Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis Manager

Company Overview

CITGO Petroleum Corporation is a leading refining company operating three refineries in Lake Charles, Lemont, and Corpus Christi, with a total crude capacity of approximately 807,000 barrels‑per‑day and about 3,300 employees.

CITGO Petroleum Corporation seeks a Corporate Financial Planning & Analysis Manager in Houston, TX. The role will analyze and communicate financial models, run alternative scenarios, develop reports, and create tools to convey results to senior leadership. Focus on forecast implications for liquidity and debt covenants, and collaborate with the Controller and other Finance management as needed.
Requisition  - 1988

Minimum Education:

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Business, or Engineering.

Minimum Experience:

8 years of progressively responsible experience in the following areas:

• Supervising finance teams, including directing work, conducting performance reviews, training/developing employees, and conflict resolution.
• Analyzing, reporting, and making recommendations of the financial model to senior leaders.
• Developing, optimizing, and implementing efficient FP&A processes.
• Working in cross‑functional teams across the organization.
• Creating comprehensive solutions using Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service for financial planning and budgeting.
• Developing KPIs, operational, analytical, and executive dashboards, and variance analysis.
• Collaborating with and presenting to multiple stakeholders across the organization, including C‑Suite.
• Experience with Oracle FP&A solutions (Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service, Financial Reporting, Data Management, Smart View, Narrative Reporting).
• Experience with SAP, SAP Business Planning and Consolidation, and Hyperion Strategic Finance.
• Reviewing and maintaining the financial model, including forecasting, model logic, and data integrity.

• Analysis/Reporting/Recommendations – Analyze and communicate financial model results, run alternative scenarios, develop reports, and create tools for senior leadership. Focus on liquidity and debt covenant forecast implications; collaborate with the Controller and Finance management.
• Budgeting/Forecasting System – Create a comprehensive cloud‑based solution using Oracle Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service. Eliminate spreadsheet use, plan across all financial statements, bring all business units into the system in phases, analyze reporting needs, build reports, develop KPIs, dashboards, and variance analysis.
• Systems Knowledge – Extensive experience with Oracle FP&A solutions (Planning and Budgeting Cloud Service, Financial Reporting, Data Management, Smart View, Narrative Reporting) and working knowledge of SAP, BPC, and HSF. Perform monthly data extracts, load into Oracle PBCS, and validate data across systems.
• Model Maintenance – Continually review the financial model to ensure logic and data integrity. Perform periodic hierarchy maintenance, update data mappings, modify reports, and implement enhancements by engaging stakeholders.
• Miscellaneous – Support other corporate FP&A, Controllers, and Finance teams including personnel management, leading 3‑5 direct reports, conducting performance reviews, training users, preparing financial results for executive presentations, and handling acquisition and divestiture scenarios.