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.
Location & Office Attendance:
This role requires 3 days per week office attendance in our Walnut Creek, California or Dallas, Texas office. There is estiamted domestic travel of 10 - 20% annually to meet with key customers and vendors.
Position Summary:
Canadian Solar is searching for our first every Manager of Customer Financing to support our fast growing Residential Energy Storage product. The ideal candidate needs to lead the strategy development, formation, build out, and operational execution of the customer financing and Leasing Operations. The primary focus is the deployment of financial products and programs that can be used by Canadian Solar installation and distribution partners to enhance the affordability of energy management solutions in the residential segments.
Key responsibilities:
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Collaborate with finance institutes, leasing companies to develop financing plans/options for customers
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Support sales and marketing team to develop business and promotion plan
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Provide customers with financing options, terms, or other product recommendations based on their requirements and qualifications
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Study related tax policies, especially the policies for renewable energy, and full utilize the tax benefits for both company and customers
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Prepare and finalize all documents required for each financing type in compliance with regulatory policies and procedures
Professional Qualifications:
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Bachelor's degree or above, in accounting, finance or economics
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Minimum of 5 years of work experience in project financing, finance analyst in renewable energy industry
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Strong skills in analytical thinking, priority-driven execution, and team collaboration
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Bilingual skills in written and spoken Chinese and English is preferred, but not required
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 $97,000 – 115,000. This range represents annual base salary only, without regard to location, and does not include quarterly 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.
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.
