Naoto Watanabe
Senior Manager, Dept. of Professional Practice
Naoto is a senior manager in KPMG’s AQPP. He has more than 15 years of experience providing financial statement audit, audit of internal control and IFRS accounting advisory service.
Naoto has provided professional audit and advisory services to several large multinational groups in accordance with PCAOB requirements, U.S. GAAP, and IFRS. He has experience in auditing FPI SEC filings (20-F, F4) and the successful coordination of large global audit transitions. He is currently in AQPP and dealing with quality control over the IFRS engagements. He has a thorough understanding of IFRS and has been involved in numerous IFRS conversion advisory services.