The Institute of Certified Management Accountant (ICMA) Indonesia is an official branch of the ICMA Australia, a growing organization with a vision to attain the status of a premier body of professionals practicing the science of management accounting. The Institute was incorporated in 1996 under the patronage of Mr William Dix (former Chairman of Ford and Qantas) and Professor John Miller (former Director of Consumer Affairs, Chairman of Pannell, Kerr, Foster and holder of numerous senior academic positions). Its objectives are to provide a professional organization for management accountants, and to encourage, disseminate and promote the specialisation in organizations in Australia. Similar specialist bodies have been operating in most English-speaking developed countries, e.g. USA, UK and Canada, but not until that time in Australia.

ICMA Indonesia was established on 9 October 2009 following the first CMA gathering in June 2009 attended by more than 30 CMAs based in Indonesia and Prof Janek Ratnatunga.

The objectives of the ICMA Indonesia are to:  

• To provide a local organization for members of the Corporation; to advance the interests of members; and generally to establish in this area an organization to advise and co-operate with the Corporation upon matters of common interest.
• To arrange, sponsor and conduct lectures, seminars, symposiums, refresher courses and conferences
• To publish a bulletin, journal or other publications relating to the activities of the Corporation
• To establish and maintain contact with government, professional, industrial, commercial and educational organisations and other institutions for the furtherance and development of the profession
• To do all such things as the Branch may consider incidental or conducive to the attainment of the object of the branch