analytics Fundamentals
Estate, Retirement, and Investment Planning
Financial Planning
Not-for-Profit
Risk Management and Insurance
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Sustainability Business Practices
AICPA Certificate programs
The updated COSO Internal Control Certificate offers you a unique opportunity to develop your expertise in designing, implementing and monitoring a system of internal control in today's technology driven world. Nine self-paced modules provide you with the knowledge necessary to understand and apply COSO's Internal Control--Integrated Framework (IC framework).
Learn the concepts and principles of the newly updated ERM framework and be prepared to integrate the framework into your organization's strategy-setting process to drive business performance.
AICPA Certificate programs
Are you ready for blockchain? According to Statista, worldwide spending on blockchain solutions was expected to grow from $1.5 billion in 2018 to an estimated $11.7 billion by 2022. As an accounting and finance professional, you can play a significant role in driving the adoption.
Position yourself as a forward-thinking professional with our Blockchain Fundamentals for Accounting and Finance Professionals Certificate.
AICPA Certificate programs
To excel in forensic accounting, you must have a solid understanding of core forensic accounting topics. This certificate program covers the areas essential to the planning, performance, and reporting for all forensic accounting engagements. Leverage this program to acquire new skills, begin the CFF Credential pathway, or earn CPE credits.
This comprehensive online certificate program will provide you with a solid understanding of financial forensics. You will become familiar with the forensic accountant’s professional responsibility and get a fundamental knowledge of: the legal system, gathering information, discovery, reporting, providing expert testimony and more.
AICPA & IMA Certificate programs
Cybersecurity threats are escalating, resulting in increased pressure for organizations to demonstrate that they have effective controls in place to detect, respond to, and recover from cyber attacks. This CPE certificate program will teach you how to help companies spot cybersecurity weaknesses, identify potential risks, and offer advice on how to safeguard information and systems.
Develop your fluency and gain the confidence to make sound strategic decisions regarding cybersecurity risk and learn what you should be doing as a non-IT professional to help protect your clients and your organization from cyber threats.
In this course, learn how to perform an examination on a client’s existing cybersecurity risk management program and report on the effectiveness of the controls.
This certificate program serves to educate these professionals on their evolving role in managing the risks and regulatory compliance, enabling them to become effective business partners in an evolving technological environment. This 4-course program offers a total of 4.5 NASBA CPE, a professional certificate, and digital badge upon successful completion of all course content and the cumulative final exam.
AICPA & IMA Certificate programs
This certificate course helps accounting and finance professionals understand how to start applying data analytics to business needs. It begins with a foundational look at why organizational data is a transformational asset and why anyone in a job role that involves interacting with that data must be able to navigate and leverage it. It explains why intelligent data management and a corresponding analytics practice is critical for the success of both the organization and the professional.
Learn how the power of data can be harnessed to gain deeper insight into business performance and to make informed strategic decisions. This online course offers hands-on, experiential learning through case scenarios and practical exercises. The content is based on IMA’s thought leadership found in its various research and publications. You’ll hear straight from industry experts who share their proficiency and perspectives on emerging technologies, data analytics, and data visualization. Earn NASBA CPE, a Professional Certificate, and a digital badge in Data Analytics & Visualization Fundamentals.
AICPA Certificate programs
The Estate Planning Certificate Program is an informative and engaging learning experience that will enhance your knowledge of estate planning.
The Personal Financial Planning Certificate Program is a series of certificates covering the core areas of personal financial planning, including retirement, estate, risk management and insurance, and investment planning, and how tax planning relates to each area.
Part of the Personal Financial Planning Certificate Program, this certificate program includes eight courses covering steps in the investment planning life cycle, along with a discussion of planning for and funding higher education.
IMA Certificate programs
IMA's FP&A Certificate Series enhances your skills in financial planning and analysis as it relates to budgeting, planning, and forecasting. Follow hypothetical case studies and real- life examples as this 3-part series helps you align your company's strategy across the organization and drive its overall performance. The three (3) courses included in the series are: IMA's FP&A Series: Strategic Budgeting, IMA's FP&A Series: Strategic Planning, and IMA's FP&A Series: Forecasting Techniques.
AICPA Certificate programs
This comprehensive, on-demand learning experience covers the core concepts of accounting and financial reporting, tax compliance, governance and assurance. This 40-hour interactive CPE program contains real-world examples, case studies, animations and videos to create a flexible, dynamic learning experience.
Demonstrate your leadership in the not-for-profit field. Get intermediate training on NFP accounting and financial reporting, governance and assurance, and tax compliance. This convenient certificate program appeals to all learning styles and levels and lets you work at your own pace.
AICPA Certificate programs
Part of the Personal Financial Planning Certificate Program, this certificate program includes eight dynamic courses covering critical steps in the risk management and insurance planning process, from insurance contracts and annuities to deferred compensation and integrating the business with the owner’s personal financial plan.
IMA Certificate programs
This self-study certificate features interactive exercises that demystify diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I), reveal the overlap between DE&I and sustainability, and illustrate the professional accountants’ ethical imperative to champion DE&I initiatives. The content is based on IMA’s thought leadership and research publications, boasting many actionable practices to establish a sense of belonging, improve organizational innovation, and attract, retain, and promote diverse talent.
IMA Certificate programs
IMA Sustainability Business Practices Certificate™ is a program of online self-study courses designed to help accountants and financial professionals navigate the complexities of the management accounting role in sustainable business practices.
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