US Tax & Compliance Specialist - RPA Automation

About the Role : Business Process Automation Analyst partners with the tax compliance SIGs to deliver process and product automation solutions. In this role, you will contribute to Avalara's tax and compliance automation strategies. Reporting to Senior Manager, Tax Compliance. Responsibilities :

• Data Transformation Services of client data and special projects
• Fluent in our product setup and review of settings with customers
• Prep and file indirect tax returns and/or license/registrations
• Understand and apply jurisdiction knowledge as part of the tax compliance services delivered
• Engage with state and local jurisdictions to understand technology changes that enable or impact seamless automation & integration with government systems
• Drive prioritization and delivery of product and/or process enhancements that increase efficiency and reduce risk
• QA/test product, form or filing automations (new and changes to existing) that impact filing
• Engage cross functionally to drive and delivery process automation. This includes developing technical skills to use AI and RPA tools

Qualifications :

• Agile balance of technology savvy (70%) and tax technical (30%)
• Deadline driven - we have immovable deadlines that are very time compressed
• Ability to learn and apply new technologies across the spectrum of registration and reporting requirements and impact/consequence of non-compliance
• Collaborative, highly team oriented and able to build cross team relations
• Accountability and ownership
• Strong attention to detail

Required Skills :

• RPA Automation - UiPath and Blue prism
• Alteryx
• Familiarity with Vertex data / CCH / Data 360 analyze. (Any one)
• Experience with US Indirect Taxation - Sales & Use tax (SUT) OR Any International Taxation.
• Data management and analysis

Relevant experience :

• Minimum of 8 years of related experience with a bachelor’s degree, or equivalent
• Minimum 6 years of related experience with a master’s degree, or equivalent
• General accounting, Finance, Compliance or Tax reporting within a corporate setting or within banking or financial services related industries
• Implementation of accounting, financial management or tax automation systems
• Working for a State or local department of Revenue (DOR) with taxpayer registration and/or reporting responsibilities
• Data management and analysis, developing databases, data mapping or validation rules & processes
• Process automation using RPA (robotic process automation)

#LI-Onsite - Pune - Work from Office 5 days a week. Shift timing: 2pm to 11pm IST. About the Company : 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. Equal Opportunity Statement :

• 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.