RSM汐留パートナーズ and Smart Process have announced a capital and business alliance. As they pursue group expansion by achieving their foreign-affiliated company ratio target and leveraging AI, they aim to evolve beyond an accounting firm into a comprehensive professional firm.
RSM汐留パートナーズ increased its employee headcount to 280 over four years, while stating that it is targeting revenue in the ¥3 billion range. The share of services provided to foreign-affiliated companies has reached 50%, and after affiliating with RSM, the firm rationalized its client base while accelerating new customer acquisition. In launching new businesses, it is strengthening efforts to drive DX in development and design using AI, while expanding the scope of services offered across the group.
Through the capital and business alliance with Smart Process announced on 1 July, the firm is strengthening its capabilities as a comprehensive professional firm, including in IT consulting. Smart Process members, including Nishioka Ryota (西岡 良太), have formally joined the business division, with the firm aiming to expand into new areas, including cybersecurity, and accelerate overseas expansion by leveraging its global network.
Domestic regional expansion is also under way, including the opening of an office in Utsunomiya as a new base. Looking ahead to global expansion under a five-year plan, the firm plans to expand into other industries, strengthen its risk advisory business, standardize operations across the group and reinforce recruitment.