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Matthew Comins In 60 Seconds
I am an authentic and driven individual with a proven track record at senior finance-head levels. My leadership style is inclusive – being a good mix of a task-orientated driver, together with strong relationship and team building expertise. I am a strategic thinker with a keen understanding of the key business drivers and an eye for detail together with strong analytical abilities.
Specialist Skills
Cash flow Improvement
Has a critical eye into the detail that drives cashflows - a must for every business today.
Profit Improvement
Quick to identify the key business levers that impact the bottom line.
Strategic Thinker
Commercially astute with strong communication and interpersonal skills.
Managing Risk
A strong eye for risk management and balancing good governance with the needs of the company and shareholders.
Treasury
Established an internal treasury function in a large family-owned conglomerate and saved millions in efficient funding and hedging policies.
Track Record Highlights
- Successful development of a group finance function together with the restructuring of the divisional Finance and Admin departments reporting into the group finance function.
- Spearheaded the group consolidation processes and reporting across multiple countries, currencies and group companies (+65 companies).
- Established Risk Management infrastructure and processes and disciplines together with group risk reporting across multiple divisions and business sectors.
- Formulated disaster recovery policies and practices by collaborating with external DR advisors and IT auditors.
- Established group treasury function and capital allocation methodology together with developing key stakeholder relationships with bankers, alternative lenders, tax advisors, brokers, etc.
- Pioneered tax efficient offshore treasury structure by securing consent of the Central Bank.
- Improved US GAAP reporting and reporting deadlines for the NYSE-listed Corporate Office.
Sector Experience
- Agriculture & Farming: Primary Agriculture (Avocado, Litchi & Macadamias), Agro-Processing, Export and logistics and marketing
- Engineering: Civil Engineering
- Property & Real Estate: Residential and Commerical Property development and Land manufacturing
- Not for Profit: Development micro-lending
- Services: Professional consulting in the Corporate Governance space
What's next?
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