A member of one of the Institutes of Chartered Accountants. Chartered accountants are authorised to audit books of limited companies. Members use the initials ACA, FCA, CA. Chartered secretary A member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators - members' initials are either ACIS or FCIS.
Chartered Accountant (CA) is the title of members of a certain professional accountancy associations in the Commonwealth countries and Ireland. The term chartered refers to the charter under which these bodies were incorporated. Subjects examined include financial accounting, management accounting, auditing, taxation and company law.