Posted: June 23, 2026
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This Commercial Advisor role at Canadian Natural Resources in Calgary, AB, involves managing commercial and joint venture agreements within the energy sector. Key duties include supporting commercial opportunities, ensuring data integrity, and collaborating with internal teams. Candidates need at least five years of progressive experience in a related role within the Canadian energy industry. A post-secondary education in Engineering, Business, Accounting, Finance, or an energy-related technical discipline is essential.
Canadian Natural Resources is a recognised leader in Canada’s energy industry, operating a strong and diversified asset portfolio globally. This Commercial Advisor position is a pivotal opportunity within the Commercial Operations group, where you will significantly contribute to the value chain and lifecycle management of various commercial and joint venture agreements. The role involves close partnership across diverse business units, including production, operations, accounting, and legal, to ensure the delivery of maximum value while upholding contractual obligations and refining internal processes. A key focus is on continuous improvement opportunities within the natural resources sector.
As a Commercial Advisor, you will support commercial opportunities designed to drive both value and efficiency across the business. This includes collaborating with various internal teams to evaluate and enable growth initiatives, such as new partnerships, infrastructure optimization, and third-party opportunities, all while spearheading continuous improvement projects. You will serve as a trusted point of contact, providing timely, solution-oriented guidance to stakeholders across commercial, operations, accounting, and external partners. A core responsibility is owning the agreement lifecycle, which encompasses negotiating, drafting, reviewing, and maintaining a broad range of joint venture and commercial agreements. This ensures that terms are clear, practical, aligned with evolving business needs, and consistently optimize value for Canadian Natural. Furthermore, you will ensure data integrity and insights by maintaining accurate contract and operational data within internal systems, leveraging available technology to facilitate informed decision-making, analysis, and reporting. Your ability to translate complexity into clarity will be crucial, as you will summarize and communicate negotiation outcomes and contractual terms to cross-functional teams, fostering a shared understanding and smooth execution across the entire business.
To excel as a Commercial Advisor at Canadian Natural, you will be a highly driven commercial professional, bringing strong energy and a sense of ownership to identify and deliver value-creating opportunities, even in complex environments. Your sharp commercial acumen will be essential to translate insights into actionable strategies and tangible results that benefit the natural resources operations. The ideal candidate demonstrates a proven ability to lead and influence cross-functional teams, effectively aligning diverse stakeholders and navigating ambiguity within a dynamic business landscape. You should be skilled in resolving problems and managing difficult conversations with clarity and professionalism, ensuring issues are addressed constructively and positive outcomes are achieved for all parties involved. Strong attention to detail, analytical thinking, and exceptional communication skills are required to collaborate effectively with both internal stakeholders and external partners.
Academically, a post-secondary education in Engineering, Business, Accounting, Finance, or an energy-related technical discipline is a fundamental requirement. You must also bring a minimum of five years of progressive experience in joint venture, commercial, operations, or a related role specifically within the Canadian energy industry. Experience in financial and economic modelling, decision analysis, and business development is considered highly beneficial for this role. Proficiency with digital tools to manage information and support decision-making processes is also expected, enabling efficient operations and data-driven insights for the business.
