Senior Business Analyst

About this opportunity:

The SAP Finance team within Cenovus’s Corporate Controllers Organization is seeking a Senior Business Analyst with expertise in SAP-enabled month-end close processes and financial reporting. This role is responsible for supporting accurate, complete, and timely financial close and reporting activities, while providing operational support to Financial Accounting and Finance stakeholders.

The successful candidate will be a hands-on SAP finance professional with experience executing time-sensitive close activities, resolving system and data issues, supporting reporting solutions, and driving continuous process improvement. While direct SAP Finance Master Data maintenance is not required, an understanding of SAP master data structures and their impact on financial close and reporting is considered an asset.

What you’ll do:

• Execute SAP month-end close activities with accuracy, timeliness, and compliance to procedures

• Manage FI & CO posting periods and support General Ledger and Controlling processes

• Perform key close activities such as JV accounting & billing uploads to Energylink, Settlements (CATS, Orders, WBS), and Allocation cycles

• Monitor and resolve SAP job failures, reconciliation issues (ECC to S/4), and SLT/CFIN errors

• Support financial reporting by analyzing data and resolving discrepancies in SAP BW

• Load and reconcile financial data in BlackLine and support S/4HANA Group Reporting

• Ensure data integrity across SAP ECC/S/4, BW, and reporting systems

• Act as a primary contact for SAP Finance issues and manage incidents via ServiceNow

• Perform root cause analysis and collaborate with IT to implement system fixes and enhancements

• Drive continuous improvement, ensure compliance, and contribute to finance transformation initiatives

This role requires rotational night shift coverage during month-end close periods (5:00 PM - 5:00 AM, approximately one day per month).

Who you are:

Our ideal candidate will have the following minimum requirements:

• Legally authorized to work in Canada

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field; equivalent experience will also be considered.

• Minimum 8 years of SAP Finance experience, preferably within the energy or oil and gas industry.

• Strong hands-on experience with SAP ECC and S/4HANA, specifically within FI, CO, and PS modules.

• Working knowledge of SAP BW/BOBJ reporting, BPC, and Group Reporting.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to resolve complex close and reporting issues within tight timelines.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with a customer-focused approach.

• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

• Demonstrated experience collaborating cross-functionally with Finance, Accounting, and IT teams.

Note: The application deadline for this position is 11:59 PM MT June 2nd, 2026.

Cenovus was ranked one of Canada’s Best Employers in 2025. We’re committed to being an employer of choice in our industry by offering a competitive total rewards package and employee programs and rewarding career development opportunities. Learn more.

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Who we are:

Ranked as one of Canada’s Best Employers in 2025, Cenovus is an integrated energy company headquartered in Calgary. We’re committed to maximizing value by developing our assets in a safe, responsible and cost-efficient manner. We operate in Canada, the United States and the Asia Pacific region. Our operations include oil sands projects in northern Alberta, thermal and conventional crude oil and natural gas projects across Western Canada, crude oil production offshore Newfoundland and Labrador and natural gas and liquids production offshore China and Indonesia. Cenovus’s downstream operations include upgrading, refining and marketing operations in Canada and the United States.

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The Cenovus experience

Total rewards

We’re committed to being an employer of choice through competitive compensation and our comprehensive total rewards package, including:

• Paid vacation (including a flex day program for eligible staff)

• Health & dental benefits

• Substantial mental health coverage

• Life insurance

• Disability benefits

• Employee family assistance

• Virtual healthcare coverage

Our development philosophy

We foster a culture of continuous learning and development to support employees as they build meaningful careers. We offer a variety of employee development initiatives, including:

• Internal course offerings

• Education assistance for additional development

• Opportunities to work on special projects

• Leadership development programs for emerging and established leaders

We actively promote internal job movement, recognizing the value of gaining new perspectives, building connections across teams, and applying expertise in new ways. As a fully integrated energy company, we believe that sharing knowledge across our business and operations creates stronger outcomes-for employees and for the company as a whole.

Our culture

• Our purpose: We energize the world to make people’s lives better.

• Our values:

  • Protect what matters

  • Do it right

  • Make it better

  • Do it together

• Cenovus Cares: We believe in the power of purpose-driven work. Our Employee Giving and Volunteering Program, Cenovus Cares, connects our people to our purpose, inspiring action and elevating impact year-round.

  • Support causes you care about with volunteer opportunities in and outside of work.

  • Earn donation grants while volunteering (up to $1,000 per event).

  • Receive donation matching up to $25,000 annually.

• Staff resource groups: We have various staff resource groups to help ensure our people feel a sense of belonging and can grow and do their best work. These voluntary groups are employee-led and all groups are open to all staff in all locations.

Equal opportunity employer

We believe a workplace where everyone has merit-based opportunities to grow, achieve career aspirations and feel a sense of belonging benefits our people, our company and the regions where we live and work. We embrace and encourage different perspectives and approaches, which help us make better business decisions. We believe that through this approach, we can solve challenges, seize opportunities and unlock innovative solutions.

To achieve an unbiased and respectful workplace, individuals are evaluated based on qualifications, merit and abilities, and we encourage applications from all qualified candidates. We also acknowledge the value of transferrable skills and may consider equivalent combinations of experience and education should you not meet a specific requirement.

For more information about working at Cenovus, visit cenovus.com.

The requirements of this posting may be modified to support business needs. Title and compensation administration will be based on the skills and capabilities of the successful incumbent.

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