Shoichi is a Managing Director in CFGI’s Accounting Advisory practice, providing accounting and financial consulting services with a focus on the consumer products, media & entertainment and technology industries for over 12 years.
While at CFGI, Shoichi has primarily worked with technology and consumer products clients. Shoichi has executed a variety of projects, including extensive SEC reporting, interim support including first-year SOX assistance, technical accounting work in ASC 718 stock-based compensation, ASC 805 business combinations, ASC 810 consolidation and VIE analysis, and ASC 842 leases.
Prior to joining CFGI, Shoichi held a position as Associate Finance Director at Publicis Media and was responsible for multiple areas including monthly budget reviews, preparation of presentations to the CFO, and ad hoc projects. Before Publicis Media, Shoichi was a Senior Manager at KPMG in New York and was responsible for leading all aspects of the financial statement audits of various public and non-public clients. He has extensive experience with ASC 805 business combinations, goodwill and intangible impairment analyses, ASC 740 income taxes, and SEC reporting.
Shoichi has a Bachelor of Science in Business Economics with an Emphasis in Accounting from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is a Certified Public Accounting in New York.