First Solar reserves the right to offer you a role most applicable to your experience and skillset.
Basic Job Functions:
Contributes to a flexible and dynamic Treasury team by performing cash management, foreign exchange, and corporate finance processes. Implements and develops key procedures to fit the strategic needs of the company while offering new solutions and continuing to learn and grow within the role.
Education/Experience:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business or related field.
- CPA, CTP, CFA or MBA a plus.
- 0-3 years business related experience; Finance/Accounting a plus.
Required Skills/Competencies:
- Seeks to develop broad treasury expertise across multiple facets.
- Eager to learn and collaborate both within and outside of the department.
- Maintains a growth mindset by seeing opportunities to grow and learn.
- Very strong attention to detail while still able to meet deadlines.
- Ability to work independently, manage multiple tasks, and set priorities.
- Team player with strong interpersonal skills.
- Understands the importance of positive internal relationships for personal and group success.
- Proficient use of all Microsoft Office suite programs.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Cash Management
- Support both domestic and foreign entity funding through various financial instruments.
- Monitor global bank account balances and activity.
- Assist in strategic initiatives to optimize global cash positioning.
- Resolve day-to-day worldwide cash issues, including communication with external parties such as banks.
- Process both domestic and international electronic payments via banking applications.
- Foreign Exchange Management
- Evaluate foreign currency exposures across multiple entities.
- Execute foreign exchange transactions related to both hedging and funding needs.
- Monthly and quarterly reporting related to compliance and accounting close.
- Strategize around changing foreign currency exposures and become department expert on foreign exchange.
- Corporate Finance
- Track and reconcile debt activity as well as incoming and outgoing letters of credit and surety bonds.
- Test quarterly covenant compliance for company loans and revolving line of credit.
- Generate debt schedules, fair value calculations, and other reports for disclosure in SEC filings.
- General
- Coordinate with auditors to ensure compliance with SOX and internal controls.
- Help to optimize global banking structure and open/close relevant bank accounts.
- Assess potential commodity hedging needs and develop formal process together with multiple functions.
- Support the issuance and maintenance of the company’s corporate card program.
- Aid in the updating of bank account signers and other important bank required information
- Assist with earnings call preparation and related activities.
- Required to be flexible in terms of working hours, especially when dealing with Asia during the evening hours.
- Other miscellaneous duties and treasury projects as assigned to meet the demands of a growing and ever-changing, fast-paced environment.
- Job description subject to change at any time.
Reporting Relationships:
Travel:
- 0% - 5% (On occasion/as needed for training, etc.)
Estimated Salary Range:
- $58,900-$83,950 Annually.
US Physical Requirements:
All positions in our office require interaction with people and technology while either standing or sitting. To best service our customers, internal and external, all associates must be able to communicate face-to-face and on the phone with or without reasonable accommodation. First Solar is committed to compliance with its obligations under all applicable state and federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. In keeping with this commitment, it attempts to reasonably accommodate applicants and employees in accordance with the requirements of the disability discrimination laws. It also invites individuals with disabilities to participate in a good faith, interactive process to identify reasonable accommodations that can be made without imposing an undue hardship.
Potential candidates will meet the education and experience requirements provided on the above job description and excel in completing the listed responsibilities for this role. All candidates receiving an offer of employment must successfully complete a background check and any other tests that may be required.
Equal Opportunity Employer Statement: First Solar is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values and respects the importance of a diverse and inclusive workforce. It is the policy of the company to recruit, hire, train and promote persons in all job titles without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity. We recognize that diversity and inclusion is a driving force in the success of our company.
