Kevin Grimmer Email and Phone Number

I am a highly capable, ACCA qualified Finance Professional and Business Partner, with extensive experience leading the finance function within a range of small and medium sized private businesses both in Australia, East Asia and the UK.My experience to date has been gained in a variety of business sectors:• Contract housing and property development.• Engineering products and services, particularly in the mining and steel making sectors.• Conference production and sports hospitality services.• Manufacturing, both process manufacture and custom ‘made to order’.From smaller businesses where I have been responsible for everything from basic hands-on processing through to annual reporting, to larger entities where, as Finance Director, I have managed a finance team of ten, and provided insight and advice to senior management, I have developed a range of skills which are highly transferable between roles and industries:• Excellent communication skills, both within the business and externally.• The ability to engage and collaborate effectively with team members to achieve business goals.• Thoroughness and an eye for detail, but able to see the big picture where required. • A strong commitment and ability to add value to the business.• I try to think critically to understand a problem and determine a solution.I have had considerable exposure to businesses with:• significant physical stock ($5m-$6m) and work in progress• multiple foreign currency bank accounts with a high volume of transactions• long term, high value, service contracts• regular high value cash transactions (grey market purchase of event tickets)• multiple plant and machinery assets including mining machineryThroughout my career I have also been responsible for a range of operational support functions, including IT, Human Resources and Payroll, company secretarial tasks and general administration.