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San Ramon, Ca, Us

Co-Manager of Chevron finance function internal consulting team focused on helping global finance teams deliver a transformation of the finance operating model towards decision support organization supported by global service centers delivering transactional and routine finance activities. Manage Leading Performance Reviews to shape finance teams for the future through identification and implementation of process optimization opportunities, leveraging of digital tools, shifting transactional accounting work to Chevron financial service centers, and development of key competencies for finance staff. Lead various benchmarking studies to drive top-tier performance of Chevron finance function. Lead Global Process Owners driving change within core finance processes such as accounts payable, project accounting, account reconciliations, inventory, intercompany and others. Participated on finance integration team for $7 billion PDC Energy acquisition integration.

San Ramon, Ca, Us

Oversee all accounting, payables/receivables, payroll, audit and finance digitalization matters for Chevron Angola operations ($2 billion in revenue). Represent Chevron on the Angola LNG Board Audit Committee. Managed a team of 30 accountants and supervisors. Led offshoring of select transactional accounting activities to Manila service center.

San Ramon, Ca, Us

Oversee all Compliance, Internal Controls and Internal and External Audit activities for Angola and Republic of Congo. Includes SOX testing and internal controls, FCPA reporting, internal investigations, as well as partner, contractor and tax/government audits.

San Ramon, Ca, Us

Manage accounting teams covering materials, fixed asset, work in progress production, revenue, joint venture and and general accounting functions. Champion finance digitalization efforts for Angola, including robotic process automation and advanced data analytics.

San Ramon, Ca, Us

Coordinated financial reporting for Latin America business unit to leadership team and corporate teams. Worked closely with business planning function to provide financial quality checks on business plan submissions. Key resource in managing asset impairment, tax valuation allowance, and Venezuela dual FX regime accounting reviews. Managed a team of three analysts and coordinated submission of financial results from three additional international teams from Argentina, Brazil and Colombia.

San Ramon, Ca, Us

Responsibilities: Comprehensive income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow analysis for Latin America Upstream E&P Business Unit, Coordination of Balance Sheet Analysis for entire Global Upstream operations, Coordination of annual SMOG reporting per SEC requirements, and analysis of net production sensitivities for various production sharing contracts.Finance representative to Global Upstream Business Planning organization, assisting with review and analysis of the entire Chevron Upstream 3-year business plan from a finance perspective. Additionally, lead business planner for Upstream Headquarters function.

San Ramon, Ca, Us

Member of 2 year rotational development program. First assignment, Financial Analyst - Australia Business Unit - Comptroller's Special Projects (Perth, Western Australia) - Team member assisting growing business unit with optimization of financial reporting processes and structures.Second assignment, Financial Analyst - Pascagoula Refinery (Pascagoula, Mississippi) - Led operating expense and G&A portion of refinery 3-year business plan. Completed building of monthly opex reporting tool for Refinery Leadership team. Third assignment, Financial Analyst - Treasury, Corporate Financing & Strategy (San Ramon, CA) - Worked closely with internal Treasury group, legal counsel and investmest banks to issue $370 million tax exempt bond for Mississippi Refinery. Led analysis if impact of Dodd Frank legislation on Treasury activities.Fourth assignment, Financial Analyst - Global Upstream Financial Forecasting, Analysis, and Reporting (San Ramon, CA) - Coordinated financial reporting and analysis for European Upstream business unit. Led monthly Cash Flow Analysis for entire Chevron Global Upstream Operations.

San Ramon, Ca, Us

Intern in Financial & Competitor Analysis Group. Analyzed Chevron operating cash flows against those of the other major integrated oil companies, including modeling cash flows for each competitor at various oil prices, at the CFO’s request. Led an analysis of the financial and strategic position for six major nationally-owned oil companies.

Washington, Dc, Us

Performed antitrust analyses for mergers & acquisitions, market manipulation cases, and regulatory filings in the electricity, natural gas, and oil industries.

Washington, Dc, Us

Supported analysts and economists in M&A and market power abuses cases across dozens of industries (i.e. gaming, energy, healthcare, manufacturing, mining, technology, retail, etc.)

London, Gb

Seconded to Economists Incorporated partner organization in London to assist with antitrust review of Google-DoubleClick merger. Team provided opinion to European antitrust authorities.

Mba, Finance, Accounting & Strategy

Ba, Economics & Political Science