Accountant

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Kitchener, ON, CAN
In-Office
80K-90K Annually
Mid level
Solar • Renewable Energy
The Role
Support finance by processing and verifying vendor invoices, preparing customer/project billing, reconciling monthly project WIP, assisting revenue recognition and month-end close, coordinating Concur expense processing, supporting SOX compliance, audits, tax filings, and providing financial analysis and reporting.
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Ready to Make a Real Impact? Join e-STORAGE!Who We Are

Welcome to e-STORAGE, a proud member of the Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSIQ) family! We’re leading the way in designing, building, and integrating advanced battery energy storage systems for utility-scale projects. Our mission? To accelerate the world’s renewable energy transition and create a more sustainable, resilient energy future for everyone.

With our innovative SolBank lithium-iron phosphate battery technology and comprehensive project services, we’re not just building products we’re powering communities and making a difference worldwide.

Position Title: Accountant
Department: Finance
Compensation: $80,000 - $90,000 + annual bonus
Reports To: Sr. Accounting Manager
Location: Kitchener, Ontario

About the Role:

As an Accountant, you will play a pivotal role in supporting the Finance and Accounting Department. Your responsibilities will include ensuring accurate and timely payment processing, expense verification, and invoice reconciliation. Additionally, you will contribute to project accounting tasks, supporting the overall objectives of the Finance Department.

Responsibilities:

  • Review and verify vendor invoices, ensuring accurate coding, approvals, and timely payment processing

  • Support project billing activities by preparing customer invoices and monitoring billings against project budgets and contractual milestones

  • Complete monthly project work-in-progress reconciliations and participate in WIP review meetings with key stakeholders

  • Assist with monthly project revenue recognition, financial close activities, and project closeout procedures

  • Support the annual operating plan process, monthly management reporting, and ad hoc financial analysis as required

  • Coordinate employee expense processing through Concur, ensuring submissions are complete, appropriately supported, and accurately recorded

  • Assist with SOX compliance activities, external financial statement preparation, government audits, and corporate tax filings

  • Collaborate with finance and operational teams across other regions, providing accounting support and contributing to shared priorities as needed

Required Qualifications and Skills:

  • Educational background in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline

  • At least three years of professional accounting experience, ideally within a project-based, construction, engineering, energy, or similarly fast-paced environment

  • Strong proficiency with Microsoft Excel and confidence working with financial systems, reports, and large data sets

  • Clear and professional communication skills, with the ability to present financial information to both finance and non-finance stakeholders

  • Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and the ability to manage competing priorities while meeting reporting and month-end deadlines

  • Experience using SAP is considered an asset

  • Professional proficiency in Portuguese is strongly preferred

e-STORAGE is Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to age, race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status.

e-STORAGE uses AI-assisted tools during parts of the hiring process, including screening and workflow automation. All final hiring decisions are made by humans. 

This is a current vacancy, and we are actively hiring for this position. 

What It’s Like to Work Here

At e-STORAGE, you’re more than just an employee—you’re part of a team that values your ideas, your background, and your unique perspective. We believe that a culture of equity, diversity, and inclusion isn’t just the right thing to do—it’s the secret to our success. Here, you’ll find:

  • Integrity: We do what’s right, always.

  • Innovation: We encourage fresh thinking and bold ideas.

  • Quality: We take pride in delivering excellence, every time.

  • Customer Focus: We listen, we care, and we deliver.

  • Sustainability: We’re passionate about protecting our planet for future generations.

Why You’ll Love Working With Us
  • Join a global leader in renewable energy, backed by over 23 years of Canadian Solar experience.

  • Work on projects that matter—helping to build a cleaner, greener world.

  • Thrive in a supportive, collaborative environment where your growth is our priority.

  • Enjoy a competitive salary and a generous benefits package.

Want to join here is what we are looking For
  • The right mix of education, experience, and skills for the role.

  • Great communication, teamwork, and problem-solving abilities.

  • A true commitment to safety, ethics, and sustainability.

Your Rewards

We offer a competitive salary, performance bonuses, and a comprehensive benefits package—including health coverage, retirement plans, paid time off, and more.

#CSeSTORAGE

Skills Required

  • Educational background in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline
  • At least three years of professional accounting experience
  • Experience in project-based, construction, engineering, energy, or similarly fast-paced environment
  • Strong proficiency with Microsoft Excel
  • Confidence working with financial systems, reports, and large data sets
  • Clear and professional communication skills
  • Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and ability to manage competing priorities and meet month-end deadlines
  • Experience coordinating employee expense processing through Concur
  • Experience using SAP
  • Professional proficiency in Portuguese
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The Company
HQ: Kitchener, Ontario
156 Employees
Year Founded: 2001

What We Do

e-STORAGE, a subsidiary of Canadian Solar, deploys leading-edge, flexible, turnkey utility energy storage solutions worldwide. At the heart of e-STORAGE's value proposition lies SolBank, a self-manufactured, lithium-iron phosphate chemistry-based battery designed specifically for utility-scale applications. As part of Canadian Solar, our innovative solutions strive to optimize grid operations, integrate clean energy, and create a resilient and sustainable energy landscape for a brighter, greener future. Canadian Solar is one of the world's largest solar technology and renewable energy companies. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Ontario, Canada, the Company is a leading manufacturer of solar photovoltaic modules; provider of solar energy and battery energy storage solutions; and developer, owner, and operator of utility-scale solar power and battery energy storage projects. Over the past 23 years, Canadian Solar has successfully delivered around 142 GW of premium-quality, solar photovoltaic modules to customers across the world. Through its subsidiary e-STORAGE, Canadian Solar has shipped over 8 GWh of battery energy storage solutions to global markets as of September 30, 2024, boasting a US$3.2 billion contracted backlog as of November 30, 2024. Since entering the project development business in 2010, Canadian Solar has developed, built, and connected approximately 11 GWp of solar power projects and 3.7 GWh of battery energy storage projects globally. Its geographically diversified project development pipeline includes 26 GWp of solar and 66 GWh of battery energy storage capacity in various stages of development. Canadian Solar is one of the most bankable companies in the solar and renewable energy industry, having been publicly listed on the NASDAQ since 2006.

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