Manager, IRS/DOE Tax Credit and Loan Compliance

TXU Energy (Vistra Corp)•Irving, TX

About The Position

The Manager, Supply Chain – Tax Credit & Loan Compliance leads the Supply Chain compliance team coordinating IRS tax-credit and DOE Loan compliance for the Nuclear Uprate program and other major projects. The role leads internal compliance efforts, coordinates with contractors and vendors, and serves as a coordination point with Operations, HR, Tax, Legal and Treasury. The manager ensures vendors and contractors meet contractual compliance obligations, supports contractor onboarding with Vistra’s third-party payroll provider, engages Vistra’s third-party tax and loan consultant, resolves or escalates noncompliance, and provides status reports under the program governance structure. The position focuses on program management and operationalizing contract compliance, with responsibilities relating to the Davis-Bacon Act, prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements, the Cargo Preference Act, and material assistance and domestic content. It may also lead, develop and mentor procurement and compliance analysts within Supply Chain. The manager leads compliance governance and reporting; oversees external compliance consultants; coordinates compliance tracking and payroll systems; ensures contracts and purchase orders contain the appropriate compliance provisions and flow-downs; and drives contractor onboarding, reporting, deficiency remediation and cure payments. The role also coordinates collection of materials, sourcing and shipping information, maintains audit-ready compliance records, reports key performance indicators and emerging risks, and incorporates safety into daily work and buying decisions.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Finance, Accounting, Law/Paralegal Studies or a related field, or equivalent experience.
At least 8 years of relevant program management, procurement, contracting or commercial compliance experience.
At least 3 years leading people, teams or complex cross-functional programs.
Demonstrated expert understanding of contract Terms & Conditions, including flow-down, indemnity, withholding and remediation provisions.
Proven program or project management skills, including coordinating multiple stakeholders, managing reporting requirements and driving issue escalation to resolution.
Strong written and oral communication skills, including the ability to negotiate with and influence contractors, internal stakeholders and senior leaders.
General business knowledge and broad-based knowledge of program management, sourcing, procurement, contracting, and stakeholder and supplier management processes.
Advanced Microsoft Office capabilities, including PowerPoint, Word and Excel.
Strong process orientation and demonstrated Continuous Improvement skills.
Ability to work with and manage confidential information.
Excellent interpersonal, leadership and teaming skills.

Nice To Haves

Experience with government-funded or regulated programs, such as DOE loan programs, IRA tax-credit compliance, Davis-Bacon prevailing wage, apprenticeship, domestic content, FEOC or Cargo Preference Act requirements.
Experience supporting major capital, construction or nuclear/power generation projects.
Experience with purchasing and contract systems such as Maximo or Conga CLM, and certified payroll/compliance tracking platforms such as LCP Tracker.
Experience in data analytics and reporting through Excel or Tableau.
Professional certification, such as CPSM, CPCM, PMP or a compliance certification, is encouraged.

Responsibilities

Lead the Supply Chain compliance team supporting nuclear uprate tax-credit and DOE loan compliance, and maintain and improve the compliance governance model and RACI.
Define and document compliance outputs with Treasury, Tax and PMO, including required DOE and IRS reports, reporting cadence, contractor source data and escalation processes for missing information.
Serve as the primary contact for external compliance consultants and oversee their scope, deliverables, budget and engagement with other Vistra workstreams.
Ensure Treasury, Tax and Legal retain accountability for their regulatory obligations while Supply Chain manages technical deliverables supporting regulatory sign-off.
Coordinate and own selection, implementation and operations of payroll and compliance-tracking systems.
Ensure applicable compliance contract language and exhibits are included in contracts and purchase orders, including flow-down of obligations to subcontractors.
Maintain a contract-by-contract tracker of applicable compliance requirements and negotiated changes to withholding, indemnity, penalty, cure-payment and flow-down provisions.
Partner with IT and Major Projects to embed compliance classification at requisition and purchase-order line level, and ensure third-party purchasing partners include required terms and data requirements.
Initiate commercial action against contractors for unresolved compliance deficiencies in coordination with Tax, Treasury and Legal.
Coordinate with contract owners to remedy missing contractual obligations or deliverables.
Develop and maintain vendor-facing compliance playbooks and instructions describing required vendor submissions and timelines.
Drive contractor and subcontractor onboarding, including provision of payroll-system and consultant reporting links and contractor contact information to consultants.
Request and follow up on supplier cost and origin information; coordinate collection of safe-harbor certificates and direct-cost submissions; arrange consultant access when needed and drive resolution of noncompliance.
Coordinate weekly reconciliation of badging and site-access data to certified payroll submissions with PPMO.
Monitor apprenticeship ratios and project apprenticeship requirements using consultant reports, and coordinate corrective actions with noncompliant contractors while work is ongoing.
Coordinate with HR to map Vistra employee job descriptions to DOL wage classifications, consult a DBA attorney when needed, and ensure applicable payroll records are submitted to the payroll provider.
Oversee cure payments for Tax and Treasury requirements by determining responsibility under each contract, coordinating timely payment with contractors, subcontractors and HR, and collecting proof of payment.
Track and escalate consultant-identified compliance deficiencies through confirmation, cure decision and closure.
Provide Tax with planned project materials and maintain the tracked manufactured-product and component list and their vendors; notify Tax of changes affecting categorization.
Ensure project costs are appropriately scoped for domestic-content and FEOC data collection.
Coordinate collection of shipping documentation, such as bills of lading, to support Cargo Preference Act compliance for Treasury.
Ensure compliance artifacts are collected, retained and audit-ready for required obligation periods, including post-placed-in-service requirements.
Develop, manage and report compliance KPIs and status reporting in accordance with program governance and process.
Uphold internal and external policies, regulations and laws, and alert the program Executive Steering Committee to emerging compliance risks.
Incorporate safety into daily work ethic and buying decisions.
Lead, coach and develop procurement and compliance analysts, and recommend process improvements to Supply Chain leadership.