At Canadian Solar, our vision is to make lives better by bringing electricity powered by the sun to millions of people worldwide. As a leading manufacturer of solar panels, inverters, and energy storage solutions, we've been an industry front-runner since our founding in 2001. Our commitment to sustainability is reflected in all parts of our organization as we navigate the complexities of a booming industry.
Throughout Canadian Solar's subsidiaries, e-Storage, Recurrent Energy, MSS and CSI Solar Co., we invest in our employees' growth. Our training programs and promotional opportunities ensure we all can continue to learn. We understand the importance of work-life balance and provide various flexible work options to support our employees' well-being. Join our team to "Make the Difference" by creating a lasting positive impact on the world and the communities where we operate.
Canadian Solar is seeking a Business Development Manager to join our C&I Storage & PV Turnkey Solution team. This person will play a key role in our strategic initiatives, evaluating new product and market opportunities, developing business models, analyzing financial models, and partnering cross-functionally to drive business performance.
This individual will operate with a high degree of autonomy and ownership, supporting executive-level decision-making through rigorous analysis and clear, structured communication.
Duties & Responsibilities
- Develop detailed financial models in the Energy sector to evaluate new product launches, growth initiatives, and strategic investments.
- Experience & Exposure to Project Finance across European Energy sector landscape.
- Build and manage P&L analyses, forecasting, budgeting, and variance analysis to track existing businesses and programs.
- Prepare comprehensive business cases and investor-ready business plans for internal management and external investors.
- Support the launch and ramp up of new businesses by providing business development and project management support.
- Conduct market research, competitive analysis, and industry benchmarking.
- Translate complex data into clear insights and executive-level presentations.
- Partner with Product, Finance, Sales, and Operations teams to drive data-backed decisions.
- Support strategic planning processes, including long-range planning and quarterly reviews.
- Identify operational efficiencies and revenue optimization opportunities.
- Present findings and recommendations directly to senior leadership.
- Independently manage projects from concept through execution.
- Experience in creating a reporting sales team with Energy sector financial asset management experience, to be operational in multiple countries
Requirements
- MBA from a top-tier program a plus.
- Exceptional analytical and quantitative skills.
- Strong experience working with and managing P&Ls.
- Demonstrated ability to write structured, data-driven business plans.
- High degree of autonomy, ownership mindset, and self-motivation.
- Strong executive communication and presentation skills.
- Proficiency in Excel (advanced), PowerPoint, and financial planning tools.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Prior experience at a leading consulting firm is a plus
- Second language, Chinese or Spanish a plus.
- Please submit your CV in English
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Skills Required
- MBA from a top-tier program
- Exceptional analytical and quantitative skills
- Strong experience working with and managing P&Ls
- Demonstrated ability to write structured, data-driven business plans
- High degree of autonomy, ownership mindset, and self-motivation
- Strong executive communication and presentation skills
- Proficiency in Excel
- Proficiency in PowerPoint
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Prior experience at a leading consulting firm
- Second language, Chinese or Spanish
What We Do
Founded in 2001 in Ontario Canada, Canadian Solar (NASDAQ: CSIQ) is as a global energy provider with successful business subsidiaries in 20 countries & regions on 6 continents. Canadian Solar is both a leading manufacturer of solar PV modules and a provider of solar energy solutions, with over 14,000 employees globally. With state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in Canada, China, Brazil and South East Asian countries, Canadian Solar now has module manufacturing capacity and has delivered more than 55 GW of premium quality solar modules to customers in over 150 countries in the past 20 years. Canadian Solar has solar power projects globally and solar power plants that are in commercial operation, with a resale value of US$1.2 billion. In addition, Canadian Solar has a geographically diversified utility-scale solar power project pipeline around 10 GWp, with projects being developed in the U.S., Japan, Latin America,Australia, EMEA, South East Asia, India and China. Of the total project pipeline, 2.9 GWp of projects are at late-stage development and have secured energy offtake agreements. In 2018, Canadian Solar achieved a revenue of US$3.74 billion, Meanwhile, Canadian Solar was listed as the Bloomberg New Energy Finance’s Tier 1 Module Manufacturer in terms of bankability for Q4 2018, and was named as Top 3 Global Utility-scale Solar PV Project Developer for 2017 by GTM Research. Canadian Solar Founder and CEO Dr. Shawn Qu blogs as a LinkedIn Influencer at https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawnqu/. Canadian Solar is making the difference by delivering more clean, safe and affordable solar energy to the world.
