Senior Payroll Analyst — Tax & Compliance Expert

NV Energy; Reno (NV); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

NV Energy in Reno, NV is seeking a Payroll Analyst to oversee updates to payroll systems, test changes, and manage biweekly payroll processing and related filings.

The role requires strong accounting knowledge, experience with multi-state payroll, and the ability to extract data for regulatory reports while maintaining confidentiality and accuracy.

You will coordinate with accounting and treasury, support payroll policies, and help maintain compliant payroll processes across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business/Accounting or related field with 6+ years of payroll experience in multi-state environments.
• Candidates without a bachelor’s degree must have 10+ years of related work experience with 5 years in multi-state payroll or HRIS.

Responsibilities

• Updates Time and Labor system and processes biweekly payroll; runs audit reports and handles direct deposit, child support and positive pay files.
• Calculates federal, state and local tax payments; balances wages and taxes biweekly.
• Reviews and reconciles payroll tax data and completes payroll tax filings.
• Extracts and analyzes payroll data to respond to internal/external requests and supports regulatory filings.
• Acts as liaison to accounting, treasury and payroll customers to coordinate activities and resolve issues.

Skills

Payroll reconciliation

Regulatory reporting

Data analysis

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business/Accounting

Tools

HRIS

Spreadsheets

Databases

Job description

NV Energy in Reno, NV is seeking a Payroll Analyst to oversee updates to payroll systems, test changes, and manage biweekly payroll processing and related filings.

The role requires strong accounting knowledge, experience with multi-state payroll, and the ability to extract data for regulatory reports while maintaining confidentiality and accuracy.

You will coordinate with accounting and treasury, support payroll policies, and help maintain compliant payroll processes across the organization.