Payroll Analytics & Compliance Specialist

NV Energy; Reno (NV); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

NV Energy is seeking a payroll analyst to manage updates to payroll systems and to handle biweekly payroll processing, including audit reporting and error resolution. The role requires preparing direct deposit, child support, and positive pay files, and uploading them via the Wells Fargo portal.

You will reconcile taxes and ensure timely payments across federal, state, and local levels. Additional duties include data extraction for regulatory filings, payroll policy development, and staff

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business/Accounting or related field with six+ years of payroll experience.
• Experience in multi‑state payroll administration or HRIS is preferred.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving and data‑driven decision making.

Responsibilities

• Updates the Time and Labor system as needed, processes the biweekly payroll, including running all audit reports and resolving any errors.
• Creates the direct deposit file, the child support file and the positive pay file, uploads all files to the bank through the Wells Fargo portal.
• Creates and prints all live checks and advices requiring special handling.
• Calculates all federal, state and local tax payments, ensuring timely and accurate payments through the Wells Fargo portal; balances all wages and taxes on a biweekly basis.
• Reviews and reconciles payroll tax data and completes assigned payroll tax filings.
• Extracts and analyzes data to respond to internal and external requests and to complete regulatory filings and reports; provides payroll report training to other payroll employees.
• Researches and analyzes payroll issues and assists in the development of payroll policies and procedures; updates payroll documentation and provides guidance to other staff as necessary.
• Acts as a liaison to accounting, treasury and payroll customers to coordinate activities and resolve issues; researches payroll bank account and payable reconciliation items and works with general accounting to clear outstanding items and coordinate escheatment activities.
• Maintains, modifies or enhances existing systems and applications to meet changing requirements, ensuring payroll systems and applications are current and in compliance.
• Monitors payroll and tax filing requirements and recommends solutions to support payroll goals and projects.
• Analyzes and identifies system data to provide information to meet the customer/user requirements or to complete regulatory reports.
• Develops and manages project plans for assigned projects; effectively reviews and prioritizes projects and resources.
• Performs responsibilities as directed within determined time frames and with a high degree of accuracy.
• Establishes and maintains effective work relationships within the department and the company.
• Maintains the professional competence, knowledge and skills necessary to effectively complete responsibilities; enhances job knowledge and abilities by taking personal responsibility for professional development and training.
• Maintains sensitive and confidential company information.
• Ensures all compliance aspects of the position are known and followed; understands and complies with all policies, codes and regulations applicable to position and company.
• Performs related duties as assigned.

Skills

Payroll processing

Financial accounting

Data analysis

MS Excel

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business/Accounting

Tools

Wells Fargo portal

HRIS systems

Time and Labor system

Job description

NV Energy is seeking a payroll analyst to manage updates to payroll systems and to handle biweekly payroll processing, including audit reporting and error resolution. The role requires preparing direct deposit, child support, and positive pay files, and uploading them via the Wells Fargo portal.

You will reconcile taxes and ensure timely payments across federal, state, and local levels. Additional duties include data extraction for regulatory filings, payroll policy development, and staff