BDO Partners signs MoU with CMA Sri Lanka

Piyal Pushpakumara, Manager Human Resources BDO, Tishan Subasinghe, Partner Human Resources BDO, Sujeewa Rajapakse, Managing Partner BDO, Prof. Lakshman R. Watawala, President CMA, L.B.Wattegedara, Executive Director CMA, Arosh Yahampath, Director Operations CMA, Swineetha De Livera, Consultant Education and Training CMA

Institute of Certified Management Accountants of Sri Lanka (CMA) is the National Professional Management Accounting body in Sri Lanka incorporated by an Act of Parliament No.23 of 2009, a student population of around 12,000 and a Membership of 2,100 consisting of Associates or ACMA and Fellows or FCMA.

BDO Partners, a member firm of BDO International, the world's fifth largest network of audit & advisory services firms signed an MoU with CMA as an Accredited Practical Training Partner. The Managing Partner of BDO SujeewaRajapaksestated that "training and development provided by the firm helpsemployees meet their full potential. Performance reviews and other feedback mechanisms are in place to help our students understand what they need to do in order to develop".

CMA students will be provided with three yearsof practical training in accounting and auditing as per the PER Guide and training circulars issued by CMA to enable the trainee to acquire the professional and technical competence of a professional management accountant.

This would enable students to be appropriately skilled to obtain jobs in the private and public sector.

All CMA students who have registered with CMA could obtain their practical training while undertaking their studies. The MoU was signed by BDO Managing Partner, Sujeewa Rajapakse, Partner Human Resources, Tishan Subasinghe and CMA President Prof. Lakshman R. Watawalaand Executive Director CMA L. B. Wattegedara.