Accounting Lead-Global Consolidation and Policy

What You'll Do

We are looking for a technical and operationally minded candidate to serve as an important member of the Corporate Accounting organization. You will combine ownership of complex accounting areas, global consolidation, equity accounting, reporting analytics, and SOX controls with a heavy focus on finance transformation programs. You are not only an accountant but also a builder who uses automation, AI, data analytics, and agent-based workflows to create a scalable, efficient, and controlled accounting environment. We are looking for deep technical accounting expertise, healthy skepticism in financial review, and experience with eliminating manual processes through technology. You will report to the Corporate Accounting and Reporting Manager. This is a remote position within the United States.

What Your Responsibilities Will Be

• Serve as an important member of the Corporate Accounting organization.
• Support global consolidation activities across multiple legal entities, taking ownership of foreign currency accounting, FX remeasurement, translation, and CTA analysis.
• Prepare and manage equity accounting by legal entity, overseeing Equity Edge, preferred stock, mezzanine equity, dividend accounting, and derivative instruments.
• Perform detailed month-over-month, quarter-over-quarter, and year-over-quarter analytics across all major financial statement captions to identify issues and lead root-cause analysis.
• Oversee important SOX controls, oversee reconciliation governance, and support CAO and executive financial certification processes to guarantee an audit-ready environment.
• Support legal entity setup, restructuring, and chart of accounts maintenance, while managing departmental and organizational structure changes affecting reporting.
• Automate allocation methodologies, review cost categorization, and oversee statistical account reporting and journal entries.
• Lead the modernization of accounting processes by building and deploying AI-enabled workflows and agent-based solutions to reduce manual effort and accelerate the close process.
• Be the power user and administrator for FloQast and partner with ERP and data teams to improve accounting data quality, reporting architecture, and financial systems integrations.

What You’ll Need To Be Successful

• 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, with a background in public accounting.
• Multinational consolidation experience, with expertise in FX accounting, CTA, and equity/stock compensation accounting.
• Experience overseeing SOX controls and independently validating financial results.
• Expertise driving automation and process transformation initiatives, including applying AI tools, workflow automation platforms, or agent-based technologies within finance.
• Experience with financial data architecture, reporting processes, and control design.
• Experience with leading ERP platforms (e.g., NetSuite, Oracle, Workday) and close management software like FloQast.
• An owner's mindset with a reputation for operational excellence and a desire to act as an architect and transformation leader, rather than merely a preparer of accounting entries.

Pay Range Details

• Colorado: $111,300-$178,100 (annually)
• Washington: $111,300-$196,700 (annually)
• California: $111,300-$215,400 (annually)
• NYC: $134,600-$215,400 (annually)

How We’ll Take Care Of You

• Total Rewards: Great compensation package, paid time off, and paid parental leave.
• Health & Wellness Benefits: Private medical, life, and disability insurance.
• Inclusive Culture and Diversity: Supports diversity, equity, and inclusion, and is committed to integrating them into business practices and organizational culture.

What You Need To Know About Avalara

• We’re defining the relationship between tax and tech. We’ve already built an industry-leading cloud compliance platform, processing over 54 billion customer API calls and over 6.6 million tax returns a year.
• We’re a billion dollar business, 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.
• We’re supporting diversity and inclusion, and are committed to integrating them into our business practices and organizational culture.