The implementation of effective computerized financial reporting procedure at a school foundation in South Jakarta, Indonesia

Abstract

Yayasan Pendidikan Daya Dutika Cenderawasih (YPDDC) is a school foundation in South Jakarta, Indonesia, that oversees six schools including two elementary schools, two junior high schools, and two senior high schools in three different areas, namely Cipete (South Jakarta), Cilandak (South Jakarta), and Pondok Aren (South Tangerang). YPDDC did not have an effective financial reporting. This caused financial managers at the YPDDC to experience difficulties in monitoring and evaluating the schools’ financial reports. The objective of this community service was to provide an assistance in computerized financial reporting, which was implemented by making Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for computerized financial reporting in all YPDDC schools. The benefit of. The method applied in this community service program is assistance which carried out in several stages, including: 1) the interview and observation stage; 2) the implementation stage; 3) the socialization stage; 4) the implementation and evaluation stage. The result of this assistance was there is an improvement at skills of the administrative officers and central financial officer about how to do computerized financial reporting by following the SOP. The results of this assistance program was the creation of SOP for computerized financial reporting which was ready to be implemented.

Keywords

• Standard Operating Procedure
• Financial Reporting
• Computer
• School
• Foundation