Re-evaluating capacity of financial management officer : A study of local financial training effectiveness in Indonesia: the case of Subang Regency, West Java

This study sets out to find the factors which determine the effectiveness of local financial training program held by Ministry of Finance and seven reputable universities in Indonesia. Local financial management aims to enhance the capacity of financial management officer in all local government in Indonesia. This study focuses on one local government to get detailed picture of post-training condition. The local government is Subang, a regency in West Java Indonesia. Subang is one of two hundred of local government which is still struggling in financial management despite already having relatively large number of alumni from the training program. The research was conducted using interviews with alumni, organisational managers, and training providers. It highlights the alumni reactions toward the training design, the acquisition and utilization of trained-skill-and-knowledge in the workplace. The result will be analysed to explore the extent to which the training is effective in enhancing the trainees’ capacity in order to support organisational goal. Overall, the research revealed that the training design has been well-presented. Most of the alumni have relatively good performance during the training program. However, their performance in workplace was not seem change significantly. It was revealed through self-report, as well as supervisor and peer report. There are many factors that influence this performance enhancement. It can be triggered by the trainee characteristic, training program, and organisational support. Transfer performance, in the end, will affect the achievement of organisational goals in term of good local financial management.