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Developing the Canadian CPA certification program was an immediate priority of the merged organization. By drawing on the best of existing programs, we are creating a certification program aimed at producing Canada’s pre-eminent professional accountants.
The new program will: • • Be recognized as being at least as rigorous as all current programs. Require an undergraduate degree and specific subject area coverage for admission to the graduate-level CPA Professional Education Program (CPA PEP) being developed nationally and delivered regionally. • • Culminate in a comprehensive multi-day Common Final Evaluation. Include the CPA Prerequisite Education Program (CPA PREP), a part-time accelerated bridging program designed to appeal to the broadest possible group of potential candidates, including university graduates with non-business degrees, immigrants and career changers. The program will be attractive to all those individuals interested in developing and enhancing their business and accountancy skills. • • Appeal to employers for its development of accountancy and business skills in a high-quality, cost-effective professional program. Meet or exceed the requirements of the leading global accounting bodies, ensuring the new CPA profession can maintain existing, and establish new, Mutual Recognition Agreements (MRAs).
The Canadian CPA Certification Program | Updated June 2013
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The CPA Competency Map: Defining the competencies of the newly qualified Canadian CPA
At qualification, new Canadian CPAs will demonstrate the competencies expected of leading professional accountants. Specifically they will be required to demonstrate: • TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES in advanced financial reporting, strategy and governance, and management accounting, as well as in audit and assurance, finance and taxation. • ENABLING COMPETENCIES including professionalism, ethical behaviour, written and oral communication, leadership, problem-solving and decision-making. The specific
The new program will: • • Be recognized as being at least as rigorous as all current programs. Require an undergraduate degree and specific subject area coverage for admission to the graduate-level CPA Professional Education Program (CPA PEP) being developed nationally and delivered regionally. • • Culminate in a comprehensive multi-day Common Final Evaluation. Include the CPA Prerequisite Education Program (CPA PREP), a part-time accelerated bridging program designed to appeal to the broadest possible group of potential candidates, including university graduates with non-business degrees, immigrants and career changers. The program will be attractive to all those individuals interested in developing and enhancing their business and accountancy skills. • • Appeal to employers for its development of accountancy and business skills in a high-quality, cost-effective professional program. Meet or exceed the requirements of the leading global accounting bodies, ensuring the new CPA profession can maintain existing, and establish new, Mutual Recognition Agreements (MRAs).
The Canadian CPA Certification Program | Updated June 2013
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The CPA Competency Map: Defining the competencies of the newly qualified Canadian CPA
At qualification, new Canadian CPAs will demonstrate the competencies expected of leading professional accountants. Specifically they will be required to demonstrate: • TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES in advanced financial reporting, strategy and governance, and management accounting, as well as in audit and assurance, finance and taxation. • ENABLING COMPETENCIES including professionalism, ethical behaviour, written and oral communication, leadership, problem-solving and decision-making. The specific