Job Description

:What You\'ll Do

• Research VAT/GST law, reporting, and remittance requirements to keep our tax products in compliance with tax laws in all territories required.
• Maintain existing taxability rules for assigned jurisdictions by overseeing tax law changes
• Recommend and contribute to research projects that expand existing content based on market/environmental/legislative changes. You will report to Manager, Indirect Tax

Job Duties

• Monitor VAT/GST legislation, administrative decisions, and judicial decisions for changes
• Based upon tax research, validate results of test transactions pre-production
• Build productive working relationships with government taxing authorities and/or legislative research units to maximize the quality of our product
• Collaborate with content research, product management and engineering to implement our solutions

What You\'ll Need to be Successful

• A natural curiosity about technology and an interest in innovation and learning about new areas of transaction taxes
• Relevant degree (i.e. LLB or LLM)
• 2+ years\' experience in VAT/GST/indirect tax, research, consulting, or audit and accounting experience
• Excellent research skills, including a logic to drill down to specific data to surface information that is important to the accuracy of the published content
• You will participate in a an innovative tax environment to understand and resolve client requests and tax concerns
• Apply mathematical calculations, percentages, and general accounting rules
• You will work with large datasets in Excel

About the Team#LI-Onsite
How We\'ll Take Care of YouTotal RewardsIn addition to a great compensation package, paid time off, and paid parental leave, many Avalara employees are eligible for bonuses.Health & Wellness
Benefits vary by location but generally include private medical, life, and disability insurance.Inclusive culture and diversity
Avalara strongly supports diversity, equity, and inclusion, and is committed to integrating them into our business practices and our organizational culture. We also have a total of 8 employee-run resource groups, each with senior leadership and exec sponsorship.Flexible hybrid working
We support hybrid work and flexible schedules for our employees.Learn more about our benefits by region here:
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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