Bachelor of Science in Management Accounting

Want to focus with accounting for an external audience? Choose management accounting. Choose JMC!

Overview

The field of management accounting employs financial information and skills to guide internal management and planning. Management accounting concentrations cultivate students’ skills in financial planning, control, decision-making, and problem-solving.

Career Opportunities

Staff Accountant
Financial Analyst
Accounting Manager
Manager/Director – Data Analytics
Manager/Director – Strategic Planning
Vice President – Financial Planning & Analysis
Treasurer
Controller
Chief Financial Officer

Agencies and institutions that employ

Government Offices
Corporations
Securities and Exchange Commission
Community colleges
Schools of business
Universities

Learning Outcomes

Critically analyse and provide recommendations to improve the operations of organisations through the application of management accounting techniques;
Demonstrate mastery of costing systems, cost management systems, budgeting systems and performance measurement systems
Demonstrate the need for a balance between financial and non-financial information in decision making, control and performance evaluation applications of management accounting;
Evaluate the costs and benefits of different conventional and contemporary costing systems;
Learn independently and to demonstrate high level personal autonomy and accountability;
Learn within teams – to co-operate with team members, to assume leadership and to manage differences and conflicts; and
Evaluate complex ideas and tolerate ambiguity in managerial and organizational problem-solving