At CS Power Systems, we're on a mission to transform lives by delivering clean, solar-powered electricity to millions worldwide—and we're just getting started. As a cutting-edge division of Canadian Solar, a global leader founded in 2001, we stand at the forefront of manufacturing high-performance solar panels, inverters, and advanced energy storage solutions. In this fast-growing, high-impact industry, our deep commitment to sustainability drives everything we do, creating innovative technologies that power a brighter, greener future.
Across Canadian Solar's powerful ecosystem—including CS Power Systems, CSPowerTech, e-STORAGE, Recurrent Energy, MSS, and CSI Solar—we're deeply invested in our people's success. If you're passionate about renewable energy and want to "Make the Difference" by building a lasting positive impact on the planet and communities everywhere, join us at CS Power Systems—where your talent can help shape the clean energy revolution.
Canadian Solar is seeking a Business Strategy Analyst to join the Commercial Operations team. This role will serve as a key contributor in supporting commercial performance, operational planning, business analytics, and strategic decision-making across the MSS organization.
The successful candidate will work closely with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to analyze business performance, develop operational insights, support forecasting and planning activities, and drive process improvements. This individual will operate with a high degree of ownership and autonomy while helping leadership make informed decisions through data-driven analysis, financial evaluation, and business reporting.
Duties & Responsibilities
• Develop and maintain financial and operational models to support business planning, forecasting, resource allocation, and performance management.
• Perform P&L analysis, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and KPI tracking across business units and programs.
• Build executive dashboards, scorecards, and reporting tools that provide visibility into commercial and operational performance.
• Analyze business trends, operational metrics, and financial results to identify risks, opportunities, and areas for improvement.
• Support monthly, quarterly, and annual business reviews by preparing executive-level reports and presentations.
• Partner with Finance, Product Management, Operations, Supply Chain, and Sales teams to improve business processes and drive operational effectiveness.
• Evaluate and recommend process improvements that enhance productivity, scalability, profitability, and customer satisfaction.
• Conduct market, customer, and competitive analyses to support strategic planning and operational decision-making.
• Assist with annual operating plans, long-range planning, and business performance reviews.
• Support leadership in developing business cases, investment analyses, and operational improvement initiatives.
• Manage special projects and strategic initiatives from analysis through implementation.
• Present findings, recommendations, and performance insights to senior leadership and key stakeholders.
Requirements
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Engineering, Operations, or a related field required.
• MBA from a top-tier program preferred.
• Strong financial modeling, forecasting, budgeting, and business analytics capabilities.
• Experience working with P&L reporting, operational metrics, and performance management processes.
• Demonstrated ability to translate large data sets into actionable business insights and executive-level recommendations.
• Exceptional analytical, quantitative, and problem-solving skills.
• Strong business acumen with an understanding of commercial operations and organizational performance drivers.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and business intelligence/reporting tools.
• Experience building executive dashboards, KPI scorecards, and management reporting packages preferred.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple priorities, and operate effectively in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience within consulting, corporate strategy, FP&A, business operations, commercial operations, or operational excellence functions preferred.
• Experience supporting manufacturing, renewable energy, technology, industrial, or infrastructure-related businesses is a plus.
• Second language proficiency in Chinese or Spanish is a plus.
Compensation & Benefits:
Canadian Solar offers a competitive salary plus fully comprehensive benefits and performance bonus package based on an annual objective achievement. Our generous benefits package includes a 401(k) Retirement Plan, medical/dental/life/disability program, PTO and sick days.
The pay range for this position is $105,000 – $130,000 USD. This range represents annual base salary only, without regard to location, and does not include bonus or other incentives or benefits that may apply. The pay range for this role is subject to change.
Canadian Solar Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status.
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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.
