COCO Business Performance & Finance (BPF) Lead

Oil Authority; Houston (TX); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Chevron is seeking a senior finance lead for COCO operations in Houston to drive the annual business plan and forecast updates. You will partner with business teams to deliver accurate P&L, support leadership reviews, and translate financial data into actionable insights for executives.

As lead analyst, you will mentor COCO finance analysts across multiple sites, influence decisions without direct authority, and spearhead cost savings and profit improvement initiatives while maintaining strong

Qualifications

• Knowledge in Finance, Accounting, or related business field; MBA and/or CPA is a plus.
• Experience in the energy industry in fuels sales/fuels distribution is strongly preferred.
• Progressive experience in Finance; supervisor experience is a plus.
• Proven ability to operate as an individual contributor and coach, influencing outcomes without direct authority.
• Strong understanding of financial fundamentals, accounting, financial analysis and business planning.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of the annual business plan and forecast updates with cross‑functional teams.
• Provide wholistic financial support to leadership and station operations and ensure accuracy of the full P&L.
• Lead executive communications and presentation materials for senior leadership.
• Identify performance gaps and opportunities via benchmarking and data synthesis to inform strategic decisions.
• Mentor COCO finance analysts and drive cost savings and profit improvement initiatives.

Skills

Finance

Accounting

Leadership

Financial analysis

Budgeting/Forecasting

Education

MBA/CPA preferred

Tools

Excel

Job description

Total Number of Openings

1Chevron 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.

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

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.

Chevron is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin or ancestry, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition, reproductive health decision-making, military or veteran status, political preference, marital status, citizenship, genetic information or other characteristics protected by applicable law.

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