– SMA is a core subject.
– Strategic management accounting is a key component of the overall skills base of today’s professional accountant.
– This subject provides candidates with the skill set required to advise the management team in the business they are employed in on strategic, tactical and day to day operational decisions. The syllabus content is quite large, varied and complex.
– Your ABI tutors are able to simplify the course material and train you to answer the extended response questions as well as the MCQs effectively. Your tutors have a track record of coaching students to achieving high grades in this subject.
– 12 Q&A sessions of one hour each from 6pm to 7pm commencing on Wednesday 28 Jan 2026 – 12 Hours
– Recordings of Semester 1 and 2 of 2025 weekly SMA classes also available for viewing upon enrolment. This is to ensure students are familiar with the Syllabus and Study Guide and prepare for the Q&A sessions.
– Ongoing WhatsApp Group discussions to ensure important questions are addressed – commencing in Jan 2026, dates to be advised.
– Online classes conducted via Zoom and recorded
– MCQs (With high difficulty levels) and Mock exam questions provided
– Tuition Fees – $540 GST included (Returning students entitled to 10% refund on application)
– All times AEST (Sydney time) and subject to change

Tutors

Joseph Alles: FCPA, FCMA, FCA (sl), MBA, CGMA (Global) – Tutoring CPA students since 2012
Joseph specialises in tutoring and motivating people to achieve the highest possible standards in Global, Business and Digital Strategy.
He is a dedicated Facilitator, Lecturer and Project Manager with commercial working and teaching experience in over 15 countries in Asia, the Pacific and Africa. He has worked for many multinationals including KPMG, PWC, UNDP, Guardian Royal Exchange Group UK and the Asia Carbon Group, Singapore. He currently teaches GSL, Digital Strategy and Strategic Business leadership for CPA Australia, ACCA and RMIT Online.
Joseph has also taught all Financial Accounting related subjects at UTS (Ba and MPA) and Shanghai Business School (For TAFE) from 2008 to 2015. He has also taught at CIMA Global (Sydney & Malaysia), University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), La Trobe University (Sydney Campus) and the Shanghai Business School (China) and Ningbo in China.
Joseph Alles is currently CEO of Australasian Business Institute (ABI)
In addition to convening CSR activities in CPA Australia (NSW division) he was actively engaged in the Biofuels Industry in Australia/Asia and has served on Australia’s National Biofuels Steering Committee and conducted workshops in Carbon Accounting.
Due to Covid 19 this option is not offered.