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About the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario:
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario is the qualifying and regulatory body of Ontario's 34,000 CAs and 5,000 CA students. Since 1879, the Institute has protected the public interest through the CA profession's high standards of qualification and the enforcement of its rules of professional conduct. Recognized internationally, the CA designation denotes financial expertise, strategic thinking, business insight and leadership. CAs know the ‘nuts and bolts' of the organizations they work for and they also keep the bigger picture in mind.
No other designation matches Chartered Accountants for depth and breadth of financial expertise!
Did you know…?
- The CA designation is like an international work passport! CAs can – and do – easily find work around the world. This is because the CA designation’s international recognition for consistency and high quality makes it portable. CAs are the only Canadian accounting professionals who have reciprocity agreements with all of the leading accounting organizations. Currently, more than 2,700 Ontario Chartered Accountants are working abroad.
- ROB Top 1000 Companies with a CA as CEO have consistently outperformed companies headed by non-CAs! Companies with a CA as president or CEO performed better on several key indicators, including five-year average Return on Equity; five-year average Return on Capital; and one-year average Return on Assets. Small wonder, then, that 62% of the Globe and Mail’s Report on Business Top 1000 Companies (ROB) has a CA in at least one of their top six positions (Chair, CEO, president, CFO, COO and/or corporate secretary).
- Companies perform better when the Chief Financial Officer is a CA! Annual analysis of the top companies listed in the Globe and Mail’s Report on Business Top 1000 Companies shows those companies with CAs in the CFO position have the best return on capital and assets.
- RBC, Manulife, Telus, Loblaw, Union Gas, Score Media and Research in Motion are just a few of the CA Training Offices! The CA Profession now provides training opportunities in both traditional public accounting firms and non-traditional employers in industry and government. For a full listing of CA Training Offices, check out the ICAO website or www.catoadvantage.ca.
- Many successful Canadians are CAs! Prominent business and community leaders such as Janice Fukakusa, Chief Administrative Office and Chief Financial Officer - RBC, and Colleen Johnston, Chief Financial Officer – TD, Michael J. Nobrega, President & CEO of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS), Jennifer Newman, VP – Investment Finance Operations – Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, Nadir Mohamed, President & CEO, – Rogers Communications Inc and many others, all have their CA designation.
To find out more please visit our student website at www.guidetorulingtheworld.ca or www.icao.on.ca.
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