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Seminar Nasional - Penguatan Kualitas Pelaporan Keuangan

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Key takeaways

Business

Business & Organizational Strategy (IAI, Partners, Ecosystem)

IAI’s role as a system-setter for capital markets

  • The Indonesian Accountants Association (IAI) is positioned as a standard setter issuing and updating accounting and audit-related guidance to support capital markets, transparency, and accountability.
  • The discussion notes an evolution from principles/norms toward financial accounting standards (SAK), including related adoption (audit and sustainability-related matters).

Strategic plan “2022–2026” with four pillars (EMP + governance)

  • Pillar 1: Strengthen professional transformation
    • Increase the quantity & quality of Indonesian accountants.
    • Align competence with standards and the profession.
  • Pillar 2: Increase public trust
    • Strengthen trust in the accounting profession.
    • Develop as a financial ecosystem development leader.
  • Pillar 3: Strengthen legal protection
    • Improve legal protection and professional practice across sectors.
  • Internal governance focus
    • Emphasizes organizational governance with integrity, adaptiveness, and inclusivity.
    • Highlights collaboration with other associations.

Ecosystem framing for financial reporting quality

Quality reporting is described as a chain:

Ethical behavior → proper standards (SAK & disclosure standards) → assurance (public accounting firms) → regulator oversight (OJK/IDX/others) → investor use for decision-making.

  • Sustainability reporting is framed as a connected extension of financial reporting (not standalone), driven by investor demand.

Concrete Operational Actions & Initiatives

MOU/partnerships to build capacity

The event includes MOUs between IAI and TEACH ME, and also mentions an MOU with AEI (issuers’ association context) to support:

  • accounting training,
  • competency testing, and
  • AI-aligned digital learning delivery (LMS-like).

It also highlights IAI’s “corporate partner” program for competency upgrading, including:

  • chartered accountant-level capability, and
  • scholarships/exam preparation elements.

TEACH ME platform / digital enablement

TEACH ME is described as an online education + training management platform that enables:

  • learner registration for online reading/training activities,
  • monitoring of PPL activities (professional learning),
  • training topic selection and budget organization by company,
  • e-certificates, and
  • content provided in multiple formats.

IAI certification pathway

The talk references an IAI-style pathway for becoming Chartered Accountant Indonesia (CA/“CA Indonesia” style), including:

  • multi-level progression:
    • foundation (for non-accounting bachelor backgrounds),
    • professional and advance levels (for accounting bachelor backgrounds),
  • an experience requirement explicitly referenced as 3 years,
  • a registration concept to become state-registered (mentions “Ministry of Finance / RNA”),
  • and recognition/equivalence for directors or experienced certification holders to reduce repeated exam burdens.

Frameworks / Playbooks Referenced (Explicit or Implied)

Four-pillar strategic plan (2022–2026)

  • Professional transformation
  • Public trust
  • Legal protection
  • Internal governance/value system

Financial reporting quality control & compliance checklist (regulator lens)

Reported “quality” issues are discussed via regulator-style criteria:

  • Timeliness
  • Completeness of components
  • Correct delivery method/route
  • Substantive compliance (e.g., PSAK and other applicable provisions)

Materiality & investor-relevant disclosure emphasis

  • Investors emphasize “material” disclosures, cross-referencing, and how “tables/details” affect interpretation.

Key Metrics & KPIs (as stated in the talk)

Sanctions / enforcement metrics (IDX-focused)

Total sanctions issued by exchange (2022 to date)

  • 4,867 total sanctions
  • 2,618 sanctions attributed to late financial report submission (largest category)

Severity ladder mentioned (SP1/SP2/SP3 → suspension)

  • Approx. ~1,000 written warning letters (SP1)
  • Progression described qualitatively as declining toward SP3/suspension

Repeated offenders

  • 65 companies show repeated sanctions (repeat lateness pattern)
  • 41 companies received delays up to 10 times (financial reporting periods 2021–2024)

Misstatement trend (financial report misrepresentation)

  • Misrepresentation counts:
    • 2022: 5 companies
    • 2023: 15 companies
    • 2024: increasing (not yet completed within the month referenced)

Investment-relevant performance metrics (qualitative, with examples)

Investors emphasized evaluation of:

  • Quality of earnings (QoE)
  • Cash generation vs. earnings (e.g., profit but cash flow negative)
  • Quality of revenue growth
  • Whether earnings are supported by repeatable fundamentals vs. one-time gains

Actionable Recommendations / Operational Guidance

For issuers (improve reporting discipline)

  1. Timeliness controls

    • Build internal deadlines and monitoring so submission is never late.
    • Late filing triggers escalation and reputation damage.

  2. Substantive compliance

    • Ensure reports comply with PSAK/SAK.
    • Provide proper disclosures/explanations when auditor opinions include “reasonable with exceptions” or similar disclaimers (with additional exhibits/explanations when required).

  3. Consistency & completeness

    • Avoid common misstatements such as:
      • income recognition errors,
      • missing reasons/footnotes for revenue/transactions,
      • inconsistency between balance sheet items and cash flow changes,
      • incomplete or un-updated comparative/interim disclosures.

  4. Use the regulator/stock exchange publication trail

    • Check historical sanctions and relevant codes/tables on the exchange website to prevent recurrence.

For companies / leadership (manage for investor trust)

  • Treat financial reporting quality as reputation and market-access infrastructure.
  • Provide accurate, not misleading information.
  • Disclosure should be appropriate and material, not merely legally minimal.

For accountants / talent pipeline

  • Move beyond “reporting” to strategic partnership:
    • Understand business processes, value chains, and operations, not only accounting entries.
  • Link to governance and sustainability disclosure:
    • CFO/finance leadership is expected to communicate sustainability in the same investor language.

Investing / Markets Note (High-Level Only)

Market discussion focused on capital-market execution:

  • Financial reporting quality affects:
    • investor trust
    • price discovery efficiency
    • willingness of domestic and foreign capital to enter
  • Emphasis:

    “Quality information” improves decision-making and long-term capital access, more than focusing only on returns.

Concrete Examples / Case-Like Details

Sanctions escalation pattern

  • Lateness is often driven by either:
    • operational inability to produce timely reports, or
    • insufficient preparation
  • Both patterns still lead to escalating sanctions.

Investor caution examples

Investors described red flags including:

  • earnings that look good but cash flow deteriorates,
  • “beautified” financial statements that obscure underlying economics,
  • transactions shifting between periods.

Presenters / Sources Mentioned (as named in subtitles)

  • Prof. Sumarjo
  • Prof. Lindawati Gani
  • Ardan Adi Perdana
  • Iman Rahman (Indonesia Stock Exchange)
  • Arman Wahyudi Hartono (Indonesian Emitters Association)
  • Dwi Sahara Soekarno (Teach Me Director)
  • Samsul Hidayat (KSEI mentioned)
  • Iding Pardi (KPEI President Director mentioned)
  • Tengku Fahmi Aryandar (Head of Regulation and Service Division; panelist)
  • Aliadin Saugi (CEO, PT Mandiri Management Investment; panelist)
  • Adi (Nyoman) / Aliahinugi (PT Mandiri Investment; investor perspective)
  • Sofía Watimena (OJK commissioner board mention)
  • Mr. Hiday (Chairman of the Indonesian Emitters Association)
  • Jaki Musri (panelist / attendee)
  • Mrs. Elizarmi Husin (Executive Director, IAI)
  • MC/moderator: Musri
  • Prof. Adi Perdana (chairman roles; mentioned in CA graduation segment)
  • Dwi Sara Sukarno (Teach Me presenter; concluding presentation)
  • Mr. Fahmi (Stock Exchange presenter; transcript appears as “Mr. Fahmi Ariandar/Ariandar”-style transcription)

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