Finance Compliance Manager Prevailing Wage and Inflation Reduction Act (IRA)

Responsibilities

• Own the prevailing wage and IRA apprenticeship compliance program for applicable projects, including procedures, controls, documentation standards
• Review contract, grant, and customer requirements to determine prevailing wage/IRA applicability; translate requirements into clear project setup, workflows, and responsibilities
• Directly manage and develop team members through hiring/onboarding, work allocation, training, quality review, coaching, and performance management
• Set team goals and service-level expectations; manage capacity planning, prioritization across projects, and escalation paths for high-risk issues
• Partner with project teams to ensure compliant contract documents including pay determinations (classifications, base wage rates, fringes), for union and nonunion scenarios and multistate requirements
• Oversee certified payroll and customer/agency reporting processes (as applicable), ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and reconciliation to source payroll and project records
• Maintain an audit ready compliance file for each project, including correspondence, determinations, evidence, and decisions; ensure retention and version control
• Monitor and support compliance with IRA requirements; identify risks early and coordinate corrective actions with project leadership
• Serve as the primary point of contact for internal stakeholders and customers on prevailing wage/IRA compliance questions; provide guidance and document interpretations
• Cover customer, and third party audits: manage requests, prepare support, respond to inquiries, and track findings through resolution
• Oversee subcontractor compliance support where required, including collection and review of fringe benefit documentation and reasonableness/completeness checks
• Establish quality controls and periodic monitoring to validate classifications, fringe calculations, and documentation; perform root cause analysis and drive remediation
• Maintain and deliver training and reference materials; identify opportunities to improve systems, templates, and workflows to increase consistency and reduce compliance risk
• Participate in and lead initiatives as assigned

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business or related field (or equivalent experience)
• Minimum 7 years of experience in prevailing wage compliance, payroll compliance, project accounting/finance compliance, labor compliance, or audit, including experience supporting audits and issue remediation. Prior people management experience strongly preferred
• Proficiency in Excel and comfort working across payroll/timekeeping systems and ERP/project systems preferred
• Experience with IRA apprenticeship tracking/reporting and/or certified payroll reporting for public works, utilities, or energy projects is strongly preferred
• Experience with compliance platforms (e.g., LCPtracker) and document management practices is preferred
• Knowledge of prevailing wage compliance concepts
• Ability to interpret and apply IRA prevailing wage and apprenticeship provisions and translate requirements into operational processes and documentation
• Strong reconciliation and data analysis skills (Excel), with the ability to trace reported figures to payroll, timekeeping, and project source records
• Demonstrated people leadership and project management skills, including prioritization, quality review, and meeting deadlines across multiple concurrent projects
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain technical compliance requirements to field and project teams and document interpretations
• Strong documentation discipline and audit readiness, including evidence standards, retention, and issue tracking/remediation
• High integrity, confidentiality, and sound judgment

Benefits

• Medical and prescription drug plans that includes no additional cost vision coverage
• Dental plan
• 401(k) retirement plan with a generous Mortenson match
• Paid time off, holidays, and other paid leaves
• Employer paid Life, AD&D, and disability insurance
• No-cost mental health tool and concierge with extensive work-life resources
• Tuition reimbursement
• Adoption Assistance
• Gym Membership Discount Program