Sr Finance & Planning Advisor - Downstream
Role Overview
Supports Suncor's Finance team and Midstream portfolio in Downstream, spanning transportation, logistics, terminals, pipelines, marine operations, ethanol production, and joint venture assets.
Partners with business leaders on financial analysis, forecasting, performance insights, and decision support.
Uses Excel, Power BI, SAP S/4HANA, and SAC-P to turn operational and financial data into insights.
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Role overview
Supports Suncor's Finance team and Midstream portfolio in Downstream, spanning transportation, logistics, terminals, pipelines, marine operations, ethanol production, and joint venture assets.
Partners with business leaders on financial analysis, forecasting, performance insights, and decision support.
Uses Excel, Power BI, SAP S/4HANA, and SAC-P to turn operational and financial data into insights.
Responsibilities
- Provide business leaders with financial analysis, insights, and recommendations for operational and strategic decisions.
- Lead monthly forecasts, annual budgets, and long-range planning for a complex asset portfolio, including OS&G and capital spend.
- Consolidate financial results, forecasts, and plans from multiple operating areas, ensuring accuracy and consistency.
- Coordinate analysts, timelines, assumptions, and deliverables for consolidated reporting and planning.
- Analyze operational and financial performance, including cost variances, forecast assumptions, and performance drivers.
- Communicate key risks, opportunities, impacts, and recommendations to leadership.
- Develop executive reports, dashboards, scorecards, and performance metrics.
- Collaborate with Operations, Project Controls, Supply Chain, Human Resources, Commercial, and other functions.
- Improve reporting, forecasting accuracy, planning processes, and business transparency.
- Support ad hoc analysis, strategic initiatives, and business projects.
Minimum requirements
- Eight or more years of financial analysis, business partnering, or related finance experience supporting operations.
- Post-secondary education in accounting, finance, or business, with a required CPA, CFA, and/or MBA designation.
- Experience supporting Midstream, Downstream, Logistics, Transportation, or Energy operations.
- Strong financial modeling, budgeting, forecasting, and consolidation experience.
- Ability to convert complex operational and financial data into insights and recommendations.
- Advanced Excel proficiency, including modeling, large dataset analysis, and consolidations.
- Strong experience with SAP, S/4HANA, SAP Analytics Cloud Planning (SAC-P), and Power BI reporting and dashboard development.
Location and schedule
- Office-based role at Suncor's Calgary head office, in the Suncor Energy Centre.
- Regular 40-hour work week, Monday to Friday.
- Periodic travel to operating sites is required.
Rewards and development
- Compensation may include regional-based uplifts, annual bonuses, and long-term financial rewards; compensation details vary by employment and region.
- Pension programs and savings plans with company matching are offered.
- Company-paid health, dental, and vision benefits and an employee assistance program are offered.
- Paid vacation and personal time off are offered.
- Talent development programs include internal mobility, succession planning, and employee training and development.
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