Senior Accountant

Job Description

What You'll Do The Global Accounting team at Avalara is looking for a Senior Accountant. Reporting to the Global Accounting Manager, you will participate in the month-end close for global operations and will be a critical part of the Global Accounting team based in India to support accounting tasks across Avalara's global operations. You will be responsible for tasks such as payroll accounting, reconciling accounts, preparing several journal entries and reports, researching variances, performing account analysis, maintaining accounting system data, and communicating with other teams. You will generally work during UK hours (2 pm to 11 pm IST). What Your Responsibilities Will Be You will contribute to the month-end close process to prepare, accurate financial data that is in compliance with US GAAP and Avalara accounting policies. Perform global account reconciliations, summarize activity, and resolve reconciling differences along with highlighting open and aged items. Perform accounting and control tasks across payroll, benefits, accruals, and consolidations. Review financial fluctuations and prepare support schedules. Prepare audit documentation and analysis. Research data to address inquiries and identify process risks and opportunities. Collaborate with different teams across the globe to standardize accounting processes/ policies and contribute to a disciplined financial statement close. What You'll Need to be Successful Chartered Accountant or MBA. Ideal background from SaaS industry You have 3+ years of intermediate accounting experience, public accounting experience Your experience with accounting under U.S. GAAP is required Experience with internal controls and SOX compliance Proficient analysing data in Microsoft Excel. Experience with NetSuite (preferred) or other large ERP systems such as Oracle or SAP. Knowledge in using Alteryx/ PowerBI or similar tool, and experience driving process automation. Experience with Kyriba treasury management system, or similar tool.