CFO Support Japan provides bilingual CFOs, financial controllers, and other accounting professionals on a part-time or full-time or short-term or long-term basis.
Our clients benefit from getting exactly the right level of professional experience and skill—when they need it and at just the right time commitment (e.g. couple hours per month to 3 – 5 days per week).
Our CFOs and Controllers work on-site and are deeply involved in processes, procedures, systems, and people issues. Not “outsourced”, our services are actually “insourced”, reflecting our commitment to work seamlessly within client organization at a lower cost for the client.
We work primarily with foreign owned companies in Japan (gaishikei) that need financial statements prepared based on Japan GAAP and international accounting standards, require financial analysis and forecasting and need to have smooth and transparent communication in English with the head office.
Our job is to manage and support our client’s financial performance to achieve their goal and not just to keep accurate financial records and prepare financial statements.
Advantages are:
- Experienced & Bilingual—strategic partner for Japan team and overseas headquarters
- Flexibility—increase or decrease hours based on your needs
- Short Term/Long Term—contract on monthly basis or long-term basis
- Hands-on, 100% on-site—roll-up sleeves, get-it-done approach.
- Cost-Effectiveness—cost based on skill level of the job
Key Management Team
Perry Kuramoto, Managing Director
Perry is managing director at CFO Support Japan and IT Manager Japan and has been working with Keiji Iura since 2008. Perry has over 20 years’experience working as Financial Controller and CFO with foreign owned companies in Japan, “gaishikei”. Previously, Perry was the CFO for NIKE Japan with revenues of over $1 billion and managed a staff of 30 people. He has also worked in CFO and Financial Controller positions for high tech, IT, real estate, and hotel companies Perry brings a wealth of experience and industry knowledge in the consumer products, retail, real estate, high tech, IT and manufacturing sectors.
Perry is a US CPA fluent in English and Japanese.
Keiji Iura, Managing Director
Our Fees
CFO Support Japan structures client relationships in a flexible manner, to create the best fit for the companies we serve. This flexibility applies to our fee arrangements as well.
We offer hourly, daily, weekly or monthly rates depending on the needs of the client. Fees are based on the level of the position. This part-time model translates to roughly one-third to one-half of the cost of hiring a full-time person.
Contract period can be on a month to month basis. Contracts can be terminated with one-month notice
Contact Us to discuss your specific accounting needs.
Our Track Record
Examples of some of our work:
- Assisted US consumer products company to establish Japanese subsidiary including finding office space, interviewing and hiring staff, creating internet banking system, evaluating credit card payment service providers, drafting rules of employment, and implementing PeopleSoft accounting system.
- Part time controller for IT company (with US Headquarters) responsible for the accounting department including preparing monthly financial reports, managing accounting staff and implementing Oracle accounting system.
- Part time controller for Singapore based real estate firm managing accounting staff, preparing monthly financial statements, working with headquarters accounting department to answer their questions, prepared investor reports, supported Japan team on accounting and financial issues. Dual reporting to Japan General Manager and headquarters accounting department.
- Part time accounting manager for US consumer products company. Our role was to manage accounting staff including accounts payable,accounts receivable, and cost accounting functions. We also reviewed financial statements, monitored control of cash and other internal controls, and answered questions and provided support to the US headquarters. We also implemented Oracle accounting system.
- Financial Controller for US based hotel firm which managed over 10 hotels in Japan. Responsible for hotel accounting and financial reporting to the parent company, responsible for treasury function which included obtaining bank financing and cash management, and managed accounting staff at the hotel locations.