What You'll Do
Job Summary
Supporting Indirect Tax and supplemental Returns as part of the role in Compliance team for Sales & Use or other Tax types. This role is based within the Global Returns Services in Pune, India.
A demanding role where attention to detail is extremely important. Working with a range of different types of clients in different jurisdictions, providing regular Sales & Use Tax return filings along with all other associated filings (e.g. Prepayment returns, Local returns).
Candidates will be expected to have worked in a previous Tax and Accounting type function and be conversant with concepts such as Nexus,
Customer focused with excellent communication skills you will be able to explain and convey information clearly to clients.
Job Duties
Job Duties
- Should have excellent domain knowledge about Sales & use Tax and experience in managing tax compliance for multiple jurisdictions
- Having a very good e-2-e understanding of the of overall Indirect tax Process flow that would cover Registration & Licensing, Filing, Notice management, Back-filing, Refunds, etc..
- Provide guidance to the Team on tax issues related and getting rid ambiguity in managing Compliance cycle
- Statutory changes - Juris level changes to be figured from the point of view of Filing, Prep process or Forms. Identify and escalate state specific issues that require broader company engagement due to risk/complexity
- Risk management - Evaluate existing Processes and incorporate changes to make the process risk averse in an ever-changing Indirect tax space with regards to Compliance Return filing
- Should have very good grasp on Avalara’s processes to ensure profitability is maintained and any solve for blockers that would impact the org financially
- Strong foundation to understand Customer’s data flow to manage Customer’s Tax compliance tasks and remove flaws in our current processes
- Work closely with the Product and Engineering teams to develop ways to improve and strengthen our existing Tools and Systems
- Analyse data and provide insights to improve automation on sales and use tax compliance
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (i.e., up-stream and down-stream processes) to gather requirements, design solutions, and implement automation initiatives
- Develop and implement automation strategies for the sales and use tax returns filing and other subsidiary activities
- Identify opportunities to streamline and improve existing tax compliance processes potentially to improve automation
- Collaborating with all the stakeholders on-site to understand challenges / blockers thereby working with the Local management to bridge gaps
- Work with the Training to plan and conduct internal trainings for the team members
- Proactive participation in managing various compliance projects, process improvements and driving change
What You'll Need to be Successful
Qualifications
- US SUT related compliance knowledge and work experience (8 - 10 years)
- Should have a graduate degree / MBA in Finance flair to drive Automation
- Experience in building or part of the overall team to build Systems, solutions
- Team player with Project management capabilities
- MS Excel proficiency (intermediary to Advance) skills. Other MS office apps proficiency
- Excellent communication (oral and written)
- Experience in working with onsite teams/stakeholders
- Flexibility to work in shifts to support US hours
- Teamwork-oriented with a strong focus on customer satisfaction
- Attention to detail, with a drive to continuously improve
- Results-oriented, highly organized, motivated and driven to succeed
- Able to work under pressure
- Self-driven, result oriented and adhering to deadline
How We'll Take Care of You
Total Rewards
In addition to a great compensation package, paid time off, and paid parental leave, many Avalara employees are eligible for bonuses.
Health & Wellness
Benefits vary by location but generally include private medical, life, and disability insurance.
Inclusive culture and diversity
Avalara strongly supports diversity, equity, and inclusion, and is committed to integrating them into our business practices and our organizational culture. We also have a total of 8 employee-run resource groups, each with senior leadership and exec sponsorship.
Flexible hybrid working
We support hybrid work and flexible schedules for our employees.
Learn more about our benefits by region here: https://careers.avalara.com/
About Avalara
We’re Avalara. We’re defining the relationship between tax and tech.
We’ve already built an industry-leading cloud compliance platform, processing nearly 40 billion customer API calls and over 5 million tax returns a year.
Last year, we became a billion-dollar business
, and our tribe expanded by a cool thousand people - there’s nearly 5,000 of us now. Our growth is real, and we’re not slowing down - not until we’ve achieved our mission - to be part of every transaction in the world.
We’re bright, innovative and disruptive, like the orange we love to wear. It captures our quirky spirit and optimistic mindset. It shows off the culture we’ve designed, that empowers our people to win. Ownership and achievement go hand in hand here. We instill passion in our people through the trust we place in them.
We’ve been different from day one. Join us, and your career will be too.
EEO Statement
We’re an Equal Opportunity Employer. Supporting diversity and inclusion is a cornerstone of our company — we don’t want people to fit into our culture, but to enrich it. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, gender, national orientation, disability, sexual orientation, US Veteran status, or any other factor protected by law. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.
