Patrice Durand

Same position as at Faurecia Exteriors GmbH (Plant Controller), except that I have been relocated from Essen, Germany, to Brussels, Belgium, and that the company Plastic Omnium has bought the Exteriors' branch from the Faurecia Group on the 29th of July 2016.

Working as a Controller for the Faurecia Exteriors JIT Plant in Brussels, Belgium, producing the Audi A1 and S1. Calculating estimates at month-end and analysing Actuals vs. Forecasts and vs. Budget at the beginning of the following month. Reporting financials to Weißenburg, Bavaria. Working on yearly and half-yearly Budgets and internal Audits. Also responsible for all Controlling tasks in SAP.

Responsible for all Finance-related topics in a still small inland Terminal in Neuss, Germany (NRW). Also managing an accountant. Responsible for the monthly reporting to the headquarters (APMT Group), the forecast, the booking of the turnover, the cash management, etc...

Seven-month-temporary-mission inside the Energy Economics Controlling department. Working on the Carbon, Power Germany and UK Gas monthly closings. Responsible for other projects relating to Controlling.

First responsible for the MACO reporting and the analysis of differences between the actuals and the budget for the management team. Moved to investment controlling (profitability analyses) and CAPEX reporting. Working also on the five-year business plan.

Working as a financial trainee. Working in different departments, such as Purchases, Accountancy, Financial Controlling or Business Controlling. Working as a financial controller in Duesseldorf, Germany. Responsible for the accounting of turnover and recoveries, the analysis of costs and margins and several reportings. Answering the managers' questions on finance and controlling. Working also on bids and projects with Operational Controlling.

Senior Assistant at Deloitte et Associés in Lille, France. Six months working as an experienced assistant in audit. Legal and special missions for various companies (industry, banking, services,…). In charge of an audit team during some missions and responsible for the writing of the audit memorandum.

Volontariat International en Entreprise at Renault in Ljubljana, Slovenia. One year practice as a financial controller. Reporting and analysing of estimates, each month, for the annual budget. Presentation of sales analyses. Work experience with the Marketing Department to launch commercial actions. Co-ordinator of the company’s reporting of the Budget 2004 and the three-year-plan.

Internship at Bayerische Motor Werke (BMW) in Munich, Germany. Three months training in the Motors & Vehicles Department. Working on project financing, process analyses and software development.

Internship at Fortuneo.com in Paris, France. Three months period in the strategic and organisational Department, leading internal projects and meeting with clients. Working with the Law and Marketing Departments and the company’s board members.

Internship at Arthur Andersen in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. Six months working as an auditor. Five weeks crash-training in Accountancy and Audit. Working in team on missions of Global 1000 Companies (International Paper, Textron, Bouygues…).

Internship at Daimler Chrysler in Stuttgart, Germany. Three months in the Corporate Financial Planning Department. Working on methods and processes of international financial planning.

Finance, Controlling and Accountancy

Spécialisation Mathématiques