ICHIYAMA ACCOUNTING OFFICE
Services
Explore accounting outsourcing, verification, advisory, audit and transaction support. Each service page explains its scope, workflow, deliverables and how to begin.
FIVE SERVICE AREAS
Choose by the support you need.
Accounting & reporting outsourcing
Recurring support for closing, consolidation, management reporting and lease administration. Choose the work your team needs, with specialist staff carrying out the agreed tasks and a Japanese certified public accountant overseeing quality.
Financial information verification
Choose the engagement around the information you need to verify, its intended users and their requirements: agreed-upon procedures for applications or contractual settlements, or a financial statement review.
Accounting, operations & systems advisory
Connect accounting policies, management information, business processes and systems. We help turn the design into procedures that your team can use, with ongoing advice or recurring operational support where agreed.
Financial statement audit
Statutory and voluntary financial statement audits, and component audits for Japanese subsidiaries of overseas groups. We begin by understanding the business and explain the preparation and significant issues clearly.
Transaction & other accounting services
Financial due diligence and valuation for acquisitions and investments, and accounting and administrative infrastructure for IPO preparation. The purpose and required deliverables determine the scope.
Accounting & reporting outsourcing
Accounting & closing outsourcing
Monthly, quarterly and annual closing, consolidation and specialist accounting calculations. We take on the recurring work you need, combining staff execution with CPA review.
Scope, process & deliverables ↗Management reporting & analysis
Recurring preparation of budget-to-actual comparisons, profitability reports, KPI updates and analysis for management meetings.
Scope, process & deliverables ↗Recurring lease administration
After adoption of Japan’s new lease accounting standard, we take on recurring contract assessment, register updates, calculations and closing schedules, with specialist staff and CPA quality management.
Scope, process & deliverables ↗Financial information verification
AUP for staffing agency licence renewal
Agreed-upon procedures over financial information used to demonstrate the financial basis required for a Japanese staffing agency licence renewal, including interim or monthly accounts where appropriate.
Scope, process & deliverables ↗Royalty & contractual settlement checks
Check sales, volumes, royalty rates, deductions and settlement amounts against the contract using agreed procedures.
Scope, process & deliverables ↗Financial statement review
An independent Japanese CPA review, primarily through inquiries and analytical procedures, providing a limited assurance conclusion on financial statements.
Scope, process & deliverables ↗Accounting, operations & systems advisory
Japanese GAAP & IFRS advisory
Support for accounting issues under Japanese GAAP and IFRS, including Japan’s new lease standard and revenue recognition. Connect policy decisions with data, closing procedures and systems.
Scope, process & deliverables ↗Management accounting design
Build management information that shows department, business and product profitability, and makes budgets and actuals comparable.
Scope, process & deliverables ↗Cost accounting design & improvement
Develop product and service cost information that supports profitability analysis and pricing decisions.
Scope, process & deliverables ↗Budgets, KPIs & business planning
Connect the business plan, budget, KPIs and monthly reporting so management can identify change and act on it.
Scope, process & deliverables ↗Consolidation & group reporting design
Align accounting and reporting across subsidiaries and overseas locations so the parent can understand the group’s position.
Scope, process & deliverables ↗Faster financial closing
Identify what delays closing and improve the sequence of work and checks, rather than simply moving the deadline.
Scope, process & deliverables ↗Internal control design & implementation
Develop approvals, reconciliations, access rules and records suited to the organization, so controls work in daily operations.
Scope, process & deliverables ↗IT control design & implementation
Connect accounting processes and systems with practical controls over access, changes, operations and data processing.
Scope, process & deliverables ↗Process improvement & finance team design
Reduce dependence on individuals, duplicate input and rework by connecting responsibilities, procedures and systems.
Scope, process & deliverables ↗Accounting systems & data integration
Translate accounting and management requirements into system selection, implementation, migration and practical operation.
Scope, process & deliverables ↗Post-merger integration (PMI)
Integrate accounting, management reporting, operations and systems after an acquisition or merger, from priorities through implementation and continuing operations.
Scope, process & deliverables ↗Japan’s new lease accounting standard
From contract collection and AI-assisted initial assessment to accounting policies, lease systems, first-year closing and continuing administration. We tailor the work to your preparation and available team.
Scope, process & deliverables ↗Financial statement audit
Audits of private & owner-managed companies
Understand the business, organization and important risks, supporting reliable financial information through an independent financial statement audit.
Scope, process & deliverables ↗Audits of social welfare corporations
Financial statement audits of Japanese social welfare corporations, with explanations and dialogue suited to the organization’s staffing and operations.
Scope, process & deliverables ↗Audits of public interest corporations
Independent audits for Japanese public interest incorporated associations and foundations, under their applicable accounting framework.
Scope, process & deliverables ↗Audits of medical corporations
Financial statement audits suited to the activities and accounting of Japanese medical corporations.
Scope, process & deliverables ↗Audits of school corporations
Independent audit work for Japanese educational corporations under the applicable legal and accounting framework.
Scope, process & deliverables ↗Audits of special purpose companies & PFI projects
Audit work for special purpose companies and private finance initiative projects, informed by experience with real estate securitization, leasing and PFI.
Scope, process & deliverables ↗Component audits for Japanese subsidiaries
Connect an overseas group audit with the operations of its Japanese subsidiary. We perform audit procedures on the Japanese entity’s financial information under the group auditor’s instructions and report important matters.
Scope, process & deliverables ↗Transaction & other accounting services
Financial due diligence ↗Business valuation ↗IPO preparation ↗View this service area ↗LET’S TALK
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