Tax Analyst | 4+ yrs | Avalara Technologies, Pune | Night Shift

Greetings,

We have an excellent opportunity for Tax Analyst 4+yrs @ Avalara Technologies, Pune.

About the Company - Were Avalara. We're defining the relationship between tax and tech. Weve 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 - theres nearly 5,000 of us now. Our growth is real, and were not slowing down - not until weve 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.

About the Role - The Analyst will be responsible for preparing and filing sales and use tax returns by the deadlines, identifying areas of improvement as well as serving an elite group of customers with highly complex returns as their primary point of contact.

What You’ll Do:

We are looking for a Beverage Alcohol Tax Analyst to join our fast-paced, dynamic company. This is a great opportunity for a candidate to work in an innovative environment and grow within our business. The Analyst will be responsible for preparing and filing sales and use tax returns by the deadlines, identifying areas of improvement as well as serving an elite group of customers with highly complex returns as their primary point of contact. Candidate must be highly driven, detail oriented and proficient at balancing multiple priorities/issues.

Job Duties:

• Prepare, review, and file multi-jurisdictional sales/use, business and occupation, and gross receipts tax returns for monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, and annual filings
• Ability to research and resolve jurisdictional notices on behalf of customers
• Communicate regularly and effectively with customers, jurisdictions and other internal teams as part of research and resolution
• Perform QA related to sales and use tax content and form changes
• Manage workload to effectively meet deadlines
• Identify ways to improve process and/or technology to better serve our customers.
• Work collaboratively with all staff members and management

What You'll Need to be Successful:

• 4+ years’ work experience working with Customers Onboarding / Support.

Qualifications

• Education – bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or Economics or other four-year degree with equivalent experience / MBA in Finance (preferably)

Technical Skills

• Strong analytical, research, and problem-solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work independently yet still function as a team player
• Ability to prioritize and multi-task to meet strict filing deadlines
• Ability to learn and adapt to different software applications and tools
• Must have advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Excel (functions include power pivot, vlookup, hlookup, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree in accounting or finance.
• Experience with a Big 4 firm, large corporate tax department of a multinational company, or large ERP integration.

Soft Skills - Must-Have:

• Very good written / oral language skills in English
• Ability to interact professionally with employees and customers.
• Experience in working with onsite teams.
• Work collaboratively with willingness to listen and work in fast paced challenging environment.
• Adaptability, initiative, and problem-solving capabilities.

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.