Canadian Solar

Canadian Solar

Sr. Corporate FP&A Manager

Walnut Creek, CA · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$130k-$140kDetected 9 days ago
SQLData AnalysisData VisualizationSalesFinancial ModelingFinancial AnalysisAccountingForecastingBudgetingValuationFP&ALogisticsProcess ImprovementERPPower ElectronicsLeadershipCommunicationPublic SpeakingFinancial ReportingVariance AnalysisRenewable Energy

About the role

  • 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.
  • Company Summary At Canadian Solar, our vision is to make lives better by bringing electricity powered by the sun to millions of people worldwide.
  • Throughout Canadian Solar's subsidiaries we invest in our employees' growth.

Responsibilities

  • Lead budgeting, quarterly forecasts, long-range financial plan, and monthly financial outlooks, ensuring alignment with corporate objectives.
  • Develop and maintain complex financial models, scenario analyses, and investment evaluations to support strategic planning, capital allocation, and executive decision-making.
  • Partner with Sales Operations, Planning, Logistics, Sales and Commercial, and Corporate functions to analyze business performance, evaluate strategic initiatives, and identify financial risks and opportunities.
  • Drive continuous improvement of FP&A processes, forecasting methodologies, financial models, reporting automation, and planning tools to improve efficiency, scalability, and data quality.
  • Partner with Accounting, Treasury, IT, and Finance Systems teams to strengthen financial reporting processes, ensure data integrity, and optimize ERP, planning, and business intelligence platforms.
  • Leverage data visualization and analytics tools to enhance reporting, support business insights, and improve decision-making across the organization.
  • Lead, mentor, and develop FP&A team members while fostering a collaborative, accountable, and high-performing culture.
  • Build strong relationships across the organization through effective communication, executive presence, and a customer-focused approach to business partnership.
  • Demonstrate sound judgment, intellectual curiosity, and the ability to manage multiple priorities while delivering high-quality work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field.
  • Eight (8) or more years of progressive experience in financial planning and analysis, corporate finance, or a related discipline, including experience supporting executive leadership.
  • Advanced expertise in financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, financial modeling, variance analysis, and performance management.
  • Experience supporting a project-based or capital-intensive business with large, multi-year investments.
  • Strong understanding of capital budgeting, project economics, discounted cash flow (DCF) analysis, and return metrics (IRR, NPV, payback).
  • Knowledge of utility-scale solar, battery energy storage systems (BESS), or renewable energy development lifecycle
  • Three (3) or more years of leadership or people management experience.
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Nice to have

  • Experience with enterprise planning systems and ERP implementations or optimization is preferred.
  • Advanced data analysis skills, including Power BI, Tableau, SQL, or similar tools, are preferred.

Compensation

  • CS Power Systems offers a competitive salary plus fully comprehensive benefits and performance bonus package based on an annual objective achievement.
  • The pay range for this position is $130,000 - $140,000 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.

Benefits

  • 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.
  • At Canadian Solar, our vision is to make lives better by bringing electricity powered by the sun to millions of people worldwide.
  • We understand the importance of work-life balance and provide various flexible work options to support our employees' well-being.
  • Our generous benefits package includes a 401(k) Retirement Plan, medical/dental/life/disability program, PTO and sick days.
  • Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status.

Company info

  • 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.

Equal opportunity

  • CS Power Systems is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE).
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