監査役(かんさやく)

かんさやく
noun
corporate auditor; statutory auditor
formalbusiness
1. corporate auditor; statutory auditor
A company officer, required in many Japanese 株式会社(かぶしきがいしゃ) (joint-stock companies), who oversees how the directors perform their duties and audits the company's accounts. A statutory role distinct from an outside accounting firm.
彼(かれ)は会社(かいしゃ)の監査役(かんさやく)だ。
He is the company's statutory auditor.
監査役(かんさやく)が取締役(とりしまりやく)の業務(ぎょうむ)を監督(かんとく)する。
The statutory auditor oversees the directors' performance of their duties.
監査役(かんさやく)は、取締役(とりしまりやく)が適切(てきせつ)に経営(けいえい)を行(おこな)っているかを独立(どくりつ)した立場(たちば)で確認(かくにん)する。
The statutory auditor checks, from an independent position, whether the directors are managing the company properly.

A statutory officer of a Japanese joint-stock company who audits the directors' conduct and the company's finances. Distinct from a 会計士(かいけいし) (an outside accountant).

Common collocations

  • 監査役(かんさやく)を務(つと)める: to serve as a statutory auditor
  • 社外(しゃがい)監査役(かんさやく): an outside (non-employee) auditor
  • 監査役(かんさやく)会(かい): the board of company auditors
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