Associate Analyst - Tax & Compliance

What You'll Do

We are looking for an Associate Analyst to join the DAVO filing team within our Compliance team. The DAVO team provides tax compliance support for our small business customer base. You will be responsible for monthly filings of state tax returns on behalf of the DAVO client base and assist with amendments and other projects as necessary. You will also contact merchants to update account information and resolve account status and funding issues. This role will be based in Pune, India and reports to the Manager of our DAVO Tax and Compliance Team.

Job Duties

You will utilize DAVO systems to gather information about client tax returns and ensure filing data is correct according to DAVO filing procedures.

You will ensure sales tax returns are accurately filed with state taxing authority websites.

You will confirm appropriate remittance of tax return funds with state taxing authorities.

You will support merchants directly and follow operational policies on when to return sales tax funds to the merchant

You will update the filing status of returns in the DAVO sales tax processing system.

You will work with Avalara's Notices Team around any filing penalty situations and proactively work to resolve any issues.

You will maintain a high level of confidentiality with customer data.

You will escalate issues to Manager, Tax & Compliance

What You'll Need to be Successful

You have a Master's degree or equivalent years of experience and between 0-2 years of related professional experience in the filed of Finance or Tax

You have exposure to retail point-of-sale devices, sales tax regulations, sales tax filing requirements and how these requirements apply to small retail businesses.

You have experience with using spreadsheets (Excel, Google Sheets or similar) and writing basic spreadsheet formulas.

You are able to meet strict filing deadlines.

You have experience handling sensitive customer data with a high level of confidentiality.

You effectively communicate with internal and external parties verbally and via email, texting, voice calls, and video conference

About Avalara

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.

EEO Statement

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.

Full time