Sasanka Jayasekara: Primed for success with CIMA
Completion of CIMA under 20 sets young achiever on course for greatness.
CIMA, is the world’s leading and largest professional body of management accountants. Established in 1919, it continues to help individuals and businesses succeed by harnessing the potential of management accounting. The professional qualification is a popular choice for school leavers in Sri Lanka who are looking to qualify and kickstart their careers early in life.
Sasanka Jayasekara, is amongst a handful of high achievers to have successfully completed the CIMA qualification under the age of 20. A supervisor at KPMG’s Audit Department, Sasanka utilises the knowledge and skills he obtained with CIMA to guide a team of Audit Associates. He works in accordance with his Manager and Partner to achieve tight client reporting deadlines and superior client servicing. A past student of Achievers Business School, he chose to follow in his father’s footsteps and pursue CIMA. He believed it was an essential step to achieve his dream of becoming a financial controller of a reputed company someday and giving back to society.
Sharing his experience with studying for CIMA, Sasanka noted, “I was unsuccessful in a few CIMA exams previously; in the Managerial Level Case Study and P2 – Advanced Management Accounting, specifically. However, I was motivated to keep trying as I wanted to complete all CIMA examinations by the age of 17. I re-sat both papers and eventually succeeded.” His experience demonstrates the sheer level of willpower, commitment and ambition that have come to be characteristic of CIMA high achievers.
Having stridently overcome his fears while remaining focused on his vision for himself, Sasanka is enjoying the fruit of his hard work at his current job. There, he gets to put his CIMA experience to good use and meet a diverse selection of clients from various industries and practices. In the wider span of things, he is also able to contribute to a better tomorrow by ensuring that each of his clients’ stakeholders get a true and a fair view of the financial statements they are privy to.
The benefits students in Sri Lanka avail themselves to on qualifying with CIMA at a young age are innumerable. Students are able to enter into the qualification without having to meet many stringent requirements compared to most other educational qualifications. They also have easy access to an expanse of study materials that help ease the burden of exam preparation. Apart from possessing the most relevant business qualification, the ACMA designation letters they are entitled to use on completion of CIMA and 3 years of approved relevant experience, demonstrate their commitment to lifelong learning, ethics and professionalism. Enrol now for the next intake. For details contact CIMA at 0112503880 or email us at colombo@aicpa-cima.com.