Alex Latham-Boal

Experienced senior finance leader. Able to build and run motivated teams in complex environments and deliver commercial results. A history of building reliable reporting at scale in regulated environments in UK and Europe, while delivering difficult corporate objectives using a collaborative approach and pragmatic problem solving. Clear communicator with strong partnering skills who challenges current practice, resolves long-term issues, and adds financial insight to influence strategic outcomes. Highly motivated, positive, and energetic self-starter, who excels at building strong working relationships, and getting results quickly across all levels and business areas

NHS Supply Chain Coordination Limited                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Sep 2019 - current

Financial Controller (Mat Cover 12months)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Oct 2022 – current

£3bn Turnover business, managing team of 100 through system change and business transformation from 450 people to 1000. 

• Implemented new structure, revised key accounting processes, and reduced year end timetable from 5 months to 3 weeks. 
• Designed, built, and implemented automated accounting for a £200m maintenance business unit with 60k contracts in 5 weeks. 
• Successfully completed difficult inflight financial audit and implemented new approach to reduce audit timeline by 5 months in 2023, and by a further 3 months in 2024. 
• Process improvements across AP, AR, Cash, Stock, Capital, Maintenance, Tax, Reporting and overall financial control. 

Senior Benefits Realisation Manager                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Sep 2019 – Sep 2022

SCCL was created to save the NHS £2.4bn in cost savings over 3years. My role is critical to achieving this result by putting the savings and methodology in place, then building relationships with internal/external stakeholders to ensure the achievement of the Government target. 

• Built 25 person core team (+10 person project team) to ensure measurement is efficient, and correct for 5m transactions per week
• Brought control and clarity to a highly contentious area in a new and rapidly evolving political company, improving relationships with Government oversight, over 750 NHS Trusts, and 11 Category procurement Towers essential for the company success. 
• Significant system development and modernisation to bring reporting from a 6month backlog to real time results, now available through a self-service portal showing both clear results and value adding savings opportunity analysis for NHS trusts.   

SwissRe Group                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Sep 2014 – Aug 2019

iptiQ EMEA - Head of Oracle Transition, iptiQ EMEA - UK                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Jan 2018 – Aug 2019

Returned to the UK to be with family and took on wholesale revision of iptiQ's financial and business systems, to deliver more efficient data models, faster processes and insightful, touch button reporting. 

• Led project through initiation, requirements, and design of next generation system for a complex multi-location company.
• High levels of IT knowledge to challenge, and change, system designs and processes to get the best solution for the business.
• Move to Oracle Cloud Software as a Service solution, leading company into a larger £40m Group wide implementation.

iptiQ EMEA - Chief Finance Officer, iptiQ EMEA - Luxembourg                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         May 2016 – Jan 2018

Internal move to Board facing role to stabilise the finances of an ingroup entrepreneurial tech company from fledgling 3k policy business to stable 300k policy business in 2 years.

• Strategic role in appraising growth opportunities with different insurance products across Europe through new partnerships, acquisitions, and operating model implementation, ensuring continued profitable portfolio growth within acceptable risk criteria.
• Created off-shore SSC finance function, implementing 30 strong finance function in Bratislava with necessary training and processes. 

AdminRe - UK Finance Systems and Governance Manager, Telford                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Sep 2014 – Apr 2016

Issue resolution for CFO, while responsible for control and governance of company reporting, improving financial systems, and delivering step change in companywide risk management leading to more reliable reporting. 

• Senior Manager, and ad-hoc CFO delegate, with involvement resolving all reporting issues, and company investment decisions. 
• Led a combined Finance, Governance, and IT team to improve efficiency and effectiveness of 100-person Finance function.
• Central control point for emerging risks/issues – investigation, mitigation, resolution of major concerns affecting AdminRe.

EXPERIAN

UK, EMEA and APAC Audit Manager                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Sep 2012 – Sep 2014

Providing a third line function to evaluate and improve the effectiveness of Experian’s risk management and controls. 

• UK, EMEA and APAC regions, specialising in project management, IT systems and maximising revenue streams. 
• Advanced analytics to highlight risks and help further revenue opportunities.

BNYMELLON                      

UK Finance Controllers - Head of UK Controls                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Dec 2010 – Sep 2012

Worked with the UK executive, to help control the setting up of a new 70 person shared service centre and lead a team that reduced risks across the function, finance systems and SOX business. Implemented strong reporting controls, KPI's and Blackline reconciliation software to new PeopleSoft/HFM finance systems. 

LATHAM-BOAL CONSULTING LIMITED          

Ernst & Young Financial Services Manchester – Audit                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Jul 2010 – Oct 2010

Bridge a management Gap in Financial Services Audit department with planning, fieldwork, technical advice, and reviews.

Westfield multinational property group – Financial Accounts project                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Mar 2009 – Jul 2010

Project management role that reduced the production of over 250 UK, IFRS and USGAAP statutory accounts by 3months while delivering a system implementation, reduced audit costs by over £700k in first year and achieved a value-add culture change.

Building Society Hedging Systems Project                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Sep 2007 – Dec 2008

Reporting to the FD, led a complex group initiative to reduce retail banking interest rate exposure and control hedge accounting volatility, with complex data analysis and mathematical modelling. Designed and revised hedge accounting software delivered the necessary organisational and product change, and a new industry approach to hedge accounting.

Building Society Hedging financial system analysis                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Apr – Aug 2007

Consulting project to analyse and challenge a department's results relating to the societies hedging volatility. An exercise intact and diplomacy, while performing analysis of the process and staff. Resulted in leading a senior six-person team to urgently reproduce reliable results.

BRITANNIA BUILDING SOCIETY

Group Financial Reporting Manager                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Jun 2005 - Mar 2007

Ownership of reporting with 4 subsidiaries with increasingly material projects delivered including implementation of new business wide financial controls methodology, and accounting transition to IFRS and staff raining to produce statutory reporting for 80 companies. 

3 MONTH CAREER BREAK                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Apr 2005 – Jun 2005

ERNST & YOUNG LLP

Assurance Executive                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Mar 1999 – Mar 2005

• Led audits for large, listed clients in a wide range of industries including Manufacturing, Retail, Financial Services and Pensions. 

ACA (ICAS) – December 2004 First time passes.  M23015

Prince2 Project Manager – October 2007 First time passes.