Senior Analyst - Tax & Compliance

The Senior Analyst, VCS plays a critical role in strengthening Avalara's U.S. Voluntary Compliance Services (VCS) operations. You will enhance the accuracy, scalability, and AI-enabled execution of these operations across multiple jurisdictions.

You will report to the Manager, Professional Services and you will be in Pune office.

• →You lead the end-to-end preparation, processing, analysis, and quality assurance of historical Sales and Use tax data and returns for complex voluntary compliance engagements.
• →Be a primary senior liaison for customers, project managers, and state taxing authorities to manage sensitive negotiations, voluntary disclosure agreements (VDAs), and amnesty programs.
• →You manage complex reconciliations and variance analysis between client transactional data, prior filings, and proposed disclosure returns, maintaining a clear audit trail.
• →You Identify scalable AI-enabled workflow enhancements to improve data retrieval, standardize status reporting, and accelerate turnaround times for complex multi-state disclosures.

• Bachelor's degree in Commerce, Accounting, Taxation, Finance, or a related field; or an MBA in Finance.
• 3–4 or more years of experience, with a focus on voluntary disclosure, amnesty, or remediation programs.
• Demonstrated experience managing multi-jurisdiction return portfolios and handling complex compliance escalations such as notices, penalty and interest issues, and nexus determinations.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (complex formulas, pivot tables, macros/VBA, handling large datasets) to manipulate historical transaction data for accurate reporting.
• Experience applying AI tools to improve operational speed, quality, or scale in data analysis, documentation, or reporting workflows.
• Accounting licensure, like CPA

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AI is embedded in our workflows, decision-making, and products.  Success here requires embracing AI as an essential capability.

• You’ll bring experience using AI and AI-related technologies, ready to thrive here.

• You’ll apply AI every day to business challenges - improving efficiency, contributing solutions, and driving results for your team, our company, and our customers.

• You’ll grow with AI by staying curious about new trends and best practices, and by sharing what you learn so others can benefit too.

Total Rewards 

In 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. 

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. Our growth is real - 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. It captures our quirky spirit and optimistic mindset. It shows off the culture we’ve designed, that empowers our people to win. We’ve been different from day one. Join us, and your career will be too.

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.