Chartered Cost Accountant is a cost accounting

Cost accounting

Cost accounting information is designed for managers. Since managers are taking decisions only for their own organization, there is no need for the information to be comparable to similar information from other organizations...

 or cost control professional designation offered by the American Academy of Financial Management

American Academy of Financial Management

The American Academy of Financial Management is a USA-based board of standards, certifying body, and accreditation council dedicated to the finance sector and management professionals....

. The CCA is a Graduate Post Nominal (GPN) that is only available for accountants with an accredited degree, MBA, CPA

Certified Public Accountant

Certified Public Accountant is the statutory title of qualified accountants in the United States who have passed the Uniform Certified Public Accountant Examination and have met additional state education and experience requirements for certification as a CPA...

, Chartered Accountant

Chartered Accountant

Chartered Accountants were the first accountants to form a professional body, initially established in Britain in 1854. The Edinburgh Society of Accountants , the Glasgow Institute of Accountants and Actuaries and the Aberdeen Society of Accountants were each granted a royal charter almost from...

License, law degree, PhD or specialized executive training. The CCA is the only cost control or accounting credential at this time that has reached acceptance in North and South America as well as Asia, India, and the Middle East.

External Board of Standards Links

• AAFM American Academy of Financial Management
• AAFM American Academy of Financial Management Global Board of Standards