Reporting Program Manager Contract in Dallas: Lead a 1099 Program Across 70 Business Units
Published on: Oct 17, 2026
Frontline Source Group is recruiting a 1099 Reporting Program Manager for an approximately 4-month contract in Dallas, Texas. You will run the client's annual 1099 reporting effort as one governed program across about 70 business units, owning the integrated plan, risk log, executive reporting, filing readiness, and post-filing review. The client requires 7 or more years of project management experience.
This search comes from the accounting and finance desk at Frontline Source Group, a Dallas firm founded in 2004 that has completed 5,619 placements through 32 plus offices nationwide. Forbes has named Frontline one of its Best Professional Recruiting Firms for 9 consecutive years (2018 to 2026) and ranked it #148 on the 2026 Best Executive Recruiting Firms list. Candidates and clients rate the firm 5.0 stars on Trustpilot across 679 verified reviews, and Frontline is a 9-time ClearlyRated Best of Staffing winner for both Client and Talent satisfaction.
What does the Reporting Program Manager lead on this Dallas contract?
Our client runs an enterprise-wide annual 1099 reporting program that spans roughly 70 reporting business units. Finance, tax, technology, operations, and external vendors all play a part before returns are filed. The Reporting Program Manager is the person who holds all of that together. You become the central point of coordination for the full annual cycle, from the first planning session through production submissions, corrections, and the review that follows.
The client describes the ideal hire as highly organized and proactive, someone who has already led complex, cross-functional initiatives under fixed deadlines. You will set up governance, manage timelines and dependencies, run stakeholder communications, oversee testing and issue resolution, and keep leadership informed, while looking for places where the process, controls, and engagement model can work better next year.
How is a reporting program manager different from a project manager?
The Project Management Institute describes a program as a group of related projects and activities managed in a coordinated way to gain benefits that would not come from managing each one on its own. That distinction is the heart of this role. A project manager might own one system change or one vendor file. A program manager owns the whole portfolio of moving parts and the decisions that connect them.
In practice, this contract asks you to think at the program level in four ways:
- Scope: one enterprise filing outcome that depends on about 70 business units, several internal teams, and an outside vendor, rather than a single workstream.
- Governance: a standing cadence for status reviews, risk and issue management, decision logs, and escalation paths that every participant follows.
- Audience: executive-level reporting on progress, risks, resource needs, and decisions, written for leaders who will not read the detailed plan.
- Close-out: post-filing reviews and lessons-learned sessions that turn this year's issues into stronger controls for the next cycle.
What are the day-to-day responsibilities of the Reporting Program Manager?
Program governance and integrated planning
- Lead the planning, execution, monitoring, and delivery of the annual 1099 reporting program.
- Build and maintain comprehensive project plans, timelines, milestones, dependencies, and critical-path activities that keep the program on track for required filing deadlines.
- Establish project governance, communication protocols, escalation paths, issue-management processes, and reporting standards.
Business unit, stakeholder, and vendor coordination
- Coordinate cross-functional activities among finance, technology, tax, operations, external vendors, and multiple reporting business units.
- Facilitate project meetings, working sessions, status reviews, and stakeholder discussions to maintain alignment and accountability.
- Communicate reporting requirements, deadlines, responsibilities, and deliverables to participating business units.
- Partner with business analysts, finance, technology, and operational stakeholders to coordinate requirements, data validation, testing, defect resolution, and production activities.
Risk, readiness, and issue resolution
- Identify, document, monitor, and resolve project risks, issues, decisions, dependencies, and action items.
- Monitor system, data, testing, and filing readiness, addressing risks early so they do not affect program milestones.
- Drive resolution of data-quality concerns, process gaps, and outstanding dependencies, escalating issues when appropriate.
Testing, production filing, and corrections
- Coordinate testing cycles, vendor file exchanges, filing-readiness reviews, production submissions, corrections, and final filing activities.
Executive reporting and continuous improvement
- Prepare executive-level status reports, milestone updates, risk assessments, decision requests, and filing-readiness summaries.
- Give leadership regular updates on program progress, risks, decisions, and required actions.
- Find opportunities to strengthen project governance, internal controls, procedures, stakeholder engagement, and reporting efficiency.
- Lead post-filing reviews, lessons-learned sessions, and continuous-improvement initiatives.
What experience and skills does the client require for this program manager role?
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in business, finance, accounting, information systems, project management, or a related field; equivalent professional experience will be considered.
- At least 7 years of project management experience leading complex, cross-functional business and technology initiatives.
- A track record of managing enterprise-wide projects that involve multiple stakeholders, business units, and external vendors.
- Strong understanding of project management methodologies, governance, risk management, issue resolution, and change control.
- Experience developing and managing integrated project plans, milestones, dependencies, resources, and executive-level reporting.
- Ability to drive accountability and deliver results in a deadline-driven environment.
- Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder-management skills, including the ability to influence people at every level of the organization.
- Experience coordinating testing, implementation, production deployment, and business-readiness activities.
- Exceptional organizational and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and workstreams at once.
- A self-directed leadership style, with the ability to work independently while building collaboration across diverse teams.
- Advanced Microsoft Office skills, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, and Word, along with experience using project management tools.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience managing 1099 reporting and filing programs.
- Background in tax reporting, regulatory compliance, or finance and accounting initiatives.
- Experience with large-scale enterprise projects involving data validation, reporting remediation, or operational transformation.
- Demonstrated vendor management and third-party coordination experience.
- Familiarity with Oracle Fusion, NetSuite, Workday, Smartsheet, SharePoint Online, or similar enterprise platforms.
- PMP certification or an equivalent project management certification.
Key competencies
- Project planning and execution
- Cross-functional leadership
- Stakeholder communication and engagement
- Risk and issue management
- Governance and accountability
- Data validation and filing readiness
- Process improvement and operational efficiency
- Executive reporting and escalation management
How does a 4-month 1099 reporting program run from kickoff to post-filing review?
The client's posted responsibilities follow a clear program lifecycle. Mapping them in order shows what the Reporting Program Manager will be accountable for at each stage of the contract:
- Mobilize: stand up governance, define roles, set communication protocols, and agree on escalation paths with every participating group.
- Plan: build the integrated plan with milestones, dependencies, and the critical path to the filing deadlines.
- Coordinate: send requirements, deadlines, and deliverables to the business units, then track completion and follow up on gaps.
- Test: run testing cycles and vendor file exchanges with business analysts and technology partners, and hold filing-readiness reviews.
- File: oversee production submissions, corrections, and final filing activities.
- Review: lead post-filing reviews and lessons-learned sessions, and recommend improvements to controls and procedures.
Executive reporting runs through every phase. Leadership expects regular status reports, risk assessments, decision requests, and readiness summaries, so strong written communication matters as much as scheduling skill.
Does PMP certification raise pay for project and program managers?
The client lists PMP certification, or an equivalent project management credential, as a preferred qualification, and PMI research suggests it carries real weight in the market. According to the PMI Earning Power Salary Survey, 14th edition, released in November 2025 with 14,628 respondents across 21 countries, PMP holders in the United States reported a median salary of 135,000 dollars, compared with 109,157 dollars for U.S. respondents without the certification. That is a difference of about 24 percent.
Demand for experienced project leaders is also expanding. PMI's Global Project Management Talent Gap report, published in May 2025, estimates the world will need 29.8 million more project professionals by 2035, on top of the nearly 40 million working today. These are survey and projection figures, not an offer for this role; compensation for this contract is discussed with qualified candidates during the recruiting process.
Which Frontline recruiter is handling this Reporting Program Manager search?
Kathy Granger, Senior Executive Recruiter for Accounting and Finance, is leading this search. Kathy is a Texas CPA who earned her MPA and BBA at the University of Texas at Austin McCombs School of Business and built more than 20 years of accounting and finance experience, including Arthur Andersen and Ernst and Young. She understands what an enterprise tax filing program demands from the person running it, which means she can talk through governance, vendor coordination, and filing readiness with you instead of simply matching keywords on a resume.
What other 1099 reporting roles is Frontline recruiting for in Dallas?
This client's reporting program involves more than one seat. If your background is closer to hands-on finance project delivery, review the Finance Project Manager contract in Dallas. If you are an analyst who lives in reconciliations, test scenarios, and defect logs, the 1099 Data Quality Business Analyst contract may be the better fit. You can also browse recent placements or learn about our Dallas accounting staffing and temporary and contract staffing services.
Why do Dallas employers trust Frontline with program and project leadership searches?
Frontline Source Group is a 9-time ClearlyRated Best of Staffing winner, a ClearlyRated Diamond Award recipient, an Inc. 5000 honoree, an Expertise.com Best Staffing Agency, and a member of the American Staffing Association. The firm reports a 98.94% executive placement retention rate, meaning placed executives are still in the role or promoted at one year. See the full list on our awards page.
When a contract leader converts to a permanent hire, or when you need a permanent program manager from the start, every direct hire is covered by the 5-Year Placement Warranty, 20 times longer than the 90-day industry standard guarantee. Hiring managers can open a search through the employer request form, review published fees on the pricing page, or explore accounting and finance executive search.
Where is Frontline Source Group's Dallas office?
Frontline Source Group is headquartered in Downtown Dallas at 901 Main Street, Suite 4650, Dallas, TX 75202. The Dallas staffing office is at 4245 North Central Expressway, Suite 300, Dallas, TX 75205. Office details are on the Dallas staffing agency page.
What happens after I apply for the Reporting Program Manager job?
Submit your application through the how to apply page. Once it is in, you may hear from Lexi Reed, Frontline's AI recruiter, who handles first-round phone interviews and passes her notes to Kathy and the recruiting team. Before your conversations, read our interview instructions and the skills testing overview. Frontline never charges candidates a fee, and every Frontline recruiter emails from an @frtline.com address. If someone using the Frontline name asks you for money, report it through our scam alert page.
Frequently Asked Questions: 1099 Reporting Program Manager Contract in Dallas, TX
What does the Reporting Program Manager own on this Dallas contract?
The Reporting Program Manager owns the client's enterprise-wide annual 1099 reporting program, including the integrated plan, governance, risk and issue management, stakeholder communications, testing and filing readiness, executive reporting, and the post-filing review.
How is a program manager role different from a project manager role?
The Project Management Institute describes a program as related projects and activities managed together to gain benefits not available from managing each one separately. In this role, that means owning one filing outcome across about 70 business units, several internal teams, and an external vendor, rather than a single workstream.
How many business units does this program coordinate?
The program covers approximately 70 reporting business units, along with finance, tax, technology, operations, and external vendors.
What does program governance include in this role?
Governance includes communication protocols, escalation paths, issue-management processes, reporting standards, and a regular cadence of status reviews and working sessions that keep every participant aligned and accountable.
What goes into the executive status reports?
The Reporting Program Manager prepares executive-level status reports, milestone updates, risk assessments, decision requests, and filing-readiness summaries, and gives leadership regular updates on progress, risks, decisions, and required actions.
Does the program manager handle filing corrections?
Yes. The role coordinates testing cycles, vendor file exchanges, filing-readiness reviews, production submissions, corrections, and final filing activities.
What happens in the post-filing review?
After filing, the Reporting Program Manager leads post-filing reviews and lessons-learned sessions and recommends improvements to governance, internal controls, procedures, stakeholder engagement, and reporting efficiency for the next cycle.
Does PMP certification increase project manager pay?
According to the PMI Earning Power Salary Survey, 14th edition, PMP holders in the United States reported a median salary of 135,000 dollars, compared with 109,157 dollars for those without the certification, a difference of about 24 percent. PMP is preferred, not required, for this contract.
Is demand for project management professionals growing?
Yes. PMI's Global Project Management Talent Gap report, published in May 2025, estimates the world will need 29.8 million more project professionals by 2035, on top of the nearly 40 million working today.
What kind of leader is the client looking for?
The client wants a highly organized, proactive, self-directed project leader with at least 7 years of project management experience, who can work independently, influence stakeholders at every level, and drive accountability under firm deadlines.
Is the Reporting Program Manager job permanent or a contract?
It is an approximately 4-month contract in Dallas, Texas. The 1099 in the title refers to the IRS Form 1099 reporting program you will lead, not to how you are paid, and engagement terms are reviewed with qualified candidates during the recruiting process.
What should I expect after applying for this program manager job?
Apply at frontlinesourcegroup.com/how-to-apply.html. You may then get a call from Lexi Reed, Frontline's AI recruiter, who conducts first-round phone interviews and shares her notes with Kathy Granger and the recruiting team. Frontline never charges candidates a fee.
