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An experienced Chartered Management accountant (ACMA, CGMA), with proficiency in; -Experience of operating at a senior level within a business unit, leading a finance function with responsibilities for Financial Planning, Tax, Entity accounting, Logistics & Purchasing -Commercial business awareness to help contribute toward the setting and delivering of strategic goals -Experience in working with Senior Management inside and outside of the Finance function -Effective interpersonal and relationship building skills to help achieve business objectives.

Finance Director @ Financial Controller for Legal & Regulatory Affairs and Compliance & Corporate Social Responsibility From April 2015 to Present (6 months) Geneva Area, SwitzerlandFinance Director @ Short Term Assignment as CFO for the Greek, Cypriot and Maltese Markets on a six month contract based in Athens, Greece. -Leading a team of 16, with responsibilities covering FP&A, Accounting & Tax, Purchasing and Logistics. -Member of the local Market Excom team. -Responsible for leading Finance and supporting the wider business in the production of the 3 year Strategic business plan and a member of the Market Excom team delivering the Plan to the Senior Western Europe Regional Management team. -Ensured the Markets remain compliant with all J-Sox controls and follow the company’s internal Operating Guidelines. -Responsibility for managing and delivering the 2014 financial commitments for the three Markets. -Supported the local General Manager with the Tax/ Pricing scenarios and the evaluation of alternatives to support the businesses goals. -Overview and controlling of the Market, Entity and Cash Flow developments and reporting of these to the local Management team and to wider stakeholders in the JTI Group, sharing knowledge of a bigger Market to share best practices in reporting. From July 2014 to December 2014 (6 months) Athens, GreeceFP&A Manager @ Time in Role July '12 to July '14. From July '14 to Dec '14 Short Term Assignment as CFO for Greece, Cyprus & Malta. Returned to role Jan '15 Role provides financial and business planning and analysis for the UK senior Management and to meet Corporate and Regional requirements. -Manage and co-ordinate the UK Market Financial Planning process, to develop the financial plan for the current financial year the strategic plan for the following three years. -Work cross-functionally across the business liaising with teams from Strategic Insight, Operations Planning, Sales, Marketing and functions outside the UK in order to deliver the business forecast. -Developing and managing formal Market financial models to allow the comprehensive analysis of financial performance against plans and previous periods to identify business trends and impacts to KPI performance. -Manage and develop UK market processes and decision making tools, including planning models, ongoing monitoring and reporting of volume, mix and price variances. -Lead planning process for accurate product cost forecasting and provide analysis of key drivers of costs. -Work with factory and brand teams to help identify variances and opportunities for efficiencies. -Lead a team of two managers and one associate member. -Work with the FP&A team to identify any development needs and ensure training plans are in place. From July 2012 to July 2014 (2 years 1 month) UK Commercial Finance Manager @ -Advising the UK senior management team on pricing strategies, key price points, forecasting future price trends and identifying pricing opportunities in the UK Market. -Industry profit modeling, to build a picture of the industry by sector and competitor in order to perform benchmarking. -Calculation & reporting of UK excise duties to HMRC, overseeing payments of over $6Bn per annum to ensure these are made accurately and timely. -Working with sales teams, to help develop new product opportunities and their potential profitability. -Analysing product costs, working across the business to help identify product cost savings. -Support Regional & Corporate functions with information and analysis on UK excise and pricing -Lead a team, of one manager who focuses on excise duties. From April 2011 to July 2012 (1 year 4 months) Entity Planning Manager @ -Preparation and submission of the financial forecasts for the UK legal entities. Covering Balance Sheet, P&L and Cash Flow forecasts for one trading company and eight financing companies. The planning involves the forecasting of treasury deals including Interest Rate Swaps, Bonds and Fixed & Variable interest loans. The main trading company has annual net sales of $1.1bn. -Development of forecasting models to handle entities with transactions in multiple currencies that can be consolidated for Group Reporting in a single currency. -Cross functional working with the Group Treasury function to deliver long term cash flow forecasts by currency to aid hedging and cash management. -Provide detailed management commentary on net income and long term cash flows to aid senior Management across the Group assess cash flow performance. -Calculation of Transfer pricing between UK and Group entities and managing Royalty and Intercompany charges between the UK and other Group entities. From March 2010 to April 2011 (1 year 2 months) R2R - FI SAP Implementor @ -Responsible for the delivery of the financial modules in SAP (FI/CO) for the UK Market during a Group wide SAP upgrade project. -Based in Germany, the work involved the development and testing of solutions to implement SAP successfully in the UK business. From November 2008 to February 2010 (1 year 4 months) Regional IT Accountant @ -Regional IT Management accountant for the UK and Ireland Region, covering a multi-million revenue and capital budget. -Included payroll budgeting, Capital and revenue budgets, measuring fanatical returns of capital projects, improving financial understanding within the IT team. From May 2008 to November 2008 (7 months) UK Finance Trainee @ -Planned and tested the UK business’ key Sarbanes Oxley financial controls. -Assisted the transition of the controls environment to Japanese Sox. -Co-ordinated the implementation of the JTI Group’s Business Approval system, to ensure business decisions were taken inline with the Group’s Operating Guidelines. From May 2007 to April 2008 (1 year) Trainee Accountant @ -Produced the Gallaher Group Factory KPI reports for the Group Operations Board director. Providing his senior Management team with the monthly performance of each factory in the Group against pre-determined KPI’s. -Performed the initial review of Operations Capital Expenditure projects that required the approval of the Operations Director. -Collated the annual Capex budgets for Operations spend across the Group and compiled the productivity, efficiency & cost improvement results for inclusion in the Interim & Year End results publications. From January 2006 to April 2007 (1 year 4 months)

cima, Management Accountancy @ BBP Accountancy From 2006 to 2009 BA Hons, Archaelogy & Geography @ University of Southampton From 2003 to 2005 Geoff Boadle is skilled in: Forecasting, Cash Flow Forecasting, Cash Flow, Income Statement, IFRS, Financial Audits, US GAAP, Internal Controls, Managerial Finance, SAP R/3, Financial Accounting, SAP, Financial Reporting, Consolidation, Financial Analysis, Corporate FP&A, Pricing Strategy, Excise, CIMA, SAP BW, Strategic Planning, Business Strategy, Business Planning