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What You'll Do We are looking for a person from Sales & Use Tax background who is excited about tax research and loves technology! If you are analyzing complex legal and compliance tax issues, and interested in joining a supportive team in a collaborative work environment to enhance professional skill development. You will analyze complex USA Sales and Use Tax (rates and rules) regulations. This is your opportunity to join a team at a fast-growing Software as a Service (SaaS) company doing what you are passionate about. You will be reporting to Leader, Indirect Tax. What Your Responsibilities Will Be Ensuring the accuracy and timeliness of tax compliance information is important. Given the dynamic nature of indirect tax law trends, a commitment to learning and staying current on developments is necessary in this role. Research and interpret Sales and Use Tax laws, including reporting and remittance requirements, to keep Avalara tax automation products in compliance with North American tax laws. Maintain existing taxability rules for assigned jurisdictions by overseeing tax law changes and converting these changes into both human readable explanations and machine-readable formats using the latest AI-enabled proprietary technology. Conduct unit tests to validate the results of transactions pre-production Thoroughly detail research findings, providing comprehensive summaries and legal citations. Identify opportunities for process automation, tooling optimization, and reducing redundancy to enhance efficiency. What You’ll Need To Be Successful A natural curiosity about technology and an interest in innovation and learning about new areas of transaction taxes. A bachelor's degree, or equivalent, in finance, economics, business administration, law, or accounting with 3 or more years of experience in Sales and Use Tax advisory, research or consulting roles. Excellent research skills, including a logical, creative, and detailed approach to drilling down to specific data to surface information that is important to the accuracy of the published content. 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. What You Need To Know 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, and this year we became a billion-dollar business . Our growth is real, and we’re not slowing down 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. 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. Show more Show less
