Mumbai: The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) today announced that it has awarded EXL, a leading business process solutions company, with its Training Quality Partner accreditation.  The CIMA Training Quality Partner accreditation recognises employers who support CIMA students working towards the CIMA professional qualification and professional membership. This accreditation will provide EXL employees with an opportunity to pursue one of the most respected and relevant finance qualification recognized globally.

The Quality Training Partner accreditation will enable EXL to attract, develop and retain the best finance talent available in India and around the world. This partnership will further strengthen EXL’s ability to provide world-class training for all EXL employees for various courses offered by CIMA.

Debasish Biswas, Country Head, CIMA India, said, “CIMA is an international professional qualification that enables students to enter a career path that is recognized globally. CIMA helps students develop their technical and professional competencies. EXL is committed to develop the right finance and business skills among its employees and this partnership will help EXL gain consistent finance capabilities across their global locations. We are looking forward to a successful partnership.”

EXL’s finance and accounting business unit provides end-to-end F&A operations management, complex functions such as tax compliance, monthly close, valuation, and working capital optimization, as well as governance, risk and compliance support.

Commenting on being awarded the accreditation by CIMA, Ravi Pallavoor, Vice President & Head of Finance & Accounting Services, India and Centre Head, Bangalore, said, “At EXL, we endeavor to empower our employees by developing capabilities and creating opportunities for international professional certification. We invest heavily in building professional competencies of our employees because we believe it is critical to delivering business impact to clients.”