Worker Type: Employee
Job Post End Date: 10/24/2026
About this opportunity:The Senior Auditor leads complex joint venture audit engagements, identifying value recovery opportunities, enhancing commercial and operational controls, and providing independent assurance over partner-operated expenditures. This role requires strong audit, analytical, project management, and stakeholder engagement skills to effectively collaborate with internal and external partners across the organization. The successful candidate will deliver actionable insights, drive process improvements, and influence positive business outcomes while maintaining a high standard of audit quality and professionalism. In addition, the role may support broader Internal Audit initiatives and audit engagements as business needs arise. Occasional travel may be required for this position.
What you'll do:- Lead and execute complex joint venture and contract compliance audits, including planning, fieldwork, analysis, reporting, and follow-up activities.
- Assess expenditures, transactions, and supporting documentation to identify cost recovery opportunities, billing discrepancies, control gaps, and process improvement recommendations.
- Prepare audit notifications, manage information requests, and maintain audit scopes, schedules, and supporting documentation.
- Communicate audit findings and recommendations to internal and external stakeholders, facilitating the timely resolution of issues and alignment on corrective actions.
- Monitor, validate, and support the resolution of audit queries, including process improvements, receipt and payment transactions, and related accounting entries.
- Coordinate and oversee third-party audit service providers, ensuring audit quality, consistency, timely execution, and adherence to Commercial Assurance standards.
- Partner with Legal, Finance, Commercial, and operational teams to support audit inquiries, settlements, disputes, investigations, and other assurance-related matters.
- Contribute to broader assurance initiatives, including technology improvements, risk assessments, Internal Audit support, SOX compliance activities, and continuous improvement efforts.
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, or a related discipline required; CPA and/or CAPPA designation is considered an asset.
- Minimum 8 years of experience in joint venture audits, contract compliance audits, operational accounting, or related financial assurance roles within the oil and gas industry.
- Strong understanding of upstream oil and gas operations, with knowledge of midstream and downstream business activities, joint venture structures, and related accounting practices considered an asset.
- Comprehensive knowledge of joint venture accounting, production accounting, commercial agreements, contract interpretation, and industry accounting standards, including EASC guidelines.
- Demonstrated expertise in audit methodologies, risk management, internal controls, and analyzing complex financial, operational, and contractual data to identify risks, recoveries, and process improvement opportunities.
- Proficiency with industry systems and tools such as SAP, EnergyLink, StackDX, CS Land Explorer, Microsoft Office, and similar platforms.
Note: The application deadline for this position is 11:59 PM MT October 23, 2026.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 $10,000 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.
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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