Planning & Stewardship Analyst

At Imperial, we work every day to responsibly develop Canada’s energy resources – applying technology and innovation to supply affordable, accessible and reliable energy while reducing emissions. Imperial recognizes the important role we can play by advancing climate solutions within our operations and by providing lower life-cycle emission products to our customers. This effort is powered by a unique and diverse workforce fueled by a pride in what we do and what we stand for.

The success of our upstream, downstream and chemical, and corporate divisions is the result of the talent, curiosity and drive of our people. They bring solutions every day to optimize our strategy in energy, chemicals, lubricants and lower-emissions technologies.

Imperial honours diverse backgrounds so we can be a place where people can bring their full selves to work, no matter their identity, race, gender, sexual orientation, age, or ability.

At Imperial, we want you to come for the position and stay for the career. As an integrated company, we are uniquely positioned to offer you a wide range of career prospects and growth opportunities through the course of your career with us. We invite you to bring your ideas and help create sustainable solutions that improve quality of life and meet society’s evolving needs.

What Role You Will Play on Our Team

As a key member of the Planning & Stewardship team you will play a critical role in enabling continuous improvement in business operation performance by delivering insightful, timely and accurate financial analysis, including forecasting, stewardship and performance analysis. This role involves identifying key variances and trends, collaborating with cross function teams, and communicating actionable insights to stakeholders. Through these activities you will be involved in financial decision making, process improvement and working closely with financial management.

What You Will Do

• Preparing monthly, quarterly and yearly stewardship and performance analysis, independently analyzing financial results, and identifying key business drivers
• Performing factor analysis, identifying key variances and trends
• Collaborate cross-functionally providing responsive, data driven insights and addressing evolving business needs
• Prepare Financial & Operating results for senior management
• Process improvement: continuous enhancement of dashboards and analytical tools to improve visibility into business performance; contribute to initiatives that improve data quality, reporting accuracy and decision-making capabilities
• Partner in special projects, strategic analysis, and ad hoc requests from senior leadership

About You

Required Sills & Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business or related discipline
• 5+ years of progressive finance / accounting experience
• Knowledge of Microsoft office applications such as Excel and PowerPoint
• Analytical thinking and problem-solving ability to synthesize financial data into business insights
• Capability to manage multiple monthly priorities and deadlines
• Excellent communication, presentation, and relationship building skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation
• Experience with accounting systems like SAP and analytic tools such as Power BI or other intelligence tools
• Comfortable working independently and continuous improvement mindset
• Previous experience within the oil & gas industry is considered an asset

Your Benefits

An Imperial career is one designed to last. Our commitment to you runs deep: our employees grow personally and professionally, with benefits built on our core categories of health, security, finance, and life. Imperial Oil has been recognized as one of Canada’s and Alberta’s top employers (2024) as recognized by Mediacorp Canada Inc.’s 24th annual competition.

We offer you:

• Competitive salary
• Training and mentorship
• Relocation assistance as required
• Employee resource groups (ERG’s) – opportunity to participate in volunteer groups that support furthering the company’s inclusion objectives

Please note benefits may be changed, suspended or terminated from time to time without notice, subject to applicable law.

Imperial is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Imperial is committed to providing equitable treatment and equal opportunity to all individuals and encourages all eligible applicants to apply.

Imperial conducts business in a manner that respects the land, environment, rights and cultures of Indigenous communities. In the areas where we explore, develop and operate, Imperial engages Indigenous communities in open and forthright consultation and strives to establish meaningful relationships built on mutual trust and respect. Please see here for more information on Imperial’s Indigenous Relations Guiding Principles and Guidelines.

Imperial is committed to supporting persons with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. We will work with qualified applicants to provide reasonable accommodation upon request at Recruit.Services.CA@exxonmobil.com.

Eligibility to work in Canada: All applicants who receive an offer of employment must be eligible to work in Canada on a regular full-time basis without restrictions on their start date. Proof of eligibility shall be in the form of a Canadian birth certificate, Canadian passport, Canadian citizenship certificate, Canadian certificate of permanent residence, Canadian open work permit or receipt from Immigration Canada of an application for a post-graduate work permit.

Proof of eligibility must be current and valid (not expired, cancelled or voided). Proof of eligibility will be required if an offer of employment is made. Failure to provide proof of eligibility at least six (6) weeks prior to the start date may result in the offer of employment being rescinded.

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