Team Lead, Treasury Intercompany Strategy

Oil Authority; Calgary; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid vacation

Health & dental benefits

Mental health coverage

Life insurance

Disability benefits

Employee family assistance

Virtual healthcare coverage

Job summary

Cenovus is seeking a Team Lead, Treasury Intercompany Strategy to lead a team of Treasury professionals in developing and optimizing global banking structures and funding initiatives. The role focuses on planning and executing international lending, collaborating with Tax, Accounting and Legal to maximize value for Cenovus subsidiaries.

The successful candidate will have 8+ years in Accounting/Finance/Treasury, a relevant degree, and professional designations are assets.

Qualifications

• Legally authorized to work in Canada.
• Minimum 8 years of experience in Accounting, Finance, Tax or Treasury.
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field.
• Professional designation such as CPA, CFA, or CTP is an asset.
• Demonstrated ability to influence stakeholders and drive alignment across Treasury, Tax, Legal and Accounting.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to deliver concise messages to senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement innovative funding strategies while overseeing and enhancing existing international intercompany lending structures.
• Lead cross-functional collaboration with Tax, Accounting and Legal to optimize Cenovus's global funding structures.
• Provide day-to-day leadership and strategic direction to a team of analysts, ensuring effective execution of intercompany settlements and supporting liquidity requirements.
• Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.
• Prepare and present recommendations to senior leadership and the boards of Cenovus subsidiaries.
• Ad-hoc projects as assigned by Senior Leadership.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic thinking

Communication skills

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance/Accounting/Economics

CPA/CFA/CTP designation (asset)

Job description

About this opportunity

The Team Lead, Treasury Intercompany Strategy is responsible for leading a team of Treasury professionals in developing and optimizing Cenovus's global banking structures leveraging lending strategies to support global liquidity. This new role will lead leads the planning and execution of the current international lending initiatives while exploring new opportunities to maximize value.

What you'll do

• Develop and implement innovative funding strategies while overseeing and enhancing existing international intercompany lending structures.


• Lead cross-functional collaboration with Tax, Accounting and Legal to identify, assess and recommend financing solutions that optimize Cenovus's global funding structures.


• Provide day-to-day leadership and strategic direction to a team of analysts, ensuring effective execution of intercompany settlements and supporting evolving funding and liquidity requirements.


• Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.


• Prepare and present recommendations to senior leadership and the boards of Cenovus subsidiaries.


• Ad-hoc projects as assigned by Senior Leadership.

Who you are

Our ideal candidate will have the following minimum requirements:

• Legally authorized to work in Canada.


• Minimum 8 years of experience in Accounting, Finance, Tax or Treasury.


• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.


• Professional designation such as a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA), Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), or Certified Treasury Professional (CTP) is considered an asset.


• Demonstrated ability to influence key stakeholders, build strong cross-functional relationships and drive alignment across Treasury, Tax, Legal and Accounting.


• Apply sound judgment, resourcefulness and creative problem-solving to evaluate alternatives and develop practical solutions to complex business challenges.


• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to deliver clear, concise, and impactful messages to a variety of audiences, including senior leadership.


• Exposure to debt instruments, complex corporate structures, or leadership experience would be considered an asset.

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 November 03, 2026

Cenovus was ranked one of Canada's Best Employers in 2025. We're committed to being an employer of choice in our industry by offering a competitive total rewards package and employee programs and rewarding career development opportunities. Learn more.

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Who we are

Ranked as one of Canada's Best Employers in 2025, Cenovus is an integrated energy company headquartered in Calgary. We're committed to maximizing value by developing our assets in a safe, responsible and cost-efficient manner. We operate in Canada, the United States and the Asia Pacific region. Our operations include oil sands projects in northern Alberta, thermal and conventional crude oil and natural gas projects across Western Canada, crude oil production offshore Newfoundland and Labrador and natural gas and liquids production offshore China and Indonesia. Cenovus's downstream operations include upgrading, refining and marketing operations in Canada and the United States.

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The Cenovus experience

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.

Equal opportunity employer

We believe a workplace where everyone has merit-based opportunities to grow, achieve career aspirations and feel a sense of belonging benefits our people, our company and the regions where we live and work. We embrace and encourage different perspectives and approaches, which help us make better business decisions. We believe that through this approach, we can solve challenges, seize opportunities and unlock innovative solutions.

To achieve an unbiased and respectful workplace, individuals are evaluated based on qualifications, merit and abilities, and we encourage applications from all qualified candidates. We also acknowledge the value of transferrable skills and may consider equivalent combinations of experience and education should you not meet a specific requirement.

For more information about working at Cenovus, visit cenovus.com.

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.