Lead Payroll & Prevailing Wage Specialist

Siemens Energy, Inc.; Orlando (FL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellness benefits

Paid Time Off

401K with company match

Parental leave

Job summary

Siemens Energy, Inc. is seeking a Lead Payroll & Prevailing Wage Compliance Analyst based in Orlando, FL. You will drive payroll accuracy, uphold IRA and prevailing wage rules, and ensure employees are paid correctly and on time across projects.

Collaborating with Payroll, HR, Finance, and Operations, you will set standards, resolve complex issues, and keep all work audit-ready and compliant, while training teams on systems and processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Business, Finance, HR, or related.
• 5-8+ years’ payroll, HR, and finance experience.
• IRA Guidebook and prevailing wage requirements are essential.
• Demonstrated ownership of payroll and compliance processes, certified payroll, and timekeeping regulations.
• Experience w/ ERP payroll, HR modules, databases & tables; SAP and Oracle nice-to-have, but not required.
• Strong communication and analytical skills, with the ability to partner across stakeholders and clearly present insights and findings to leadership.

Responsibilities

• Validate timecards, process hours, OT, and adjustments.
• Catch and fix discrepancies before payroll runs.
• Own escalations for payroll/timekeeping issues.
• Enforce timecard and approval standards.
• Lead prevailing wage & IRA compliance and validate project data.
• Coordinate wage determinations with stakeholders.
• Ensure certified payroll accuracy and compliance.
• Align Payroll, HR, Finance, and Ops and maintain audit-ready records.

Skills

Payroll experience

Prevailing wage knowledge

IRA compliance

Timekeeping regulations

Strong communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business/Finance/HR or related

Tools

SAP

Oracle

ERP payroll systems

Databases & tables

Job description

A Snapshot of Your Day

Based in Orlando, Florida, the Lead Payroll & Prevailing Wage Compliance Analyst leads payroll accuracy and prevailing wage compliance across all projects. This role owns certified payroll integrity, ensures IRA and wage regulation adherence, and guarantees employees are paid correctly and on time. Partnering across Payroll, HR, Finance, and Operations, it sets standards, resolves complex issues, and keeps all work audit-ready and compliant.

How You’ll Make an Impact

Payroll & Timekeeping

• Validate timecards, process hours, OT, and adjustments

• Catch and fix discrepancies before payroll runs

• Own escalations for payroll/timekeeping issues

• Enforce timecard and approval standards

• Train teams on systems and processes

Prevailing Wage & IRA

• Lead prevailing wage & IRA compliance

• Validate project data for reporting

• Coordinate wage determinations with stakeholders

• Ensure certified payroll accuracy and compliance

• Advise teams on wage rules and risk

Collaboration

• Align Payroll, HR, Finance, and Ops

• Maintain audit-ready records

• Drive consistent, compliant payroll practices

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience) in Business, Finance, HR, or related

• 5-8+ years’ payroll, HR, and finance. More years of experience can be considered at a higher level.

• Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Guidebook and prevailing wage requirements are absolutely essential

• Demonstrated ownership of payroll and compliance processes, certified payroll, and timekeeping regulations

• Experience w/ ERP payroll, HR modules, databases & tables and project models; SAP and Oracle nice-to-have, but not required

• Strong communication and analytical skills, with the ability to partner across stakeholders and clearly present insights and findings to leadership

• Applicants must be legally authorized for employment in the United States without need for current or future employer-sponsored work authorization. Siemens Energy employees with current visa sponsorship may be eligible for internal transfers.

About the Team

Our Gas Services division offers Low-emission power generation through service and decarbonization. Zero or low emission power generation and all gas turbines under one roof, steam turbines and generators. Decarbonization opportunities through service offerings, modernization, and digitalization of the fleet.

Who is Siemens Energy?

At Siemens Energy, we are more than just an energy technology company. With ~100,000 dedicated employees in more than 90 countries, we develop the energy systems of the future, ensuring that the growing energy demand of the global community is met reliably and sustainably. The technologies created in our research departments and factories drive the energy transition and provide the base for one sixth of the world's electricity generation.

Our global team is committed to making sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy a reality by pushing the boundaries of what is possible. We uphold a 150-year legacy of innovation that encourages our search for people who will support our focus on decarbonization, new technologies, and energy transformation.

Find out how you can make a difference at Siemens Energy: https://www.siemens-energy.com/employeevideo

Rewards/Benefits

• Career growth and development opportunities

• Supportive work culture

• Company paid Health and wellness benefits

• Paid Time Off and paid holidays

• 401K savings plan with company match

• Family building benefits

• Parental leave

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Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Siemens Energy is an Equal Opportunity and Affm like to keep them before, but we copy the paragraph as follows: Siemens Energy is an Equal Opportunity and Affillative Action Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability unrelated to ability, marital status, family responsibilities, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, transgender, sex stereotyping, order of protection status, protected veteran or military status, or an unfavorable discharge from military service, and other categories protected by federal, state or local

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