Exploration BPF Analyst

Chevron Corp.; Buenos Aires; Hybrid; ARS 136,310,000 - 181,747,000; Full time

Job summary

Chevron Corp. in Buenos Aires is seeking a seasoned professional to lead financial planning and forecasting for Exploration assets across countries.

You will coordinate monthly outlooks, annual plans, and long-range forecasts while ensuring adherence to US GAAP and Chevron policies. The role partners with exploration leadership, country managers, and finance teams to drive performance insights, risk assessment, and strategic decision support.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in a finance or related field.
• Experience in financial planning, business performance, decision support and analytics.
• Strong Excel, Power BI, SAP, and financial modeling skills.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly outlooks, annual plans, and long-range plans for Exploration assets and countries.
• Develop forecasts for exploration capital, expenses, G&A, earnings, and working capital.
• Analyze actual vs forecast performance and identify drivers, risks, opportunities.
• Support forecast accuracy and financial performance objectives set by Exploration leadership.
• Partner with Exploration Managers, Country Managers, Finance and Planning teams to support strategic decisions.
• Provide financial guidance related to investments, project economics, funding, and portfolio activities.
• Support evaluations of opportunities, programs, exits, acquisitions, divestitures.
• Translate financial information into actionable business insights during leadership reviews.

Skills

Analytical Thinking

Financial & Business Acumen

Stakeholder Partnership

Effective Communication

Continuous Improvement Mindset

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, Engineering, or related discipline

Tools

Excel

Power BI

SAP

Financial Modeling

Job description

Key Responsibilities

Financial Planning & Forecasting

• Prepare and coordinate monthly outlooks, annual business plans, and long-range planning activities for assigned Exploration assets and countries.
• Develop forecasts for exploration capital, exploratory expense, G&A, earnings impacts, and working capital components.
• Analyze actual versus forecast performance and identify key business drivers, risks, and opportunities.
• Support delivery of forecast accuracy and financial performance objectives established by Exploration leadership.

Accounting, Financial Reporting and US GAAP Compliance

• Apply accounting principles and U.S. GAAP to evaluate business transactions, forecasts, accruals, and financial impacts related to exploration activities.
• Partner with Accounting and Finance teams to ensure compliance with Chevron policies, accounting guidance, and reporting requirements.
• Identify and elevate accounting issues, risks, or unusual transactions requiring technical review.

Business Performance & Financial Analysis

• Perform detailed analysis of financial results, spending trends, commitments, and cost drivers.
• Monitor exploration project expenditures, drilling activities, farm-in/farm-out transactions, and country-specific exploration portfolios.
• Identify emerging financial risks and provide recommendations to support business decisions.
• Develop management reporting packages, scorecards, and executive presentations.

Business Partnership & Decision Support

• Partner with Exploration Managers, Country Managers, Finance Managers, Planning teams, and technical stakeholders to support strategic and operational decisions.
• Provide financial guidance related to exploration investments, project economics, funding requirements, and portfolio activities.
• Support evaluation of business opportunities, exploration programs, exits, acquisitions, divestitures, and other strategic initiatives.
• Participate in stakeholder discussions and leadership reviews, translating financial information into actionable business insights.

Governance, Controls & Stewardship

• Ensure compliance with Chevron financial policies, controls, accounting guidelines, and planning processes.
• Support capital governance activities including AFE-related reviews, spending authorization monitoring, and documentation requirements.
• Coordinate audit requests and support internal and external compliance activities.
• Maintain strong financial stewardship and data integrity across planning and reporting processes.

Reporting & Continuous Improvement

• Generate recurring and ad hoc reports to support leadership decision-making.
• Leverage digital tools and data analytics solutions to improve reporting efficiency and insight generation.
• Drive standardization, automation, and process improvements across Exploration BPF activities.
• Contribute to documentation, knowledge management, and transition activities supporting the broader Exploration Finance organization.

Key Relationships

Internal

• Vice President and Exploration Leadership Team
• Exploration Country Managers and Asset Leaders
• Exploration Finance and Planning organizations
• Technical Exploration teams (Geology, Geophysics, Drilling, New Ventures)
• Accounting, Treasury, Tax, Supply Chain, and Compliance partners
• Global Business Services Finance organizations

Required Skills & Competencies

Analytical Thinking

Ability to evaluate complex financial and operational information, identify trends, and develop actionable insights that support business decisions.

Financial and Business Acumen

Strong understanding of planning, forecasting, management reporting, capital management, financial analysis, and performance management principles.

Stakeholder Partnership and Teamwork

Ability to establish effective relationships across functional, geographic, and organizational boundaries while influencing outcomes through collaboration.

Effective Communication

Ability to communicate complex financial concepts clearly and concisely to both finance and non-finance stakeholders through written materials, presentations, and discussions.

Continuous Improvement Mindset

Focus on simplification, standardization, automation, and leveraging digital solutions to improve effectiveness and efficiency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, Engineering, or related discipline.
• Experience in financial planning, business performance, decision support, accounting, or related analytical roles.
• Strong Excel, Power BI, SAP, and financial modeling skills.
• Experience working in cross-functional and global business environments preferred.