About the Desk
A small assurance practice with warehouse boots and boardroom manners
Tsubasa Assurance Desk was founded to give mid-size Japanese companies a direct line to auditors who still attend inventory counts and write management letters without filler.
Origin
The desk took shape in Hidaka Village after years of year-end fieldwork across Tohoku manufacturing floors. We saw finance teams juggling lender packs, parent reporting, and plant schedules — and too often receiving audit findings that arrived too late to fix before the opinion date. The practice exists to plan earlier, speak plainly, and keep the same engagement lead through closing.
Expertise
Our work centers on financial auditing under Japanese GAAP and IFRS: revenue recognition for distributors, inventory valuation for makers, and related-party disclosures common in family-owned groups. We hold Japanese CPA credentials relevant to statutory assurance and maintain independence policies that decline bookkeeping or advocacy work for audit clients.
Assurance should feel like careful reading of the company’s own story — not a surprise list of adjustments on the final Friday.
Working approach
We schedule planning meetings before the warehouse freezes stock. Findings are shared as they arise so controllers can investigate while memories are fresh. English-language reports are available when overseas lenders or parent companies sit on the distribution list — written by the same team that performed the testing, not a separate translation desk unfamiliar with the adjustments.
Values
- Independence first — we decline engagements that compromise it
- Attendance where the numbers live — plant floors, not only conference rooms
- Letters that name accounts, people, and next steps
- Respect for Japan’s closing calendars and festival-week constraints
Meet before you appoint
A short scoping conversation is free of charge and without obligation. Bring last year’s opinion date and any covenant language that mentions auditors.
Request a scoping call