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MINORU KIDA
725 South Bixel Street #547 Los Angeles California 90017
Tel & Fax 213 (488) 3453
kidacpa@da2.so-net.ne.jp
WORK EXPERIENCE
Shinnion & Co. (Ernst & Young International group)
Senior Auditor, New Business Development Division (NBD)
Previous affiliation: Audits Division
Consulting tasks:
As a leading consultant for companies seeking to go public (IPO);
Osaka, Japan
1998 - 2002
1993 - 1998
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Lead and managed consulting teams consisted by 3-5 professionals and established close relationships with all
levels of client personnel.
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Performed preliminary survey in IPO procedures.
Organized the internal control systems necessary to become a listed company.
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Suggested capital policy.
Rearranged, as necessary, the capital and transactional relationships between the parent company and its
subsidiaries and affiliates.
 Provided advice on how to make business plans attractive and feasible to stock market officials.
 Modified accounting policies in accordance with GAAP.
Recent clients that have gone to public include:
Nakayamafuku Co., Ltd.
Osaka, Japan
Listed on Osaka stock market
Goou Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. Kyoto, Japan
Listed on Kyoto stock market
Initiated, also, client-ordered internal control reviews, research on the feasibility of mergers, and outsourcing.
Auditing tasks:
Though major role is performed in NBD, a quarter of the working time is spent with the Audits Division.
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Perform annual financial audits and quarterly reviews.
Participate in (and sometimes administer) audit teams.
Offer constructive criticism of the client's internal control systems and accounting organizations.
Report audit conclusions to relevant management partners and in-house audit review committees.
Train new employees in audit procedures.
Initiated and maintain two new clients whose combined annual audit fee are $600 thousand.
Additional responsibilities
Information Committee: Have been a member of the Committee, the firm’s strategic task force, since its establishment
in 1996.
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Orchestrated a system innovation based upon Lotus Notes software, which we completed in 1998.
Train employees in the operation of information systems.
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
Japanese Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
Japanese Junior Accountant (JA)
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Passed with acceptance ratio 6.5%
1997 - present
1993 - 1997
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MINORU KIDA
725 South Bixel Street #547 Los Angeles California 90017
Tel & Fax 213 (488) 3453
kidacpa@da2.so-net.ne.jp
EDUCATION
University of Southern California
IBEAR MBA program MBA Candidate
DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY
Bachelor of Laws
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California, USA
Kyoto, Japan
March 1993
Major in Commercial Law.
ADDITIONAL INFORMARION
Volunteer activities:
Hananoki Gakuien, a nursing home for children suffering from various forms of paralysis.
Assistant
Kyoto, Japan
1980 - present
 Provide care.
 Assist coordination for various seasonal events.
Venture Plaza in Kobe, a venture capital competition held by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry
(Tsusabsho).
Advisor
1998
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Assessed candidates' business plans for competition.
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Moderated the competition (November 22, 1988).
Others:
Interests: scuba diving, jet skiing, golf, tennis, and international travel
Computer skills: MS word, excel, Lotus notes, and PCA kaikei (book keeping software)