Senior Finance & Planning Advisor

Senior Finance & Planning Advisor

Full-Time 99000 - 121000 $ / year (est.) On-site
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At a Glance

  • Tasks: Partner with leaders to provide financial insights and support strategic decisions.
  • Company: Join Suncor, a leader in energy production with a focus on employee success.
  • Benefits: Competitive salary, health benefits, generous time-off, and talent development programs.
  • Other info: Office-based role in Calgary with opportunities for career growth.
  • Why this job: Make a meaningful impact in the energy sector while thriving in a dynamic environment.
  • Qualifications: 8+ years in finance, strong analytical skills, and proficiency in Excel and SAP.

The predicted salary is between 99000 - 121000 $ per year.

At Suncor, we produce and provide energy. When you join Suncor, you become part of a company that has built a solid foundation for both business and employee success. We are a place where talented people thrive. As part of our team, you play a vital role in delivering energy we all rely on, and you'll make a meaningful impact in the communities where we live and work.

Join Suncor’s Finance team supporting Midstream portfolio in Downstream and play a key role in supporting a diverse portfolio that includes transportation, logistics, terminals, pipelines, marine operations, ethanol production, and joint venture assets. In this highly visible role, you’ll partner directly with business leaders to provide financial analysis, forecasting, performance insights, and decision support. Using tools such as Excel, Power BI, SAP S/4HANA, and SAC-P, you’ll turn complex operational and financial data into meaningful insights that help drive business performance. This is a great opportunity for a collaborative finance professional who enjoys working with large datasets, influencing decisions, and thriving in a fast-paced environment.

What we offer:

  • Strong compensation: we offer competitive compensation, regional-based uplifts, annual bonuses, and long-term financial rewards. We also help you save for your future by offering pension programs, and savings plans with company matching.
  • Benefits: utilize an employee assistance program and comprehensive company-paid health, dental, and vision benefits for you and your family to support your mental, physical, and financial well-being.
  • Generous time-off: enjoy generous paid vacation time and personal time-off to recharge and maintain a healthy work-life balance.
  • Talent development programs: Internal mobility, succession planning, and employee training and development programs are just a few ways we’re dedicated to your development.

Minimum Requirements

  • Eight+ years of experience in financial analysis, business partnering, or a related finance role supporting operations.
  • Post-secondary education in accounting, finance, business with a required designation CPA, CFA and/or MBA.
  • Experience supporting Midstream, Downstream, Logistics, Transportation, or Energy operations.
  • Strong financial modeling, budgeting, forecasting, and consolidation experience.
  • Ability to translate complex operational and financial data into meaningful business insights and recommendations.
  • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including financial modeling, large data set analysis, and consolidations.
  • Strong experience with SAP, S4/HANA, and SAP Analytics Cloud Planning (SAC-P), Power BI reporting and dashboard development.

Don’t have all the qualifications listed? That’s ok! Apply anyway. We acknowledge the value of transferable skills.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with business leaders to provide financial analysis, insights, and recommendations that support operational and strategic decision-making.
  • Lead monthly forecasting, annual budgeting, and long-range planning activities across a complex asset portfolio for OS&G and Capital spend.
  • Consolidate financial results, forecasts, and business plans from multiple operating areas, ensuring accuracy, alignment, and consistency.
  • Provide informal leadership and coordination across a team of analysts, driving timelines, assumptions, and deliverables to support consolidated reporting and planning requirements.
  • Analyze operational and financial performance, translating business activity and operational metrics into cost variance analysis, forecasting assumptions, and performance insights.
  • Identify key risks, opportunities, and performance drivers, clearly communicating impacts and recommendations to leadership.
  • Develop and enhance executive reporting, dashboards, scorecards, and performance metrics.
  • Collaborate with Operations, Project Controls, Supply Chain, Human Resources, Commercial and other functional teams to understand end-to-end business impacts.
  • Drive continuous improvement initiatives that enhance reporting, forecasting accuracy, planning processes, and business transparency.
  • Support ad hoc analysis, strategic initiatives, and business projects as required.

Location and other details:

  • This is an office-based role. You will work out of our Calgary head office, located in the Suncor Energy Centre at 150 – 6th Ave S.W.
  • Hours of work are a regular 40-hour work week, Monday to Friday.
  • Periodic travel to operating sites is required.

Suncor is committed to providing equal opportunities for employment and building an inclusive, results-oriented and high-performance culture where all members of our team feel safe, valued and respected.

Senior Finance & Planning Advisor employer: Suncor Energy Inc.

At Suncor, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer that fosters a culture of collaboration and innovation. Our Calgary head office offers a vibrant work environment where employees are empowered to grow through talent development programs and generous benefits, including competitive compensation and comprehensive health plans. Join us to make a meaningful impact in the energy sector while enjoying a healthy work-life balance and opportunities for professional advancement.

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Contact Details:

Suncor Energy Inc. Recruitment Team

We think you need these skills to ace Senior Finance & Planning Advisor

Financial Analysis
Business Partnering
Financial Modeling
Budgeting
Forecasting
Consolidation
Data Analysis