Senior Analyst - Tax & Compliance - VCS

What Youll Do

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.

What Your Responsibilities Will Be

• 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.

What You'll Need to be Successful

• Bachelor's degree in Commerce, Accounting, Taxation, Finance, or a related field; or an MBA in Finance.
• 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

Avalara is an AI-first Company

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

• Youll bring experience using AI and AI-related technologies, ready to thrive here.
  
• Youll apply AI every day to business challenges - improving efficiency, contributing solutions, and driving results for your team, our company, and our customers.
  
• Youll grow with AI by staying curious about new trends and best practices, and by sharing what you learn so others can benefit too.