Client stories

Evidence from the closing meeting, not a star rating

These accounts come from finance leaders who sat through our fieldwork. They mention specific engagements, friction points, and what changed after the report.

Statutory Financial Statement Audit

Their fieldwork on our statutory audit stayed close to inventory cut-off and revenue contracts. We still had to chase two supplier confirmations ourselves, but the closing meeting listed every open item with owners and dates.

Haruka Mori Controller, precision parts manufacturer, Toyama

Interim Review Engagement

The interim review for our lender packet felt narrower than a full audit—exactly what we asked for. Sample sizes were explained in plain language before testing began.

Kenji Watanabe CFO, regional wholesale group

Internal Control Walkthrough

During the internal control walkthrough, payroll approvals looked tidy on paper until they traced one exception back to a shared password. That single finding changed how we close each month.

Aya Fujimoto Office manager, family-owned retailer

Audit Readiness Assessment

Audit readiness took three half-days. Their checklist on lease schedules was stricter than I expected, which saved us from a scramble in December.

Ryo Takahashi Finance lead, logistics company

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Extended story

First-year statutory audit for a Toyama parts supplier

A precision parts company sought its first independent opinion after a bank requested audited statements for a revolving facility. Opening balances needed reconstruction from prior management accounts; inventory observation fell on a Saturday because the plant runs continuous shifts.

We spent the first two weeks on cut-off evidence and customer rebate accruals. Two material adjustments were posted before we issued the report—both discussed in a closing meeting with the owner and controller. The management letter flagged a shared administrator login on the purchase system; they remapped approvals before the next quarter close.

Timeline from engagement letter to signed report: nine weeks. The bank accepted the opinion without a follow-up query on inventory valuation.

Extended story

Interim review ahead of a parent reporting deadline

A wholesale group needed limited assurance on half-year figures for a Tokyo parent pack. Full statutory fieldwork was not required; the parent wanted comfort on cash, receivables aging, and related-party balances.

Our review team worked primarily from a document room in Toyama with one day on site. Analytical procedures caught an unusual spike in freight accruals that finance later corrected. The review report issued three days before the parent’s consolidation lock.

The controller noted that sample sizes felt light compared with year-end—an expected difference for limited assurance—and asked us to expand cash testing slightly the following interim, which we did under a revised fee letter.