PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata’s Financial Services (FS) department comprises specialist divisions that are tailored to provide services to clients in the following industry sectors: banking, securities, asset management, and insurance. The firm’s team of specialists provide vigorous and fair auditing services, as well as detailed solutions to meet the needs of individual clients.
Having endured a protracted period of turbulence, financial institutions in Japan are now emerging onto a new stage. To compete in a free market that transcends national borders, they are now required not only to make full use of leading-edge financial techniques but to update business models to correspond with the market’s new sense of value. In addition, for a financial institution to operate as a sustainable member of Japan’s economic infrastructure it is essential that it secures a high level of trust from society. PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata provides services to financial institutions that strive to lead their respective markets. Our financial services division forms part of the firm’s core practice and is the largest of any auditing firm in Japan.
PricewaterhouseCoopers Aarata’s Financial Services department assigns professionals with industry expertise to provide service to its clients. The firm’s specialists maintain close relationships with other global industry groups in the PricewaterhouseCoopers network to stay ahead of the latest international trends and at the same time retain in-depth knowledge and understanding of the challenges facing financial institutions in Japan.
The Financial Services department provides financial institutions in Japan and overseas with value-added auditing and other services, based on high ethical standards and a wealth of experience. Through these services, we aim to ensure that our financial industry clients secure the confidence and continued trust of the economic community.
Key Service Areas:
- Accounting audits
- Attestation services
- Independent auditing of internal control structures
- Independent auditing of the calculation of equity ratios
- Examination of segregated custody of client assets
- Reports on internal control relating to service organizations, etc
- Support for the assessment and establishment of internal controls for financial reporting
- Financial surveys
- Internal audit and compliance related services
- Risk measurement and support for the establishment of risk management structures
- Insurance and pension actuarial related services
- Audit of information systems and support for the establishment of information system management structures
