Beyond the Numbers with Senior Business Advisor Nathan McGrath

Helping Northern Rivers businesses turn uncertainty into action

From rising costs and cash flow pressures to changing customer demand, Northern Rivers businesses have become accustomed to operating through uncertainty.

Collins Hume Senior Business Advisor Nathan McGrath is helping local business owners move beyond short-term problem-solving to build stronger, more resilient and valuable businesses.

Through a growing program of workshops and business events, Nathan is sharing practical strategies across cash flow, business valuation, benchmarking, business performance, grant writing, growth and transition planning.

His work includes presenting for Business NSW’s Business of Doing Business series, designing Collins Hume’s Top Performer Benchmark Workshop and prior events with industry leader Mark Holton and philanthropic protagonist Paul Dunn. An upcoming cash flow webinar will continue this focus in August.

Nathan brings more than 20 years of advisory and management experience across SMEs, corporations and government programs, including senior General Manager and Director roles.

As Senior Business Advisor at Strategy360 By Collins Hume, Nathan works with owners and leadership teams to improve financial performance, reduce operational and strategic risk and build sustainable, transferable business value.

His approach focuses on translating strategy and financial information into practical decisions. This includes identifying the real drivers of profitability, improving cash flow forecasting, testing if growth plans are financially sustainable or reducing business reliance on business owners.

Nathan’s experience spans the Strategy, Growth & Transition and Money, Numbers & Funding streams of Business NSW’s program. It also informs Strategy360’s broader services across business performance, business valuations, succession, risk management, mentoring and Boad of Advice support.

Previously he supported Northern NSW businesses through the Australian Government’s Entrepreneurs’ Programme and Strengthening Business initiative following major bushfires and floods. That experience reinforced the importance of understanding the numbers before a crisis occurs.

For Northern Rivers businesses, the message is clear: resilience is not simply the ability to recover from the next disruption. Resilience is about competitive advantage, and it is built through better information, earlier decisions and a business that can perform without depending too heavily on one person, customer or revenue source.

Nathan’s practical contribution to our region is helping more owners develop those capabilities before pressure forces their hand.

Contact Nathan McGrath on 02 6686 3000 for an obligation-free discussion on how Collins Hume can help you tailor a program to suit your requirements or read more here »