What are the responsibilities and job description for the Payroll Supervisor position at Sunbelt Solomon?
Brief Description
The Payroll Supervisor leads payroll operations and compliance initiatives to ensure accurate, timely, and compliant payroll delivery across the organization. This role serves as a strategic partner to Human Resources, Finance, Benefits, and business leaders, driving process improvements, payroll governance, workforce experience initiatives, and payroll technology optimization. Payroll Supervisor develops and leads a high-performing payroll team while identifying opportunities to enhance efficiency, strengthen controls, mitigate risk, and support organizational growth. This is a working supervisor role.
Payroll Operations Leadership
Education
Where Potential Powers Progress
At Sunbelt Solomon, we believe progress starts with people — their ideas, their expertise, and their drive to make energy work better. With more than a century of combined experience, we deliver full-lifecycle power, energy, and automation solutions across the Americas.
From our 39 locations and a team of over 1,600 skilled professionals, we serve nearly every industry with the people, products, and insight needed to keep the electricity running. Our solutions span low-, medium-, and high-voltage systems, covering the complete electrical lifecycle, from design and engineering to operation, maintenance, modernization, and sustainable decommissioning. We’re known for our expertise in remanufacturing electrical equipment, including transformers and switchgear, and for providing flexible, reliable temporary power rental solutions. Through the Sunbelt Solomon family of brands, including Trinity Power, Magna IV Engineering, and Power Solutions Group, we combine deep technical field experience with advanced engineering and turnkey project delivery.
Together, we help customers optimize performance, extend asset life, and achieve sustainability goals while building a more resilient, efficient energy future. At our core, we’re powered by people — innovators, engineers, technicians, and problem solvers — all working together to deliver energy solutions that move industries forward.
Mission, Purpose, Vision & Core Values
In developing our mission, purpose, vision and core business values, we engaged in a thoughtful process that incorporated the combined principles of our family of companies and reflects our commitment to valuing our history and investing in our people, services, and products.
Mission: Through a culture of integrity, bold innovation, and customer-centricity we create value for our partners and team members with safe and reliable electrical power solutions and services.
Purpose: To enhance the lives of our team members and partners through sustainable products and services in the communities we serve.
Vision: To be the leading provider of customized electrical power solutions and services.
Core Values
Sunbelt Solomon offers a comprehensive, highly competitive benefits package to employees who meet applicable plan eligibility requirements. Benefits include but are not limited to medical, dental, vision, FSA/HSA, 401k with company match, life insurance and disability, paid vacation, sick time, and holiday. Temp employees are not eligible for company benefits.
Equal Employment Opportunity
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
Pre-Employment Screening
Following an offer of employment, all candidates are required to successfully complete applicable pre-employment screening requirements prior to being cleared to start employment. This includes a background check and drug screen. Depending on the job responsibilities and location of the position, a physical examination, respiratory fit test, and/or Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) check may also be required. Where applicable and permitted under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), a pre-employment credit check may also be required to evaluate financial responsibility. A separate disclosure and written authorization form will be provided prior to conducting the credit check.
The Payroll Supervisor leads payroll operations and compliance initiatives to ensure accurate, timely, and compliant payroll delivery across the organization. This role serves as a strategic partner to Human Resources, Finance, Benefits, and business leaders, driving process improvements, payroll governance, workforce experience initiatives, and payroll technology optimization. Payroll Supervisor develops and leads a high-performing payroll team while identifying opportunities to enhance efficiency, strengthen controls, mitigate risk, and support organizational growth. This is a working supervisor role.
Payroll Operations Leadership
- Lead end-to-end payroll operations, ensuring timely and accurate processing of all payroll cycles.
- Establish service standards, performance metrics, and operational controls to support payroll excellence.
- Develop scalable payroll processes that support organizational growth, acquisitions, and workforce changes.
- Ensure payroll functions align with broader HR and business objectives.
- Serve as a subject matter expert on federal, state, and local payroll regulations, wage and hour laws, and payroll tax requirements.
- Assess and strengthen payroll controls to minimize operational, financial, and compliance risks.
- Oversee payroll audits, tax filings, reconciliations, and regulatory reporting activities.
- Partner with Legal, HR, and Finance to proactively address compliance risks and legislative changes.
- Collaborate with HR leadership, Finance, Benefits, Compensation, and Talent teams to support enterprise initiatives.
- Provide payroll expertise for policy development, , mergers and acquisitions, and workforce planning efforts.
- Support annual compensation cycles, incentive payments, benefit changes, and other complex payroll initiatives.
- Advise leaders on payroll impacts of organizational and workforce decisions.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on automation, standardization, and operational efficiency.
- Evaluate payroll workflows and recommend solutions that enhance accuracy, compliance, and employee experience.
- Partner with HRIS and technology teams to implement system enhancements, integrations, and upgrades. Own the vendor relationship.
- Lead testing and validation efforts for payroll system changes and new functionality.
- Supervise, coach, and develop payroll team members to drive performance and professional growth.
- Foster a culture of accountability, continuous learning, customer service, and operational excellence.
- Establish team goals aligned with organizational and departmental objectives.
- Manage staffing, workload distribution, succession planning, and employee development activities.
- Develop and analyze payroll metrics, trends, and key performance indicators.
- Use data insights to identify risks, inform decision-making, and support strategic workforce initiatives.
- Ensure a high-quality payroll service experience for employees and leaders.
- Resolve complex payroll issues and escalations with professionalism and urgency.
- Promote education and communication regarding payroll processes, pay practices, and employee self-service tools.
- Drive initiatives that improve payroll transparency, accuracy, and employee satisfaction.
Education
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or related field required.
- 5-7 years of progressive payroll experience.
- 2-3 years of leadership or supervisory experience.
- Experience managing complex payroll operations within United States and Canada preferred.
- Experience with payroll, HRIS, timekeeping, and workforce management systems
- ADP and UKG Ready previous experience beneficial.
- Advanced knowledge of payroll regulations, taxation, and compliance requirements.
- Strong business acumen and ability to align payroll operations with organizational strategy.
- Demonstrated success leading process improvement and automation initiatives.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management abilities.
- Ability to influence cross-functional partners and drive change.
- High level of integrity and discretion in handling confidential information.
- Certified Payroll Professional (CPP)
- SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, PHR, or SPHR preferred
Where Potential Powers Progress
At Sunbelt Solomon, we believe progress starts with people — their ideas, their expertise, and their drive to make energy work better. With more than a century of combined experience, we deliver full-lifecycle power, energy, and automation solutions across the Americas.
From our 39 locations and a team of over 1,600 skilled professionals, we serve nearly every industry with the people, products, and insight needed to keep the electricity running. Our solutions span low-, medium-, and high-voltage systems, covering the complete electrical lifecycle, from design and engineering to operation, maintenance, modernization, and sustainable decommissioning. We’re known for our expertise in remanufacturing electrical equipment, including transformers and switchgear, and for providing flexible, reliable temporary power rental solutions. Through the Sunbelt Solomon family of brands, including Trinity Power, Magna IV Engineering, and Power Solutions Group, we combine deep technical field experience with advanced engineering and turnkey project delivery.
Together, we help customers optimize performance, extend asset life, and achieve sustainability goals while building a more resilient, efficient energy future. At our core, we’re powered by people — innovators, engineers, technicians, and problem solvers — all working together to deliver energy solutions that move industries forward.
Mission, Purpose, Vision & Core Values
In developing our mission, purpose, vision and core business values, we engaged in a thoughtful process that incorporated the combined principles of our family of companies and reflects our commitment to valuing our history and investing in our people, services, and products.
Mission: Through a culture of integrity, bold innovation, and customer-centricity we create value for our partners and team members with safe and reliable electrical power solutions and services.
Purpose: To enhance the lives of our team members and partners through sustainable products and services in the communities we serve.
Vision: To be the leading provider of customized electrical power solutions and services.
Core Values
- People: The core of our success.
- Safety: It’s in our DNA.
- Strategic: We forge our own future.
- Sustainability: Industry leaders in power distribution life cycle management.
- Performance: Delivering excellence at every opportunity.
Sunbelt Solomon offers a comprehensive, highly competitive benefits package to employees who meet applicable plan eligibility requirements. Benefits include but are not limited to medical, dental, vision, FSA/HSA, 401k with company match, life insurance and disability, paid vacation, sick time, and holiday. Temp employees are not eligible for company benefits.
Equal Employment Opportunity
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
Pre-Employment Screening
Following an offer of employment, all candidates are required to successfully complete applicable pre-employment screening requirements prior to being cleared to start employment. This includes a background check and drug screen. Depending on the job responsibilities and location of the position, a physical examination, respiratory fit test, and/or Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) check may also be required. Where applicable and permitted under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), a pre-employment credit check may also be required to evaluate financial responsibility. A separate disclosure and written authorization form will be provided prior to conducting the credit check.