Payroll Analyst

SOLV Energy is a leading provider of infrastructure services to the power industry, designing, building and maintaining utility scale solar, battery storage and high voltage substation projects nationwide.

Job Description Summary:

We’re seeking a highly skilled and dependable Payroll Analyst to join our team onsite in New Jersey. This role is pivotal in ensuring payroll accuracy, compliance, and timeliness for a diverse employee population. The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced environment, demonstrates exceptional attention to detail, and understands the importance of precision, consistency, and confidentiality in payroll operations.
This role is based full-time in our office in Edison, NJ. Specific location details and expectations will be discussed during the interview process.

Job Description:

*This job description reflects management's assignment of essential functions; it does not prescribe or restrict the tasks that may be assigned

Position Responsibilities and Duties:

• Accurately process on-cycle and off-cycle payrolls using ADP and Workday, ensuring timeliness and compliance with all applicable wage and hour laws.

• Manage complex payroll activities, including voids, reversals, terminations, retroactive adjustments, and replacement checks.

• Prepare, validate, and transmit direct deposit files and payroll bank settlements, ensuring secure and accurate disbursement of wages.

• Review and correct timecard exceptions and other discrepancies before processing, maintaining audit-ready accuracy.

• Collaborate closely with HR, Benefits, and Finance to resolve payroll-related issues and maintain data integrity across systems.

• Process and reconcile union payroll components, including dispatch slips, pay rate validations, dues deductions, and benefit remittances.

• Generate and distribute compliance and tax reports, including state-specific filings, Occupational Privilege Tax, and other required submissions.

• Maintain current knowledge of federal, state, and local payroll regulations, implementing system or process updates as needed.

• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to identify and drive continuous improvement initiatives within payroll operations.

• Support internal and external audits by providing accurate documentation and timely responses to inquiries.

Minimum Skills or Experience Requirements:

• Associate degree in Accounting, Business Administration, or related field; Bachelor’s degree preferred.

• Minimum 2–3 years of in-house payroll experience, including experience managing on-cycle, off-cycle, and special payroll runs.

• Strong proficiency in ADP Workforce Now and Workday Payroll systems.

• Familiarity with union payroll structures and collective bargaining agreement compliance is highly preferred.

• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities with a high degree of accuracy and confidentiality.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel (formulas, pivot tables, data reconciliation).

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to partner effectively across departments and levels.

• Demonstrated reliability, integrity, and commitment to delivering payroll with precision and care.

SOLV Energy Is an Equal Opportunity Employer

At SOLV Energy we celebrate the power of our differences. We are committed to building diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplaces that improve our communities. SOLV Energy prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind against an employee or applicant based on race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, national origin, or ethnicity, mental or physical disability, veteran status, parental status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Benefits:

Employees (and their families) are eligible for medical, dental, vision, basic life and disability insurance. Employees can enroll in our company’s 401(k) plan and are provided vacation, sick and holiday pay.

Compensation Range:

$35.10 - $43.87

Pay Rate Type:

Salary

SOLV Energy does not accept unsolicited candidate introductions, referrals or resumes from third-party recruiters or staffing agencies. We require all third-party recruiters to communicate exclusively with our internal talent acquisition team. SOLV Energy will not pay a placement fee to any third-party recruiter or agency that has not coordinated their recruiting activity with the appropriate member of our internal talent acquisition team.

In addition, candidate introductions or resumes can only be submitted to our internal talent acquisition recruiting team if a signed vendor agreement is already on file and the third-party recruiter or agency has received formal instructions from our internal talent acquisition team to submit candidates for a particular job posting.

Any unsolicited candidate introductions, referrals or resumes sent by third-party recruiters to SOLV Energy or directly to any of our employees, or received through our website or career portal, will be considered property of SOLV Energy and will not be eligible for a placement fee. In the event a third-party recruiter submits a resume or refers a candidate without a previously signed vendor agreement, SOLV Energy explicitly reserves the right to pursue and hire the candidate(s) without financial liability to such third-party recruiter.

Job Number: J12668

If you’re interested in a meaningful career with a brighter future, join the SOLV Energy Team.