Senior Financial Advisor
Senior Financial Advisor
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About this opportunity:
Reporting to the Senior Manager Data and IT Business Office the Senior Financial Advisors primary responsibility will be to provide operational oversight of the Data and IT budget lifecycle. This role will contribute to budgetary control and cost containment in D&IT in terms of goal setting achieving results and course correction.
What youll do:
Assist in ensuring that spend is within the allocated annual budget validating and investigating unplanned spend requests
Responsible for monthly reconciliation of SAP actuals vs budget for the current year budget obtaining workflow approvals for spend requests and forecasting impact of new spend/projects on future year expense budgets
Drive the monthly/annual/ multiyear Corporate Planning budgeting/ forecasting process for the IT organization (reconciliation variance analysis accruals)
Meets with extended IT Leadership team to forecast financial changes in response to changes in IT solutions
Communicate and analyze the complexities of the financial and business results to various teams
Work across the organization to identify and assist in the implementation of corrective actions to close variances
Works closely with the IT Portfolio team as accounting treatment changes from capital to expense and expense to capital
Liaises with Corporate Accounting to structure monthly prepay journal and accruals submissions
Who you are:
Our ideal candidate will have the following minimum requirements:
Legally authorized to work in Canada
Minimum of 8 years of experience in a financial advisory/analysis focused role
Understanding of accounting policy (IFRS) on Accruals Capitalization and Assets/Liability presentation
CPA Designation and graduate degree in Accounting or Finance are assets
Advanced SAP skills
We acknowledge the value of transferrable skills and may consider equivalent combinations of experience and education should you not meet a specific requirement.
Note: The application deadline for this position is 11:59 PM MT April 13 2025.
Internal candidates that are currently in a lower grade will be assessed based on their sustained job performance how they demonstrate the expected organizational competency behaviors and values and in discussions with their current leader prior to resolving next steps.
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Who we are:
Were an integrated energy company headquartered in Calgary with oil and natural gas production operations in Canada and the Asia Pacific region and upgrading refining and marketing operations in Canada and the United States. Were committed to maximizing value by sustainably developing our assets in a safe innovative and costefficient manner integrating environmental social and governance considerations into our business plans.
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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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Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
