Business Development Advisor

About The Role:

The Business Development Advisor will own and manage the upstream transportation service agreements in supporting Cenovus’s oil sands and conventional growth. Develop a deep understanding of the agreements to identify commercial opportunities. Have the initiative to develop business cases by working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain a midstream asset development plan that supports the growth of Upstream, taking into consideration regional industry pipeline development and growth. Provide midstream input to asset planning, budgeting, and reporting processes
• Support and lead negotiations and development of contracts/agreements (new and renewals)
• Build and lead comprehensive business cases and present well-articulated, concise recommendations to senior management
• Lead framing, evaluating and progressing of opportunities through collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams
• Independently complete project evaluations
• Identify “commercial” optimization strategies and lead their successful implementation
• Develop and maintain meaningful working relationships with industry counterparts
• Provide value assurance of deal proposals
• Attend several industry forums to understand issues and also influence internally and externally
• Develop analytics and presentations to support business case decisions
• Build and run complex economic cashflow models to support scenario analyses
• Draft opportunity memos to frame business development initiatives
• Lead approved business cases to execution

Candidate Requirements:

• Must be legally entitled to work in Canada
• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Commerce or Engineering
• Minimum 3-5 years working experience in the oil and gas industry
• Minimum 1-2 years working experience in a commercial role is preferred
• Exceptional Communication and Presentation Skills (external, internal, impromptu, and management)
• Understanding of Alberta oil and gas infrastructure/marketing is an asset
• Strong Analytical and presentation skills
• Financial, Economical and Decisional Analysis
• Experience in economic analysis, discounted cashflow modeling, and business writing
• Advanced working knowledge of MS-OFFICE suite