Kim Zavislak
Office Managing Partner, Audit, Columbus
Kim is the Columbus Office Managing Partner, leading our partners and professionals in serving clients across a broad array of business complexities and industry issues. She focuses on helping companies solve complex and global business challenges leveraging the depth of our resources in risk advisory, consulting, deal advisory, methodology, tax and audit. She also frequently attends audit committees and board meetings to provide relevant technical and accounting insights.
Functionally, Kim is an Audit Partner with extensive experience in providing financial reporting guidance and audit services to a wide spectrum of financial services clients, including investment advisors, broker dealers, exchange traded funds, mutual funds, separate accounts and alternative investment funds. She also serves as a firm-designated SEC reviewing partner for the public sector of the KPMG Financial Services practice.
Kim currently serves on the KPMG nominating committee for the board of directors and has also served as the HR Audit Partner and the Alumni Relations Partner for the Columbus office.
In addition to her leadership within KPMG, Kim is well respected in the investment management industry and is a regular speaker and contributor at investment management forums.
She is actively involved in the Columbus community, serving as a Board Member and Governance Committee Chair for Rev1 Ventures, Co-Chair for the Ohio Chapter of Women Corporate Directors, Board Member and Development Committee Chair for Junior Achievement of Central Ohio, and Board Member for National Church Residences. Kim also serves as an Advisory Board Member for The Ohio State University Accounting Department. She is a member of The Columbus Partnership and Ohio Business Roundtable.
Kim has a BA degree from Hilldale College and is a licensed Certified Public Accountant.