Memberships, Designations & Qualifications

DEVELOP YOUR CAREER BY JOINING A PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTE

Expand your professional network. Your contacts may become stale and limiting if you have only a narrow circle of professionals. Increase others’ awareness of your organisation
Gets you to think outside of the box (many organisations and their professionals have tunnel vision)
Discover what other organisations are doing

Memberships

Technician

This is for graduates or those candidates who have passed any of our Diploma Courses but do not have at least five years of relevant experience. Technicians can apply for Associate Grade after three years.

Associate

This is for graduates or those candidates who have passed any of our Diploma Courses and have at least five years of relevant experience. Associates can apply for Fellowship Grade after five years.

Fellow

This is for holders of master degrees, or equivalent, and have at least five years of relevant experience. Fellows can upgrade to Doctoral Fellow by taking our Doctoral Diploma..

Doctoral Fellow

This is for those candidates who hold a PhD/DBA, or our Doctoral Diploma, and have at least 10 years of relevant experience.

Designations

1. Chartered Global Management Accountant, CGMA

2. Chartered Management Accountant, CMA

3. Chartered Cost Accountant, CCA

4. Chartered Auditor, CA

5. Chartered Financial Manager, CFM

6. Financial Risk Manager, FRM

7. Certified Financial Analyst, CFA

8. Certified Financial Planner, CFP

FEES AND ASSESSMENTS

Membership Application Fees (applicable on IPFM diploma holder only) :

Technician

Associate

Fellow

Doctoral Fellow

GBP170

GBP250

GBP1500

GBP2300

Designation Application Fees (applicable on IPFM diploma holder only) :

Chartered Qualifications / FRM

GBP2,000

Assessments:

A. Interview (Face to face/Skype) by two IPFM Qualification Panel members and one invited industrial specialist for 30 minutes on knowledge and experience assessment;

B. Examination (3 hours) OR Industrial Analytical Report (5,000 words)

Certified Qualifications

GBP1,000

Assessments:

A. Interview (Face to face/Skype) by two IPFM Qualification Panel members and one invited industrial specialist for 30 minutes on knowledge and experience assessment;

B. Written examination (2 hours) OR Industrial analytical report (3,000 words)