Client stories
These notes reference specific inventory counts, control findings, and lender procedures from engagements we completed — not anonymous star ratings.
Year-End Inventory Observation
“Their inventory observation at our two Toyama plants caught a consignment lot we had never listed. The adjusting entry was uncomfortable, but the opinion timeline stayed intact.”
Yuki Tanaka
Finance Director, precision parts manufacturer
Statutory Financial Audit
“We had hoped fieldwork would finish in five weeks; related-party loan documentation slowed clearance by ten days. Communication stayed precise, and the management letter ranked cash controls in an order we could actually fund.”
Satoshi Abe
Controller, regional trading house
Internal Control Review
“The internal control review mapped our purchase approval gaps without turning the report into a lecture. Purchasing and accounting now share one vendor-change checklist.”
Mei Fujimoto
Operations Manager, food packaging firm
Agreed-Upon Procedures
“Our lender wanted covenant recalculation, not a full audit. The agreed-upon procedures letter matched the bank’s checklist line for line, which shortened the credit committee questions.”
Kenji Okada
CFO, mid-size distributor
A Fujoka-area manufacturer approached us two months before year-end after outgrowing lender comfort with management accounts alone. Planning revealed three warehouses, consignment stock at two customers, and an intercompany loan without a written interest schedule.
We attended both plant counts, confirmed consignment lots by letter, and worked with the controller to draft board minutes covering the loan terms before clearance. Fieldwork ran seven weeks instead of the five originally hoped for — mostly because related-party documentation arrived mid-engagement. The opinion was issued on schedule relative to the filing deadline, and the management letter led with dual-authorisation gaps on wires above ¥500,000.
The controller later used that letter as the agenda for a finance committee meeting. That is the outcome we aim for: an opinion that files cleanly, and findings that survive the audit room.
A distributor needed covenant recalculation and cash confirmation for a regional bank, without commissioning a full statutory audit. We listed every procedure in the engagement letter, matched the bank’s checklist, and reported two exceptions on related-party receivables aging. The credit committee asked fewer follow-ups because the exceptions were already quantified.