Redwood Materials is an American clean energy company headquartered in Sparks, Nevada, focused on securing domestic supplies of critical battery materials and providing large-scale energy storage solutions. The company recycles end-of-life batteries to recover lithium, nickel, cobalt, and copper, creating one of the largest domestic sources of these critical minerals in the United States. Its operations support the broader transition away from reliance on foreign supply chains for materials essential to electric vehicles and energy storage systems. Through its Redwood Energy division, the company designs, integrates, and deploys large-scale energy storage systems for data centers and the national grid, utilizing both new and repurposed batteries to deliver cost-effective solutions. Redwood Materials partners with major automotive, technology, and energy companies including Volkswagen Group of America, Panasonic, GM Ultium Cells, Toyota, BMW, Amazon, Volvo, and Southern Company, reflecting its central role in the emerging domestic battery supply chain. Founded by former Tesla Chief Technology Officer JB Straubel, Redwood Materials was established with the mission of building a circular economy for batteries, reducing waste, lowering the carbon footprint of energy storage, and strengthening American energy independence. The company holds ISO 45001 and ISO 14001 certifications, underscoring its commitment to occupational health, safety, and environmental management standards.
About Redwood Materials
Redwood is localizing a global battery supply chain that seamlessly integrates recovery, reuse, and recycling — keeping critical minerals in circulation and driving the energy transition. Founded in 2017, we’re delivering low-cost and large-scale energy storage and producing battery materials in the U.S. for the first time, all from batteries we already have.
Position Summary
The Payroll Specialist supports the payroll function by analyzing payroll data, ensuring tax and regulatory compliance, and improving payroll processes and controls. This position will act as a key partner to Payroll, HR, Finance, and external vendors to ensure payroll accuracy, compliance, and efficiency through analysis, auditing, and continuous improvement.
Responsibilities:
- Support payroll processing activities by reviewing payroll inputs, outputs, and controls
- Analyze payroll data to identify trends, variances, and cost drivers
- Prepare and maintain recurring and ad hoc payroll reports for Finance and HR
- Support monthly, quarterly, and year-end payroll reporting and close activities
- Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local payroll tax regulations
- Review tax filings, payments, and reconciliations prepared by vendors or internal teams
- Assist with multi-state payroll compliance and jurisdiction setup
- Support internal and external payroll audits and respond to audit requests
- Identify opportunities to improve payroll processes, controls, and system efficiencies
- Document payroll procedures, workflows, and internal controls
- Support payroll system implementations, upgrades, and testing
- Drive automation and standardization initiatives to reduce errors and manual work
- Partner with HR, Finance, Accounting, and IT to ensure accurate data flow
Qualifications
- Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field preferred
- 3–5 years of payroll experience, preferably in a mid-sized or large organization
- Strong knowledge of payroll taxes, wage and hour laws, and compliance requirements
- Experience reconciling payroll to the general ledger preferred
- Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, formulas)
- Experience with payroll systems (e.g., ADP, Workday, Paychex, UKG, Ceridian), preferably Workday
- Familiarity with HRIS and accounting software integrations preferred
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- High attention to detail and accuracy
- Effective communication and cross-functional collaboration
- Continuous improvement mindset
The position is full-time. Compensation will be commensurate with experience.
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