Internal Control Walkthrough Review
Focused walkthroughs of cash, purchasing, and payroll cycles to document control design before your next year-end audit or lender covenant review.
Engagement notesAnchor Point Financial Audit
Financial statements that lenders and owners can trust
We examine annual ledgers, inventory counts, and control design for mid-sized Japanese companies — then issue an independent auditor’s report grounded in fieldwork, not slide decks.
Flagship engagement
Statutory financial statement audit
Our core work is the independent examination of annual financial statements under Japanese GAAP for privately held companies, overseas subsidiaries, and owner-managed groups preparing filings for shareholders or lenders.
Fieldwork covers material accounts — revenue, receivables, inventory, and payables — with bank and legal confirmations coordinated through your finance staff. You receive a signed opinion, agreed adjusting entries, and a management letter on control findings.
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When the year-end calendar needs more than a report
Control walkthroughs, inventory observation, and first-year opening balance work sit beside the statutory audit when your books or lenders require them.
Inventory Observation Attendance
Year-end physical inventory observation at warehouses or manufacturing floors, with recount procedures and cut-off testing for stock-heavy businesses.
Engagement notes
Opening Balance and First-Year Audit Support
Extra procedures for companies appointing a new auditor: opening balance verification, prior-period restatement review, and handover of prior workpapers where available.
Engagement notesFrom the field
What finance directors say after fieldwork
“They refused to post our year-end journals—correctly—and sent us to a separate bookkeeper. That honesty saved the engagement when independence questions came up later.”Rina Hayashi — Owner, trading company. Engagement: Opening Balance and First-Year Audit Support.
“English auditor’s report plus a Japanese summary meant our Ishikawa owners and Tokyo lender both had what they needed from the same fieldwork.”Elena Vargas — Group reporting lead. Engagement: Statutory Financial Statement Audit.
How we work
Four stages from scoping call to signed report
Every engagement follows a documented process: scoping and engagement letter, planning walkthroughs, fieldwork and evidence gathering, then partner review and reporting. See the calendar and preparation checklist on our process page.
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