Tax and Incentive Specialist (Program Analyst 2)
About The Position
Business Oregon, the state’s economic development agency, is currently hiring a Tax and Incentives Specialist (Program Analyst 2). This position provides program and project management support across Business Oregon’s portfolio of business incentive programs, including Enterprise Zones and the newly created Qualified Jobs Creation Tax Credit, established in SB 1507. The Tax and Incentives Specialist will lead program management activities for the Qualified Jobs Creation Tax Credit while also supporting data analysis, reporting, and process improvement across the broader incentive’s portfolio. They will work closely with agency customers, providing technical assistance and support to substantially affect the quality of program benefits and services, and will develop program materials, lead stakeholder outreach, and act as liaison between agency customers and the Regional Services Team. This is a hybrid position that may have the ability to work from home, with the expectation of occasional in-office presence in Portland and/or Salem offices as needed to support business operations.
Requirements
- A Bachelor's Degree in Business or Public Administration, Behavioral or Social Sciences, or a degree related to the agency program that demonstrates the capacity for the knowledge and skills; and two years’ experience coordinating or administering a program OR Any combination of experience or education equivalent to five years of experience that typically supports the knowledge and skill requirements listed for the classification.
Nice To Haves
- Project management experience, including coordinating multiple concurrent projects, managing timelines, and working across teams to meet deliverables.
- Experience analyzing and interpreting data to support program evaluation, reporting, or policy decisions.
- Experience interpreting and applying statutes, administrative rules, or regulatory requirements to program or project administration.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical or regulatory information to a non-technical audience.
- Experience providing customer service or technical assistance to external stakeholders, such as businesses, local governments, or community organizations.
- Experience with data visualization tools or techniques (such as Tableau, Power BI, Excel dashboards, or similar) to communicate complex information clearly.
- Familiarity with GIS software or geospatial data analysis (such as ArcGIS or similar tools).
Responsibilities
- Provide program development and management support to new and existing incentives, specifically the Qualified Jobs Creation Tax Credit, established in SB 1507 (2026).
- Support program management, data analysis, and reporting needs across Business Oregon’s portfolio of business incentives programs, including Enterprise Zones, the Strategic Investment Program, and other tax incentive Programs.
- Build and manage program processes and systems to receive applications for financial assistance, certifications, and award administration.
- Review and evaluate tax benefit applications for business submitted by private entities to determine eligibility under statute, rules and agency policy.
- Contributes to, evaluates and authors staff reports, complex proposals and other project documentation to monitor different programmatic functions.
- Monitors award recipients to assure project’s compliance with program rules and contractual documents; negotiates and solves problems with contracts and projects; consults with affected parties and amends agreements, as needed, and recommends corrective actions and follows up on recipient response to verify compliance.
- Responds to technical questions from prospective clients and award recipients.
- Reviews and approves fee collection processes in coordination with Operations Team.
- Provide Data collection, analysis, and visualization (such as dashboards, charts, or maps using relevant software) to support management and staff decision making across incentive programs.
Benefits
- Work/life balance
- generous benefit package
- 11 paid holidays a year
- 3 paid personal days
- flexible work schedules
- paid leave
- employer contribution retirement plan (PERS)
- Pension plan
- deferred compensation packages
- training and professional development
- addressing burnout and other efforts that contribute to healthy, whole employees.
- Public Service Loan Forgiveness
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
