This pre-seen material is for the November 2025 and February 2026 sittings. CIMA has released the OCS pre-seen material. To get your copy of the pre-seen, check out my Home page. The pre-seen company is SumTrix, a company specialising in the manufacture and sale of skis and ski accessories. SumTrix is based in the fictitious … Continue reading The OCS Pre-seen for November 2025 and February 2026 is Out!
Tag: Management Accounting
From Data to Direction: Why KPIs Matter
This is from the "Accounting Makes Cents" podcast episode #97 released on Monday, 8 September 2025. Before we dive into the nuts and bolts of KPIs, let me share a quick story that actually inspired this whole episode. I was listening to a podcast where an AI kept saying something like “kaypees.” At first, I … Continue reading From Data to Direction: Why KPIs Matter
Unpacking the CIMA Pass Rates: May 2025
Certificate and OT This is from the "Accounting Makes Cents" podcast episode #96 released on Monday, 25 August 2025. Today, we’re taking a closer look at the results of the latest CIMA pass rates, which has recently been published. The May 2025 session results have been added, and as always, there’s plenty for us to … Continue reading Unpacking the CIMA Pass Rates: May 2025
Crack the Case: Answers That Make an Impact
This is from the "Accounting Makes Cents" podcast episode #95 released on Monday, 11 August 2025. Before we get into frameworks or any kind of technical knowledge work, I want to make something clear: the CIMA case study exams are not about showing how much theory you can memorise. You can’t just rote learn the … Continue reading Crack the Case: Answers That Make an Impact
AI’s Impact on Accounting Education
This is from the "Accounting Makes Cents" podcast episode #94 released on Monday, 28 July 2025. If you’re new, welcome—and if you’ve been listening for a while, you might remember a couple of episodes I did two years ago about AI and accounting, and using ChatGPT to help you study. We broke it down to … Continue reading AI’s Impact on Accounting Education
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