Financial auditing · Yamanashi, Japan
Matsu Audit Counsel conducts independent financial statement audits, interim reviews, and control assessments for companies that need credible assurance — not a rush through the binder.
Our core work is the statutory financial statement audit: risk-based fieldwork, partner review, and an independent report your board and lenders can read without decoding jargon.
Independent examination of annual accounts for mid-size Japanese companies and group subsidiaries. Typical cycle runs eight to fourteen weeks from planning visit to signed report.
From ¥1,850,000 per engagement
Read the full engagement scopeSupporting work that sits beside the annual audit when boards need interim comfort or finance teams are preparing for their first examination.
Focused assessment of key financial controls before year-end, suited to finance teams preparing for their first statutory audit or addressing prior findings.
From ¥680,000
Limited assurance review of half-year figures for boards, lenders, or parent companies that need comfort between annual audits.
From ¥920,000
Pre-audit working sessions that help first-time auditees organise papers, schedules, and evidence trails before fieldwork begins.
From ¥420,000
More client stories“Their fieldwork team asked for inventory cut-off evidence on day two, which felt abrupt, but it meant we closed the warehouse reconciliation before month-end chaos hit.”
Keiko Hanamura · Controller · Statutory Financial Statement Audit
Practical writing on materiality, inventory observation, and the papers finance teams prepare before auditors arrive.
A plain-language look at how auditors set materiality for mid-size Japanese companies and what finance teams should expect when balances sit near the threshold.
Physical inventory remains one of the most tangible parts of financial auditing. Here is how observation typically unfolds on a warehouse floor.
The PBC list looks intimidating the first time. Breaking it into ownership, dates, and formats keeps year-end calmer for everyone.