About this opportunity:
Cenovus is seeking an Auditor to join our Internal Audit team. This role supports Cenovus’s commitment to strong governance, effective risk management, and efficient business processes across the organization. The successful candidate will support the execution of internal audit engagements, assess internal controls, and evaluate operational and financial processes across the business. You will collaborate with stakeholders to provide insights and recommendations that support continuous improvement and strengthen risk management practices. An appreciation for data analytics and digital audit techniques is considered an asset.
What you’ll do:
Support the development of audit objectives, scope, and testing strategies based on risk assessments.
Execute end-to-end audit activities including planning, fieldwork, testing, and reporting in accordance with Internal Audit methodology.
Document business processes, controls, risks, and audit findings clearly and accurately.
Engage with stakeholders across business units to understand processes, assess controls, and identify improvement opportunities.
Communicate audit observations and recommendations clearly to management through both written reports and discussions.
Utilize data analytics tools (e.g., Power BI, ACL, SQL, Python, Excel) to extract, transform, and analyze large datasets.
Perform data-driven audit testing to identify trends, anomalies, and potential control gaps.
Develop dashboards and visualizations to support audit insights and continuous monitoring activities.
Contribute to the Internal Audit team’s digital initiatives, including automation and analytics-enabled audit practices.
Who you are:
Our ideal candidate will have the following minimum requirements:
Legally authorized to work in Canada
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline.
Minimum of 5 years of experience in internal audit, external audit, risk management, data analytics, or a related field.
CPA, CIA, CISA, CRMA, or a comparable professional designation (or actively working toward one).
Experience within the energy, oil and gas, or large-scale industrial sectors is considered an asset.
Proficiency with audit and data analytics tools such as Power BI, SQL, Python, ACL, Tableau, and Excel.
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 March 25, 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 $25,000 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.
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If you are a CURRENT EMPLOYEE, please apply by going to our Internal Career Site.
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Cenovus Energy Calgary, Alberta, CAN Office
225 6 Ave SW, Calgary T2P 0M5, , Calgary, Alberta , Canada, T2P 0M5
