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Position Title: Staff Accountant-General Ledger
Department: Finance & Accounting
Entity: US Module Manufacturing
Reports To: F&A Manager
Position Summary:
The Staff Accountant‐General Ledger is responsible for prepare journal entries, reconcile financial statements and accounts, and ensure data accuracy. The qualifications for this position include skills in SAP ERP system and office software like Microsoft Excel.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Entering financial data such as accruals, deferrals, reclassifications, and intercompany entries into the ledger monthly, as well as preparing reports
- Performing account analysis to ensure that journal entries and balances are correct
- Reconciling accounts with the general ledger
- Gathering supporting documentation and performing recordkeeping
- Aligning general ledger accounting practices to support budgeting and forecasting
- Participate in the year-end financial statement audit through effectively responding to specific requests and inquiries from the external audit team
- Participate in other strategic finance, accounting, and business projects if needed
Qualifications and Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in accounting, or in a related specialization, preferred.
- Relevant work experience, preferably in a manufacturing environment.
- Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or CPA candidate preferred.
- Proficiency in SAP ERP system and Microsoft Office with demonstrated expertise in Excel.
- Good attention to detail with excellent organization and time management skills.
- Ability to coordinate multiple assignments simultaneously in an accurate and on a timely basis.
Compensation and 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.
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.
