Job Description

:What You\'ll DoWe are building cloud-based tax compliance solutions to handle every transaction in the world. Imagine every transaction you make - every tank of gas, cup of coffee, or pair of sneakers, every movie ticket, or streamed song, every sensor-to-sensor ping. Nearly every time you make a purchase, physical or digital, there is an accompanying unique and nuanced tax compliance calculation.

• Research, monitor, translate & interpret the customs duty laws and tariff changes.
• Evaluate the content accuracy, and conclude on landed cost content calculation decisions and actions.
• Maintain existing customs tariff and landed cost content for assigned countries by monitoring customs law changes.
• Be responsible for maintaining accurate, complete, and timely updated customs tariff content.
• Contact customs department to source the customs duty, taxes, and compliance requirements.
• Document research findings in required format and tools.
• Conduct Web and Avalara tools based research and be active with all the global trade news.
• Meet monthly deadlines to incorporate research findings into Avalara tools.
• Effectively work and communicate with team members to accomplish specific tasks on a timely, efficient, and productive manner.
• Open to accepting additional responsibilities when required.

What You\'ll Need to be Successful

• A minimum of 2 years of relevant work experience
• Foreign language knowledge & translation skill is preferred.
• Excellent logical and analytical skills
• Strong English writing and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills
• Ability to work well in a team environment.

About AvalaraWe\xe2\x80\x99re Avalara. We\xe2\x80\x99re defining the relationship between tax and tech.We\xe2\x80\x99ve 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\xe2\x80\x99s nearly 5,000 of us now. Our growth is real, and we\xe2\x80\x99re not slowing down - not until we\xe2\x80\x99ve achieved our mission - to be part of every transaction in the world.We\xe2\x80\x99re 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\xe2\x80\x99ve 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\xe2\x80\x99ve been different from day one. Join us, and your career will be too.EEO StatementWe\xe2\x80\x99re an Equal Opportunity Employer. Supporting diversity and inclusion is a cornerstone of our company \xe2\x80\x94 we don\xe2\x80\x99t 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.

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