Associate Business Manager, Solar

Potentia Renewables Inc. (Potentia) is a Canadian, fully integrated developer, asset manager, and operator of renewable energy and energy storage facilities. Potentia manages over 1,500 MW / +800 projects of renewable energy assets across North America.

Potentia Renewables Inc. (Potentia) is a Canadian, fully integrated developer, asset manager, and operator of renewable energy and energy storage facilities. Potentia manages over 1,500 MW / +800 projects of renewable energy assets across North America.

At Potentia, we’re not just a company; we’re visionaries in the renewable energy sector, dedicated to leading the way toward a sustainable future. Our journey, driven by a dynamic and entrepreneurial spirit, is guided by our unwavering commitment to excellence, passion, integrity and agility.

As leaders in renewable energy development, operations, and asset management, we are not only contributing to the present but also paving the way for a cleaner, more sustainable world for future generations.

Potentia is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario and wholly owned by Power Sustainable Capital Inc., an affiliate of Power Corporation of Canada.

Associate Business Manager, Solar

Toronto, Ontario (Hybrid)

Business Management

As part of Potentia’s Business Management team, this position reports to the Vice-President, Business Management, and has no direct reports.

Someone who has hands-on experience with PV solar equipment. You may have commissioned commercial rooftop and ground-mount systems, run service on an inverter fleet, or carried a site through its first years of operation. You can read a service report or a diagnostic and tell whether a contractor’s work holds up.

The Associate Business Manager, Solar is responsible for the operational, financial and commercial performance of a portfolio of PV solar assets and serves as Potentia’s solar operations subject matter expert.

• Be Potentia’s solar operations subject matter expert, advising Development, Construction, Investment and Finance on solar O&M strategy and cost.
• Lead technical due diligence on solar acquisitions: site condition assessments, equipment history and remaining life, warranty status, production models, and O&M and EPC scopes.
• Build the operating assumptions behind new solar projects, covering O&M scope, spares strategy and availability.

• Monitor operating performance, availability and energy production across the portfolio.
• Review maintenance plans, service reports and site conditions with O&M providers, and push them on availability, response times and workmanship.
• Track outages, curtailment and equipment failures, and coordinate the response with operations teams and contractors.
• Carry out major maintenance, equipment replacement and repowering work, with support from external engineering and EPC partners.

• Prepare and manage annual operating budgets, rolling forecasts and monthly financial reporting for assigned assets.
• Monitor project revenues, operating costs and cash flow performance, investigate the drivers of variance and implement corrective action where required.
• Use general-purpose AI tools to build and maintain repeatable workflows for budgeting, variance analysis and recurring reporting, and verify the output before it goes anywhere.
• Manage project financing compliance, including covenant monitoring and lender reporting packages.
• Find and act on ways to improve project cash flow, whether through cost savings, new revenue or operational improvements.