Gérald Prange Email & Phone Number

Paris, FR

Issy-les-Moulineaux, Ile-de-France, France

-Active contributor on ESG / Sustainable IT offer for Klee Performance customers -Advisory on EPM (Enterprise Performance Management) tools for Statutory consolidation / FP&A: >Review and analysis of functional requirements (data, processes,...), definition of RFP (Request for Proposal), definition of POC (Proof of concept) >PMO on EPM integration projects.

Clamart

• Sales 700 m€ / 1 200 FTE / 20 sitesResponsible for achieving the financial targets of the product line in a moving environmentMember of the Cement ExCo / team of 12 people Main achievements:
• Reorganization of the Finance team to secure the yearly financial targets. Increase of operating EBITDA by +20% between 2018 and 2021: ü Review and alignment of monthly performance trackers for Sales, Manufacturing and.
• Strategy: review of the industrial footprint and financial planning on carbon topics (site closure in 2021)

Clamart France

• Sales 440 m€ / 1 650 FTE / 150 sitesResponsible for achieving the financial targets of the product line in a context of restructuringMember of the Aggregates ExCo / team of 12 people Main achievements:
• Redesign of the finance function following business reorganizations: streamlining of financial controlling, Credit & cash collection, Procurement-to-Pay P2P
• Financial monitoring of cost reduction plans with 20 m€ savings in 2014/2015
• Launch of an asset-light initiative for land and logistics assets to optimize the asset base
• Circular economy: set up of partnerships in the recycling business

Paris Quai Henri IV France

• June 2010 to June 2013 Sales 250 m€ / 940 FTE / 70 sitesResponsible for achieving the financial targets in the context of a declining activityMember of the BU ExCo / team of 20 people Main achievements:
• Financial monitoring of cost reduction plans with 5 m€ savings, +25% above targets
• Financial sign off on the sale of a subsidiary and follow up of the restructuring plan with the new owner
• Detailed review of the financial processes to prepare for a new business model in France

Saint Cloud France

• June 2006 to June 2010 Responsible for all financial and tax topics related to M&A for Aggregates product line in France Main achievements:
• Financial expertise on acquisition, disposal and joint-venture projects: deals ranging from 30 to 80 m€, dataroom set up, financial valuations, negotiations
• In charge of a simplification project to decrease by 50% the number of legal entities in Aggregates, through 50 mergers/windups

Ville De Paris, Île-de-France, France

• Group consolidated sales: 16 bn €Responsible for the design of the HFM consolidation package tool rolled out across all Group subsidiariesTeam of 20 consultants Main achievements:
• Alignment of the requirement specs submitted by the 4 product lines (Cement, Aggregates, ReadyMix, Roofing)
• Project delivered on time and rolled out to the countries in 2005

Herndon Virginia USA

• Sales North America (US + Canada): 2.8 bn $Responsible for improving the quality of the financial reporting from North America to the Group headquarters Team of 3 people Main achievements:
• Automation of the close process (through the roll out of the Hyperion package), fast-close project, user trainings
• Full integration of Blue Circle acquisition (2001) into existing reporting processes

Ville De Paris, Ile-de-France, France

• Nov 1997 to June 1999 Group consolidated sales: 10 bn €In charge of a portfolio of countries and of the consolidation system administration Main achievements:
• Management of complex consolidation transactions across 6 countries (Europe/Africa)
• Implementation of the functional administration role for the Group consolidation tool

Ville De Paris, Ile-de-France, France

• Main achievements:
• Statutory audit jobs – main clients: Lafarge (consolidation), Sodicam (Renault), Monsanto
• Due diligences on M&A projects