Sr. Manager, Tax

What You'll Do

• Lead the global indirect tax accounting and compliance lifecycle, including maintaining indirect tax general ledger accounts, ensuring accurate and timely indirect tax filings, and making tax payments.
• Serve as primary reviewer (or preparer, as needed) of calculations, forms, and other information related to indirect taxes including property, sales, gross receipts, use, franchise, and digital service taxes.
• Actively manage global external tax service providers and supply them with timely, complete, and accurate information.
• Lead and manage indirect tax audits, including coordinating responses, communicating directly with auditors, gathering and reviewing supporting documentation, and maintaining thorough audit files and correspondence records.
• Communicate effectively across time zones with global stakeholders, including internal teams, service providers, and tax authorities.
• Continuously evaluate existing indirect tax processes with a critical eye toward improvement; identify opportunities to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and scalability through better workflows, automation, or technology.
• Research indirect tax technical issues, documenting facts, issues, and conclusions timely, completely and accurately.
• Monitor and assess the impact of evolving indirect tax laws and regulations, keeping stakeholders informed and processes aligned.
• Execute tax-related internal controls and develop and maintain internal control documentation.
• Support payroll tax technical matters and create or review state income tax apportionment computations, where needed.

What You’ll Need To Be Successful

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field; CPA or advanced degree (MST/JD/LLM) is a plus.
• Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience in public accounting and/or in industry, with meaningful exposure to US indirect tax compliance.
• Strong hands-on experience with US state and local indirect tax, including sales and use tax compliance, tax accounting, audit defense, and taxability analysis; familiarity with GST and VAT is a plus.
• Demonstrated integrity and professional judgment, with the ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion.
• Strong self-management and organizational skills, including the ability to independently prioritize, manage competing deadlines, and maintain quality under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
• Able to see the big picture across responsibilities and proactively identify opportunities to improve, streamline, or replace existing processes to produce a more efficient and accurate indirect tax compliance function.
• General familiarity with US GAAP financial reporting concepts, including the ability to prepare and review journal entries, account reconciliations, and supporting schedules in accordance with standard accounting principles.
• Strong research, analytical, and documentation skills with close attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy and completeness.
• Proficiency in Excel and comfort working with large volumes of structured data; familiarity with general ledger systems and tax compliance technology, including Avalara products and NetSuite a plus.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain indirect tax requirements and positions clearly to non-tax stakeholders.

Pay Range

• Colorado: $136,400-$225,000 (annually)
• Washington: $136,400-$248,600 (annually)
• California: $136,400-$272,500 (annually)
• NYC: $165,100-$272,500 (annually)

How We’ll Take Care Of You

• Total Rewards
• Health & Wellness Benefits
• Inclusive culture and diversity

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 An Equal Opportunity Employer.