COCO Business Performance & Finance (BPF) Lead

Chevron Corporation; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Chevron Corporation in Houston seeks a finance lead for the COCO Retail business. The role partners with business and finance teams to forecast, budget, and deliver executive-level narratives. You will drive performance improvement, coordinate cross-functional inputs, and present clear insights to leadership.

The successful candidate will manage a team of analysts, influence capital and Opex decisions, and collaborate with stakeholders across regions to create enterprise value.

Qualifications

• Finance, accounting or related field knowledge with strategic mindset.
• Strong leadership and coaching ability without direct reporting lines.
• Excellent communication skills for executive-level briefs.

Responsibilities

• Forecast and plan annual budgets and updates with leadership teams.
• Prepare and present monthly executive materials and actionable insights.
• Benchmark performance and guide capital and Opex decisions for growth.
• Lead COCO finance analysts and coordinate with teams across Houston, Argentina and Manila.

Skills

Finance

Leadership

Forecasting

Executive communications

Budgeting

Education

MBA or CPA

Tools

Excel

ERP/BI tools

Job description

Total Number of Openings 1

Chevron is one of the few integrated oil companies with Company Owned and Company Operated (COCO) retail stations. These flagship stations set the standard of excellence across Chevron's Retail network. Based in Houston, this role serves as the finance lead supporting the California COCO business as it continues to be a leader in the industry, evaluates growth opportunities, and creates long term enterprise value. The remote support requires this candidate to be independent and a proactive go-getter. As a team lead, the successful candidate needs to effectively prioritize while leading a team of analysts without direct reporting authority.

Responsibilities

1. Financial Forecast & Annual Business Plan Partner with business and respective finance support teams to develop the annual business plan and forecast updates, while delivering clear key messaging for leadership reviews. Coordinate plan submission, quality checks, and follow-ups to ensure plans meet expectations for timeliness, completeness, and internal consistency. Provide wholistic financial support to the leadership team, station managers, and business consultants and ensure accuracy of the full business P&L
2. Results & Executive Communications Lead the development and delivery of monthly and ad-hoc executive level presentation materials and communication packages for senior leadership. Translate complex topics, assumptions, and tradeoffs into clear, concise narratives suitable for executive audiences. Transform financial reporting into actionable insights that help the business make better decisions. Demonstrates strong understanding of financial statements, accounting principles, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and how financial drivers translate to business performance; operate effectively in both the details and the big picture.
3. Competitive Performance & Benchmarking Support and partner with the COCO business to both validate cashflow improvement ideas in both the ideation and close out of initiatives identified as part of the overall performance improvement through external benchmarking. Synthesize data and help identify performance gaps, trends, and improvement opportunities to inform leadership discussions and strategic and tactical decision-making. Lead monthly results analysis and discussions, and provide top-tier decision support on capital investment and opex decisions that support the business growth objectives.
4. Leadership As lead analyst for COCO, this role provides workflow direction, leadership, guidance, and coaching to COCO finance analysts without direct reporting authority and has responsibility for oversight of all financial matters for the business. Maintain strong team network with analysts and support teams in Houston, Argentina, and Manila to deliver actionable insights into business performance and profitability and enable quick business decision-making. Proactively drive cost savings and profit improvement by identifying strategic opportunities and collaborating with cross-functional teams to implement them. Actively participate on the COCO Leadership Team.

Required Qualifications

• Knowledge in Finance, Accounting, or related business field; MBA and/or CPA is a plus.
• Experience in the energy industry in Fuels Sales (e.g. Company Owned & Company Operated, Retailer, Marketer, Wholesale) is strongly preferred.
• Progressive experience in Finance; supervisor experience is a plus.
• Proven ability to operate as an individual contributor and coach, providing guidance and influencing outcomes without direct authority; aspires to lead.
• Strong understanding of financial fundamentals, accounting, financial analysis and business planning business planning.
• Strategic thinker with a hands-on approach that also possesses excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Relocation Options

Relocation may be considered only for internal candidates. International Considerations: Expatriate assignments will not be considered.

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Chevron Corporation is one of the world's leading integrated energy companies. Through its subsidiaries that conduct business worldwide, the company is involved in virtually every facet of the energy industry. Chevron explores for, produces and transports crude oil and natural gas; refines, markets and distributes transportation fuels and lubricants; manufactures and sells petrochemicals and additives; generates power; and develops and deploys technologies that enhance business value in every aspect of the company's operations. Chevron is based in Houston, Texas. More information about Chevron is available at www.chevron.com.