COCO Business Performance & Finance (BPF) Lead

Chevron Corp.; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Chevron Corp. seeks a lead financial analyst to drive the annual business plan, forecast updates, and executive communications. You will collaborate with business partners and finance support teams to deliver precise P&L insights and actionable recommendations for leadership reviews.

The role requires strategic thinking, strong financial fundamentals, and the ability to coach finance analysts across global teams to enable swift, informed decisions.

Qualifications

• Knowledge in finance, accounting, or related business field.
• Strong understanding of financial fundamentals and budgeting and forecasting.

Responsibilities

• Lead the financial forecast, annual business plan, and provide clear messaging for leadership reviews.
• Develop executive-level presentation materials and concise narratives for senior leadership.
• Translate financial reporting into actionable insights to guide business decisions.
• Provide decision support on capital investments and opex, and monitor performance against plans.
• Lead and coach COCO finance analysts and coordinate with global teams (Houston, Argentina, Manila).

Skills

Finance

Financial analysis

Business planning

Leadership Coaching

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder management

Education

MBA

CPA

Job description

Chevron is accepting online applications for the position through October 5th at 11:59 p.m.

Responsibilities for this position may include but are not limited to:

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.

Chevron regrets that it is unable to sponsor employment Visas or consider individuals on time-limited Visa status for this position.