Ministry of Finance RI · UNSW Sydney
Auditor, legal scholar & writer
A public officer at Indonesia’s Ministry of Finance and an LPDP–AAS scholar in law at UNSW Sydney, working where public finance, integrity and law reform meet.
Blogging since 2010 at bukanaktivis.id
About
Riyan Al Fajri is a public officer at Indonesia’s Ministry of Finance with more than a decade in government internal audit. He joined the Inspectorate General in 2014, held data roles at Inspectorate VI, and served as Personal Assistant to the Inspector General, over seven years earning the trust of four Inspectors General. Since 2023 he has worked as an auditor (Auditor Ahli Pertama), focusing on performance reviews, building Integrity Zones (Zona Integritas) and organisational transformation.
Trained in accounting at STAN and Universitas Bakrie, he later turned to law. As an LPDP–AAS 2024 Scholar he pursued a Master of Laws at UNSW Sydney, where he represented the university’s Global Sponsored Students. His research covers corporate and commercial law, international and tax law, law reform and sustainable development.
He has kept a blog since 2010, now Bukan Aktivis (“not an activist”), writing on public finance, anti-corruption, faith, climate and family life. He is also an executive member of the Institute for Wisdom and Public Policy at Muhammadiyah South Tangerang.
“Jadi PNS Auditor di Badan Pemeriksa Keuangan / Inspektorat Jenderal / BPKP”
Two years later, he joined the Inspectorate General.
Hidup yang tidak diperjuangkan tidak akan pernah dimenangkan.
A life that is never fought for will never be won.
Focus
serve as an Internal Auditor at the Ministry of Finance. Experiences in public expenditure, procurement, investment, social-security programs, regulatory compliance, and institutional governance.
Corporate, commercial and tax law and international law specialist.
Publish research on sustainability and green business.
Bureaucratic reform, anti-corruption and good governance, themes he has written about since his student days.
Journey
More than a decade of public service, built on accounting and audit and now extended into law.
2025 – 2026
UNSW Sydney, Australia
LPDP–AAS 2024 Scholar. Served as Global Sponsored Students Representative and spoke at the university’s celebration for Term 2 2026 graduates.
2023 – now
Inspectorate General, Ministry of Finance RI
Performance reviews, Integrity Zone development and organisational transformation.
Seven years
Inspectorate General, Ministry of Finance RI
Trusted by four Inspectors General in succession.
2022
Universitas Terbuka
Graduate with CGPA 3.67 in 8 semester
2020
Universitas Bakrie, Jakarta
Extension programme, Batch 10. Thesis on intellectual capital and earnings management.
2014
Ministry of Finance RI
Roles at Inspectorate VI included junior data processor and senior data presenter.
2013
Sekolah Tinggi Akuntansi Negara (STAN)
The state accounting college where his path into public-sector audit began.
2010
Riau, Indonesia
Graduated with the school’s tenth generation.
Featured talk · UNSW Sydney, 2026
As Global Sponsored Students Representative at UNSW, Riyan gave his final speech in the role at “Celebrating Your Journey”, honouring sponsored students graduating in Term 2 2026.
Watch on YouTubeWriting
287 posts since 2010, in Indonesian and English: public finance and anti-corruption, faith, climate policy and the small dramas of everyday life.
An illustrated essay on where the OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework fell short, and the push to shape global tax rules at the United Nations.
Read the essayFollowing the trade in long-tailed and pig-tailed macaques from forest to market stall to e-commerce, and the legal gaps that keep it running.
ReadWhy Indonesia’s forests, mangroves and peatlands could make it a carbon-market leader, and why low credit prices still hold projects back.
ReadUnpacking Presidential Regulation 98/2021 and the caps, trading and taxes behind Indonesia’s carbon pricing.
ReadWhere Indonesia’s emissions come from, led by the energy sector, and what reaching net zero will take.
ReadA poem about Ministry of Finance staff working through the pandemic, written for the HORI 2021 poetry competition.
ReadA candid diary that begins the day his wife refused to leave the mall until he signed up for a gym.
ReadResearch
Recent work on corporate and environmental law, indigenous perspectives on sustainable growth, waqf and Islamic social finance, and digital tolerance in Indonesia.
Google Scholar profileContact
For conversations on public-sector audit, integrity, law reform, tax or climate policy, LinkedIn is the best way to reach Riyan.
