Manager, IRS/DOE Tax Credit and Loan Compliance

Vistra•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. It ensures vendors and contractors meet contractual compliance obligations, supports contractor onboarding to Vistra’s third-party payroll provider, engages Vistra’s third-party tax and loan consultant, resolves or escalates non-compliance, and delivers status reporting under the program governance process. The position focuses on program management and operationalizing contract compliance, while building familiarity with requirements such as the Davis-Bacon Act, prevailing wage and apprenticeship, the Cargo Preference Act, and material assistance and domestic content rules. It oversees compliance governance, contract requirements and reporting systems; contractor onboarding and data collection; deficiency remediation and cure payments; materials, sourcing and shipping documentation; and audit readiness. It may also lead, develop and mentor procurement and compliance analysts within Supply Chain.

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.
Expert understanding of contract terms and conditions, including flow-down, indemnity, withholding and remediation provisions.
Demonstrated program and project management skills, including coordinating 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 with data analytics and reporting through Excel or Tableau.
Professional certification such as CPSM, CPCM, PMP or a compliance certification.

Responsibilities

Lead Supply Chain compliance efforts for 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 the PMO, including required reports, reporting cadence, contractor source data and escalation processes for missing information.
Serve as 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 selection, implementation and operation of payroll and compliance-tracking systems.
Ensure applicable compliance contract language and exhibits are included in contracts and purchase orders, including flow-down obligations to subcontractors.
Maintain a contract-by-contract tracker of compliance requirements and negotiated provisions, including withholding, indemnity, penalties, cure payments and flow-downs.
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; work with contract owners to remedy missing obligations or deliverables.
Develop and maintain vendor-facing compliance playbooks and instructions covering Davis-Bacon, Cargo Preference Act, FEOC and material assistance requirements.
Drive contractor and subcontractor onboarding, including providing payroll-system and consultant reporting links and sharing contractor and subcontractor contact details with consultants.
Request and follow up on supplier cost and origin information, safe-harbor certificates and direct-cost submissions; coordinate consultant access and drive resolution of non-compliance issues.
Coordinate weekly reconciliation of badging and site-access data to certified payroll submissions with the PPMO.
Monitor apprenticeship ratios and project requirements using consultant reports, and coordinate corrective action with contractors while work is ongoing.
Coordinate with HR to map Vistra employee job descriptions to DOL wage classifications and ensure applicable payroll records are submitted to the payroll provider.
Oversee cure payments for Tax and Treasury requirements, determine responsibility under each contract, coordinate timely payment, collect proof of payment, and track deficiencies through confirmation and closure.
Provide Tax with planned project-material lists; maintain tracked manufactured-product and component lists and vendor information; and 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 updates in accordance with program governance.
Uphold internal and external policies, regulations and laws; alert the program Executive Steering Committee to emerging compliance risks.
Incorporate safety into daily work and buying decisions.
Lead, coach and develop procurement and compliance analysts, and recommend process improvements to Supply Chain leadership.