Senior Accountant – Acquisition and Integration Accounting

The Acquisition and Integration team at Avalara is looking for a Senior Accountant. You will support our acquisition strategy. You will support accounting-related pre- and post-close activities of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and will represent accounting throughout the M&A process, working with cross-department business leaders and functional accounting teams to provide a seamless accounting and integration efforts associated with identified acquisitions and investments. Working during EMEA hours (2 to 11 pm IST) is minimum with additional overlap on certain days to work with the US Acquisition and Integration Accounting team.

• Using your financial expertise, you will participate in the M&A process from diligence through integration.
• You will identify financial risks and valuation possible effects during the financial due diligence process.
• Subsequently, you will help integrate newly acquired businesses into our accounting & treasury processes including legal entity set up, establishing a monthly close rhythm for acquired entities, journalizing full consolidation of acquired entity results, establishment of purchase accounting entries that occur from purchase price allocation and policy understanding, and ongoing efforts to integration accounting systems and also processes.
• Provide strategic and best practice insights to sponsoring business teams to help them navigate the M&A lifecycle, including accounting for routine and complex accounting and finance issues associated with M&A and investment transactions.
• Define, track and communicate appropriate performance metrics to project teams and partners and manage competing M&A activities.
• Prepare appropriate documentation to close out projects and facilitate effective transition of accounting into the finance and accounting organization, including compliance considerations associated with Sarbanes-Oxley.
• Lead and also support continuous improvement plans for Avalara.
• Build relationships across multiple teams within Avalara to foster a collaborative and productive working relationship.
• You will report to senior manager.

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or equivalent.
• Minimum relevant 5+ years of intermediate accounting experience or more including experience with a global public company.
• Exposure to technical and operational accounting in asset acquisitions, business combinations, other investments, consolidation matters, multi-currency, and intercompany transactions with foreign entities. Public accounting experience.
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Chartered Accountant (CA). Experience with NetSuite (preferred) or other large ERP systems such as Oracle or SAP.
• Proficient in Excel and Experienced in data analysis, project management, cross-functional collaboration.With a collaborative approach. with the ability to customize approach for a variety of audiences.
• Affinity for tools and also processes to help deploy our ERP system and other finance and reporting tools. Your view of the big picture helps you to develop and also implement a legal entity merger concept and perform related legal entity valuations.
• Critical qualities to be successful include. Exhibit, accountability, and a commitment to ethical standards.
• Commitment to continued improvement documented by streamlining processes.

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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 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, and this year we became a billion-dollar business. Our growth is real, 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. 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.

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.