Team Lead - Public Financial Management

• Align the team’s direction with Prospera’s overall objectives and the Indonesian Government and Australian Government strategic priorities.

Strategic Planning

• Develop and plan for the implementation of the team strategy and annual workplan, including activity sequencing and allocation of responsibilities.
• Identify emerging public financial management priorities and opportunities for innovation and improvement in the team’s agenda.

B.  Operational Management

Team Leadership

• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing Public Financial Management Team.
• Foster a collaborative and inclusive team environment, including effective collaboration with other teams in Prospera.
• Manage and develop team personnel, including setting expectations, allocating work, providing regular feedback, supporting professional development, and maintaining clear accountability for delivery.

Program Delivery

• Oversee the design, implementation, and evaluation of Public Financial Management activities.
• Lead the team’s work on expenditure and budgeting, fiscal transparency, state asset management, institutional capability and related PFM reforms at central and subnational levels.
• Ensure PFM advice is technically sound, practical and responsive to institutional capability, implementation requirements, GEDSI and sustainability.
• Manage team delivery, risks, budgets, procurement and reporting, and coordinate across EOPO1, EOPO2 and relevant program functions.
• Ensure activities are designed and outputs delivered in accordance with Prospera’s Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and standards, including technical quality standards, and donor requirements.

 

C.  Stakeholder Engagement

Government and Partner Collaboration

• Build and maintain effective relationships with relevant Ministry of Finance units, particularly those responsible for budget systems and processes, expenditure policy, fiscal transparency, fiscal balance where relevant, and state asset management.
• Engage effectively with DFAT, relevant Australian Government partner agencies, development partners and other stakeholders.
• Represent Prospera in relevant meetings and forums on public financial management and expenditure reform.

Advocacy and Influence

• Promote evidence-based approaches to expenditure quality, budget systems, fiscal transparency, institutional capability and state asset management.
• Translate analytical and institutional evidence into practical reform advice that supports government decision-making and implementation.

 

SELECTION CRITERIA

The successful candidate will have:

Essential

• Postgraduate degree in Economics, Public Finance, Public Policy, Public Administration, Accounting or another relevant discipline.
• At least 10 years of progressively senior professional experience in public financial management, expenditure framework, budgeting, institutional reform or a closely related field.
• Strong expertise in public financial management systems and reform, including substantial experience in one or more areas such as expenditure framework, budget processes, costing, fiscal transparency, organisational reform or state asset management.
• Substantial experience producing or overseeing analytical and institutional work and translating findings into practical reform advice for government decision-makers.
• Demonstrated experience leading a technical team or complex workstream, including work planning, delegation, quality assurance, performance management and delivery oversight.
• Strong understanding of Indonesia’s public financial management institutions, systems policy-making processes and political economy.
• Extensive experience building effective relationships with senior government officials, technical counterparts and development partners.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in English and Bahasa Indonesia.

Desirable

• Experience working with Indonesia’s Ministry of Finance on budgeting, expenditure policy,
• fiscal transparency or state asset management.
• Experience designing or implementing expenditure framework, costing frameworks, institutional diagnostics or public-sector change programs.
• Experience applying data analytics to expenditure, performance, asset-management or organisational reform questions.
• Experience working in an economic policy advisory organisation, international development program, international organisation, public institution or research organisation.

 

APPLICATION PROCESS

Candidates are encouraged to apply by 5 November 2026/as soon as possible.

For your application to be considered, please upload your documents as followed: Candidate Last Name, First Name, date, Title of the Position.

Cowater international strives to maintain a fair, transparent, and human centered recruitment process. As part of our commitment to responsible hiring practices and compliance with evolving recruitment regulations, we may use AI assisted tools to support limited aspects of our talent acquisition workflow, such as reviewing or shortlisting applications. These tools are used only to enhance efficiency and consistency in our processes. All assessments, interviews, and final hiring decisions are made exclusively by our human recruiting managers. Candidates may request additional information about the use of these tools or reasonable accommodations during the recruitment process.

Cowater International is an equal opportunity employer, basing employment on merit and qualifications as they relate to professional experience and position expectations. Cowater does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, religion, sex, gender identity, disability, age, or any other basis protected by law.

We thank all applicants, however only those shortlisted will be contacted.

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