REACHING THE TOP

A finance manager of one of the top foreign multinational banks in Bangladesh, Md. Yasir Arafin has set his bar high thanks to the CIMA qualifications. According to Yasir, Bangladesh needs CIMA professionals for its future economic growth and development. "CIMA professionals can work beyond the traditional number crunching role and act as finance business partners and also provide strategic direction to the CEO and other senior stakeholders by providing timely and strategic financial and non-financial information," he explains. 

Yasir says that CIMA structured his career and also shapes the decisions that he takes. "I believe, I now have an opportunity to think outside the box," he says. "The syllabus is broader and allows me to understand and interpret the issues behind the numbers. This helps me to contextualise my role within Finance and also to add value to the decision making process in my organisation." 
Yasir further adds that Bangladeshi companies should come forward to motivate young students to go for CIMA. The qualification can be one of the better choices as it focuses on business skill development, in addition to the accounting skills.