Joseph Michael Koval – MBA, CFE, CCP
Ph: 832-***-****
Email: *******@*****.***
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joe-koval-78a3712a Summary
Strategic Financial professional with strong Operational and Major Capital Project experience. Creative problem solver who leverages Lean Sigma techniques to ensure operational efficiencies and maximize cost savings. Accomplished international financial and operational experience with unique skills to perform efficiency reviews in the following locations (i.e. Angola, London, Perth, Singapore, Tel Aviv, Calgary / Edmonton, Panama City as well as throughout the US.). Certifications
Lean Sigma – Black Belt Certification, Certified Cost Professional (CCP) and Certified Fraud Examiner
(CFE).
Work Experience
Chevron USA 2005 – 2016
Drilling and Completions (Upstream-Rotational 28/28) Malongo, Cabinda Lean Sigma Coordinator 2014 - 2016
Certified Black Belt - led DMAIC, Kaizen and SALSA projects.
Led large project teams consisting of five to ten petroleum engineers, completion engineers and financial personnel to complete Lean Sigma Projects.
Recovered $25.1 million in accrued financial benefits for Completion Equipment and Services from one vendor.
Recovered $20 million cash, the largest vendor recovery in the history of SASBU, and was nominated by Drilling & Completion (D&C) Management for the President’s Award.
Identified $27.9 million in non-productive time charges (downtime) for labor and equipment inefficiencies per the contractual agreement. Cost Control Planner 2013 - 2014
Maintained and updated D&C cost control guide for six Drilling Rigs, which had over 300 employees and contractors working and supporting these facilities.
Annualized expenditures for D&C budget averaged $1.2 billion over last five years.
Selected by D&C Management to represent Drilling on CABGOC’s Execution Efficiency Project Team established to identify efficiencies between different groups in Malongo.
Staff Drilling Advisor 2011 - 2013
Led daily logistic and operation meetings for D&C Management, with 50-60 engineers and subject matter experts reviewing daily drilling activities.
Configured and maintained D&C’s personnel schedules for approximately 200 employees and contractors supporting the rigs in the fleet.
Supervised 50 dispatchers and staff members working onshore and offshore. Major Capital Projects (Upstream-Rotational 28/28) Houston, TX & Malongo, Cabinda Project Controls Coordinator 2010 - 2011
Project Control Lead for the $164 million Cabinda Gas Plant Enhancement Project. The project cost for the initial and enhancement engagements totaled approximately $.75 billion.
Supervised Cost Engineers, Schedulers and Quantity Surveyors working on the Project.
Completed the enhancement project within the timeline and cost budget constraints approved by Management.
Joe Koval Page 2-832-***-****
Facilities Engineering (Upstream) Houston, TX
Financial Analyst 2008 - 2010
Selected by Management to participate on Cost Engineering Implementation Team to design and develop the Cost Engineering Manual.
Produced financial analysis and support for 23 Small Capital Projects. Each Small Capital Project was $25 million or less Chevron Share.
Created and submitted the annualized Master Work Order Book for the 23 projects for Facilities Engineering.
Drilling & Completions (Upstream-Rotational 28/28) Malongo, Cabinda Drilling Financial Analyst 2005 - 2008
Provided monthly closing entries for the eleven D&C Rigs operating in Malongo.
Supervised two financial employees that processed Ariba transactions and performed well reconciliations.
Additional Relevance Information
Corporate Auditing (Upstream, Midstream, Downstream) California, Oklahoma & Texas Senior Internal Auditor
Selected by Audit Management to roll out Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) Procedures for the Chevron Corporation.
Selected by Audit Management to represent Texaco on the Audit Integration Team between Chevron and Texaco.
Received an Outstanding Contributor Award from Audit Management for my contributions on the Audit Integration Team.
Led the Gas Trading integrated Financial and IT audit, with seven assisting auditors, which identified over $1 million in unbilled transactions.
Led Internal and Joint Venture Audits (Op and Non-Op) in Upstream Oil and Gas, Midstream Pipelines and Gas Plants, and Downstream Refining and Marketing.
Provided financial testing and support for external auditors (PriceWaterhouse / Coopers).
Technical Experience
Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Project, Access, SAP, Ariba, Oracle-Insight, ACL, SIMS-Smart/Spent, JDEdwards-E1. WellView, DisWin, Documentum, QRA, pTRAC, Primavera, and Petrolook.
Education and Professional Associations
Oral Roberts University
Masters of Business Administration (MBA), Emphasis on International Business.
Bachelor of Science Degree (BS), Major: Accounting/Business Administration. Professional Associations
Houston Chapter Member of the Association of the Advancement of Cost Engineering International.
Houston Chapter Member of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiner.
Houston and Tulsa Chapter Member of the Institute of Internal Auditors.