Project Finance Associate
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 13, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 7, 2026.
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.
Company Summary:Recurrent Energy is a subsidiary of Canadian Solar Inc. and is one of the world's largest and most geographically diversified utility-scale solar and energy storage project development, ownership, and O&M platforms. Recurrent Energy is focused on bringing low-cost clean energy and meaningful economic development to communities across the globe.
With a strong track recordof originating, developing, financing, and building nearly 11GWpof solar and 4GWh of battery storage power plants across six continents, Recurrent Energy has establisheda leadership position in both solar and battery storage project development. With a total pipeline of 27GWpin solar and 63GWh in battery storage. In addition, Recurrent Energy’s services business has 10GW of solar and storage projects under operations and maintenance contracts.
Position Title:Associate, Project Finance
Department:Project Finance
Reports To:Managing Director, Head of Project Finance
Location:New York, NY
Position Summary
We are seekingaAssociateto join the Project Finance team at Recurrent Energy, a subsidiary of Canadian Solar. This team member will be responsible forsupporting/managing debt and tax equity capital raising for Recurrent Energy’s solar and battery storage projects as well as providing sophisticated financial modeling to identifycreative solutions to profitability objectives. This role is highly visible within the organization and requires cross functional collaboration with many different internal and external groups. We are looking for someone with intellectual curiosity, high motivation, and excellent communication and process management skills that is pursuing a long-term career in project finance.
Responsibilities
Provide leadership of financial modeling and profitability analysis:
Take responsibility over contentand output of the project financing model. Provide guidance and quality control to future analysts regardinginputs, structure, etc. and confirm that the model adequately and accurately reflects the underlying transaction, current market conditions, optimizedcommercial results, and best practices
Build bespoke structured financing models that accurately reflect terms of various financing vehicles and markets that are not otherwise captured in existing tools
Demonstrate a strong understanding of the causal relationships between inputs and outputs of a model and identifymulti-dimensional layers of improvement to overall profitability of projects
Model profitability of projects under various financing structures (tax equity and debt) and help make corresponding project capital structure recommendations
Provide leadership and coaching to future analystsin the team
Independently manage third party financial models and consultant reports, and assistin negotiating transaction documents in a manner that is consistent with the overall project objectiveand strategy of the financing
Collaborate with Business Analytics team to ensure that development-stage project models adequately reflect debt and tax equity market terms and structures
Support deal leads for project financing transactions:
Assistwith preparation of marketing materials, ensuring the presentation materials are accurate, clean, and reflect the overall message and intention of the transaction
Review and assistwith negotiating term sheets and definitive documentation
Coordinate with third party financing providers on due diligence and documentation
Maintain responsibility for financial deal models for debt and tax equity transactions while working closely with external counterparties and internal teams
Create proposals, information memoranda, presentations, project schedulesand internal presentations
Assistwith gathering and presenting information for financial partners performing due diligence on Recurrent Energy’s projects
Review of key contracts, term sheets, or other documents for impact on profitability, financial modeling, and overall financeability
Facilitate flow of information between finance, development, power marketing, legal and engineering teams during transaction execution
Manage deadlines and maintainaccountability from cross-functional deal teams;lead peers across the organization with confidence and dedication.
Reporting relationships and interactions:
Reports toManaging Director, Head of Project Finance.
Interact and develop relationships with working teams of tax equity investors, lenders, and third partymarket consultants;
Coordinate and collaborate with all internal stakeholders throughout the company that represent all stages of the projects’lifecycle.
Requirements
3- 5years of relevant experience required.
Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience.
Long-term career interest in renewable project finance capital raising and investing.
Must have strong financial modeling and analytical skills.
Strong verbal communication skillswhile prone to collaboration
Expertise inmodeling and structuring tax equity.
Solid understanding of project finance and economic concepts.
Expert understanding of power and financing markets.
Highlyproficient in MS Excel, MS Word, and MS PowerPoint.
Solution and goal oriented.
Growth mindset.
Resourceful and comfortable working in an unstructured, entrepreneurial environment; this is a transaction-based environment where requirements and deadlines are dictated by deal flow.
Strong quantitative aptitude with an extremely high levelof attention to detail.
Interestedin working in a fast-growing industry that is making a tangible impact on climate change.
Ability to translate complex quantitative analysis into written, deliverable insights.
Highly driven, proactive, and hardworking.
Self-starter that takes pride in optimizingfinancial models and overall work products.
Travel required, 0-25%.
Recurrent Energy 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.