New Grad, CPA

Cenovus’s Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) New Grad Program is designed to attract, develop, and retain high-potential recent graduates who are committed to earning their CPA designation. The program offers a comprehensive introduction to Cenovus’s core business through meaningful and challenging work assignments, formal training and development, field exposure, and opportunities to build a strong professional network through mentorship and networking.

Requirements

• Completing three 12-month work rotations on teams such as Financial Reporting, Internal Audit, Tax, Treasury, or Business Unit Accounting, to attain CPA competencies.
• Preparing reports and analysis to understand results, trends, and key drivers, for a range of stakeholders, including finance leaders, executives, auditors, and operational teams.
• Researching accounting or tax guidance and summarizing the application to business situations.
• Supporting month-end and quarter-end close activities by preparing schedules, journal entries, and documentation used for internal and external financial reporting.
• Performing reconciliations, control checks, and variance analysis to validate financial results, investigate discrepancies, and explain movements to management and business partners.
• Identifying opportunities to improve reporting processes, data quality, and controls, and assist with implementing enhancements.

Benefits

• Paid study days
• Reimbursement for CPA modules and exams
• Exam preparation resources
• Relocation assistance
• Competitive salary
• Performance-based bonus
• Vacation time
• Pension contributions