Remote Senior Payroll Accountant

SOLV Energy, Inc.; California City (CA); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) plan

Paid vacation

Job summary

SOLV Energy is seeking an experienced Senior Project Accountant III to serve as a subject matter expert within the Project Accounting team. The role combines independent project accounting leadership with mentoring, complex billing oversight, and support for audits across construction, EPC, and energy projects.

The position offers flexibility to work full-time in our San Diego office or remotely within the Pacific time zone, with ongoing opportunities to improve processes, standardize controls,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance with 6+ years of relevant accounting experience.
• ~2+ years in Big Four or Top 10 audit firm or equivalent handling complex audits/SOX.
• GAAP knowledge, journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, and internal controls.
• Experience closing monthly/quarterly/yearly books with complex entries and audit support.
• Construction/accounting experience including WIP, revenue recognition, owner billing, subcontractor accounting preferred.
• Ability to analyze complex issues, exercise professional judgment, and escalate when needed.
• Experience driving process improvements, standardization, or automation across accounting teams.
• Ability to mentor and review other project accounting staff.

Responsibilities

• Provide accounting oversight for construction projects, including revenue, costs, WIP, and billing.
• Mentor and guide other Project Accountants; support audit requests.
• Review project financial data for accuracy, completeness and compliance.
• Lead complex month-, quarter-, and year-end close activities and journal entries.
• Collaborate with Project Managers and cross-functional teams on billing and compliance.
• Identify risks, analyze results, and drive resolution of complex issues.
• Drive process improvements, standardization, automation, and control enhancements across Project Accounting.

Skills

Project accounting

WIP management

Revenue recognition

Audit support

SOX compliance

Advanced Excel

Cross-functional comms

Mentoring

Analytical thinking

Financial reporting

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting/finance

Tools

ERP systems

Excel (PivotTables, XLOOKUP)

Job description

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. The Senior Project Accountant III is an advanced project accounting professional who serves as a subject matter expert and functional resource for the Project Accounting organization. In addition to independently managing complex project accounting responsibilities, this role provides advanced accounting guidance, supports complex audit and accounting matters, and drives department-wide process improvements, standardization, automation, and control enhancements.

Responsibilities

• The position provides mentoring, training, and functional guidance to other Project Accountants, while remaining an advanced individual contributor role without direct responsibility for employee performance management, overall workload allocation, or final department approvals.
• This role can be based full-time in our office in San Diego, CA or remote located in Pacific time zone.
• Provide accounting and financial oversight for assigned construction projects, including revenue, costs, WIP, commitments, billing requirements, and financial reporting.
• Serve as the primary accounting resource for Project Managers and project teams on complex project accounting, billing, cost, revenue, and compliance matters.
• Analyze project results, identify financial risks or unusual trends, and drive resolution or escalation of complex issues.
• Review project financial data, contracts, change orders, transactions, and supporting documentation for accuracy, completeness, and compliance.
• Complete complex month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities, including journal entries, accruals, reclasses, reconciliations, and WIP analysis.
• Review project-related balance sheet and income statement accounts, investigate discrepancies, and resolve unusual or complex transactions.
• Support tax accruals and ensure project accounting data is complete, accurate, and properly reflected in financial reporting systems.
• Identify recurring issues and implement solutions that improve close efficiency, reporting quality, and control effectiveness.
• Review owner billing requirements and oversee accurate, timely preparation of billings and supporting documentation.
• Partner with Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Procurement, and project teams to resolve billing, payment, collections, and subcontractor compliance issues.
• Monitor required project documentation, including lien waivers, preliminary notices, insurance, and other contractual compliance items.
• Serve as a key Project Accounting subject matter expert for internal and external audit requests.
• Coordinate preparation, review, documentation, and resolution of audit support for assigned projects or designated audit responsibilities.
• Work with auditors and internal stakeholders to research and respond to complex requests, **escalate delays**, and support timely completion.
• Identify potential control gaps and recommend improvements to strengthen compliance and reduce audit risk.
• Drive process improvement, standardization, automation, and control-enhancement initiatives across Project Accounting.
• Serve as a technical and operational escalation point for Project Accountants and Senior Project Accountants.
• Provide training, mentoring, onboarding support, and functional guidance on project accounting processes, systems, controls, and best practices.
• May be assigned functional ownership of a specialty area such as external audit coordination, tax support, controls, systems and automation, training, or another critical department process.
• Share knowledge and best practices across Project Accounting to promote consistency and standardization.
• Build strong working relationships with Project Managers, Operations, Procurement, AP, AR, Tax, Financial Reporting, and other business partners.
• Communicate complex financial information clearly to accounting and non-accounting stakeholders.
• Maintain responsiveness, accountability, and ownership for time-sensitive projects and organizational needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, Finance, Business, or related field and 6+ years of relevant accounting experience.
• ~2+ years of Big Four or Top 10 audit firm required OR equivalent experience supporting complex public-company audits, SOX compliance, or technical accounting matters.
• ~ GAAP, journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, financial reporting, and internal controls.
• ~ Demonstrated experience with month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes, including complex journal entries, reconciliations, and audit support.
• ~ Construction, EPC, engineering, energy, project accounting, job cost, WIP, revenue recognition, owner billing, subcontractor accounting, or construction accounting experience preferred.
• ~ Ability to analyze complex accounting issues, identify risks, exercise professional judgment, and appropriately challenge or elevate matters.
• ~ Experience driving process improvement, standardization, or automation efforts that increase efficiency, accuracy, and control effectiveness.
• ~ Ability to serve as a subject matter resource, escalation point, mentor, and reviewer for Project Accounting team members.
• ~ Strong cross-functional communication skills and ability to work effectively with project teams, Operations, Procurement, Tax, AP, AR, FP&A, and external auditors.
• ~ Experience with ERP and integrated accounting systems; Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including PivotTables, XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP, SUMIFS, and financial analysis.
• ~ CPA, CMA, or CCIFP preferred.
• ~ Pacific or Central time zone preferred to support late-day collaboration with project teams.

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.

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.