Compliance Manager White Energy – Hereford, TX or Plainview, TX
The Compliance Manager is responsible for overseeing and coordinating all activities related to 45Z and 45Q tax credit compliance across both the Hereford (HF) and Plainview (PV) plant locations. This role ensures accurate data management, contractor and employee compliance, and effective reporting to support monetization of federal tax credits. The Compliance Manager will serve as a central liaison between contractors, internal teams, external auditors, and corporate leadership.
· Collaborate with Baker Tilly and the LCP Tracker team to input and manage contractor payroll data for compliance tracking.
· Maintain and update prevailing wage data using Department of Labor resources to ensure wage targets are accurate and current.
· Coordinate training and data collection efforts with all contractors and subcontractors to ensure full understanding and compliance with 45Z and 45Q program requirements.
· Monitor internal workforce activities to ensure compliance with 45Z and 45Q standards across relevant workstreams.
· Act as the primary liaison between contractors, plant management, and corporate headquarters to facilitate timely and accurate reporting for tax credit and direct pay eligibility.
· Audit and verify that work performed in the Llumin system aligns with hours claimed by contractors and employees.
· Manage all workstreams within the ISN network, ensuring contractor compliance and documentation.
· Conduct internal audits to assess and maintain 45Z/45Q compliance across both plant locations.
· Collaborate with external auditors to verify eligibility and monetization of tax credits and direct pay.
· Experience in compliance management, payroll systems, or labor standards preferred.
· Familiarity with 45Z and 45Q programs or similar federal incentive programs is a plus.
· Strong interpersonal and communication skills to manage cross-functional coordination and contractor compliance.
· Ability to travel between HF and PV locations as needed.
· Detail-oriented with a proactive approach to problem-solving and process improvement.
PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES AND REQUIREMENTS OF THIS POSITION:
Time will be spent in a temperature-controlled office-based environment. Must be able to speak and listen clearly. Fine visual acuity to read for accuracy. Travel to local contractor offices, and between Hereford, TX and Plainview, TX site locations.
PHYSICAL STRENGTH: This job may require lifting of up to 50 pounds occasionally.
All descriptions have been reviewed to ensure that only essential functions and basic duties have been included. Peripheral tasks, only incidentally related to each position, have been excluded. Requirements, skills, and abilities included have been determined to be the minimal standards required to successfully perform the positions. In no instance, however, should the duties, responsibilities, and requirements delineated be interpreted as all-inclusive. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate.
In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, it is possible that requirements may be modified to reasonably accommodate disabled individuals. However, no accommodations will be made which may pose serious health or safety risks to the employee or others or which impose undue hardships on the organization.
Job descriptions are not intended as and do not create employment contracts. The organization maintains its status as an at-will employer. Employees can be terminated for any reason not prohibited by law.
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance