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Strategic Planner / Financial-Economic Planning Analyst, Petrobras Internacional - Braspetro, Many oil, gas and manufacturing projects

START Date: 
May, 1985
END Date: 
April, 1987

Analyzed the feasibility and risk of international projects and capital investments, performed strategic planning, financial planning and analysis, financial-econometric modeling, budgeting, forecasting, project coordination, project finance and performance control, in the Planning Management (GEPLAN).
Projects: All projects under development in Braspetro’s subsidiaries. This included offshore/onshore exploration & production, petrochemical, industrial, manufacturing and commercial projects.
• Participated in Corporate Strategic Planning (including SWOT, BCG, IFE, EFE, IE, SPACE, QSPM analyses), performed advanced financial-econometric models, planning analysis and probabilistic decision-trees.
• Planned oil & gas projects (including project structuring, financing, scheduling and resourcing - operational and capital), analyzed project financial-economic feasibility, elaborated supply-chain logistics, modeled operations, budgeted, controlled the performance (physical progress and financial variances - EVM) and elaborated cost reports of international projects and capital investments (including contingency plans), expanding business into 5 new regions.
• Supervised the cash flow, costs and performance (EVM) of international projects in Latin America, Africa and Middle East.
• Analyzed and forecasted the expected risk composition, performance variance and profitability of global projects.
• Elaborated corporate managerial reports, consolidated the subsidiaries’ double-currency pluri-annual budgets and quarterly corporate statements (BS, IS, P&L, Cash Flow, Investments, Costs, Expenses, Dividends, etc.) considering exposed accounts and utilizing FASB 52/8.
• Oversaw the corporate Consolidated Cash Flow and Consolidated Cost reports (including all projects), including Payroll and Contingency Plans for the Financial Management.
• Elaborated the Annual and Quinquennium Budget and Activities Plan, with quarterly follow-up variance analysis.
• Designed and developed several project financial planning and performance/cost control systems.