Sr Finance & Planning Advisor - Downstream

Suncor Energy; Calgary; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Pension & saved plans

Health, dental, vision benefits

Paid vacation & personal time off

Job summary

Suncor Energy Inc. is seeking a seasoned finance professional to join our Calgary-based team. You will partner with operations leaders, perform deep financial analysis, and drive forecasting, budgeting, and long‑term planning for OS&G and capital projects.

You will leverage Excel, SAP S/4HANA, and SAP Analytics Cloud Planning to deliver insights and actionable recommendations across a diverse energy portfolio. This role offers exposure to senior leadership and cross-functional collaboration.

Qualifications

• Eight+ years in financial analysis or related finance role supporting operations.
• Post-secondary degree in accounting or finance with 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.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including large data set analysis and consolidations.
• Experience with SAP S4/HANA, SAC-P, and Power BI reporting.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business leaders to provide financial analysis, insights, and recommendations.
• Lead monthly forecasting, annual budgeting, and long-range planning for OS&G and Capital spend.
• Consolidate financial results and budgets from multiple operating areas.
• Provide leadership and coordination across analysts for consolidated reporting.
• Analyze performance and translate data into variance analyses and insights.
• Identify risks, opportunities, and performance drivers for leadership.
• Develop executive reporting, dashboards, scorecards, and KPIs.
• Collaborate with Operations, Supply Chain, HR, Commercial and other teams.

Skills

Financial analysis

Business partnering

Excel modeling

SAP S4/HANA

Power BI

Forecasting

Consolidation

Leadership

Education

CPA designation

CFA

MBA

Tools

SAP S4/HANA

SAC-P

Power BI

Job description

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:

We recognize your contribution and offer a range of rewards and development opportunities designed to support your success. Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Suncor and the region where you work.

• 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! 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 a 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

Our business professional roles follow internal compensation guidelines and the pay band will generally be based years of experience and scope of work

Suncor is committed to providing equal opportunities for employment and building an inclusive, results-oriented and high-perfo