Tax Incentive Analyst

Overview

The organization is seeking a Tax / Incentive Tracking Analyst to support project tax and incentive compliance. This role focuses on tracking incentive requirements, eligible costs, exemption usage, and program reporting for selected projects.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain a structured framework for tracking incentive requirements, eligible costs, compliance obligations, and exemption program registration and usage for selected projects.
• Assist in administering existing tracking frameworks and recommend process improvements where frameworks are already in place.
• Identify and track incentive-eligible project costs and tax exemption usage by reviewing expenditures, coordinating cost classifications, and reconciling eligible costs to budgets, commitments, and actual expenditures.
• Prepare periodic reports summarizing incentive program status, eligible cost accumulation, exemption utilization, and compliance with program requirements.
• Track compliance with incentive conditions, including prevailing wage requirements, local hiring commitments, and reporting obligations tied to public incentives or tax benefits.
• Support activities intended to maximize eligible benefits while maintaining compliance with applicable federal, state, and local incentive programs, including Federal CHIPS, New York Green CHIPS, and OCIDA Sales and Use Tax Exemption programs.
• Coordinate reporting and support activities with project leadership as requested.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, tax, business, economics, or related field, or equivalent.
• Experience with cost tracking, financial analysis, tax incentives, grant compliance, or project accounting.
• Strong analytical skills, including the ability to reconcile costs to budgets and expenditures.
• Experience preparing compliance or financial status reports.
• Strong Excel and data organization skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with public incentive programs, tax exemptions, or capital project compliance.
• Familiarity with prevailing wage tracking, eligible cost classifications, or incentive reporting.
• Experience supporting large industrial, manufacturing, or semiconductor programs.

Security Clearance Requirement

• None

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary range: $74,800.00 - $130,900.00
• Medical, dental, vision
• Paid time off
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• 401(k)
• Life insurance
• Flexible work schedules
• Holidays

Posting Information / Additional Notes

• This position will be posted for a minimum of 3 days and will continue to be posted for an average of 30 days until a qualified applicant is selected or the position has been cancelled.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The employer provides equal opportunity to all qualified applicants and will consider applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected status.