The Vice President of Finance Operations will lead the financial processes and systems for two critical business cycles, quote-to-cash and procure-to-pay. You will also help manage Avalara's insurance programs, administering its 401(k) plan, integrating newly acquired companies, and several other responsibilities. You will be an important contributor in helping achieve Avalara's most important goals, focusing on helping Avalara refine daily operations. You will work in a collaborative and cross-functional manner with several executive partners in the business to ensure that goals are being accomplished in a thoughtful manner. This job is remote-friendly.

• Lead mission-critical programs that allow Avalara to automate and refine its operations.
• Oversee and direct the selection and deployment of financial systems on a global basis. Partner cross-functionally to ensure efficient processes and system designs.
• Support Avalara management by providing sound financial and strategic advice to help with the management of the business. · Demonstrate leadership in all interactions with employees, colleagues, and internal and external customers.
• Ensure that Avalara is using systems capabilities worldwide to improve and automate manual processes, thereby improving speed and accuracy of execution.
• Help integrate M&A targets to ensure that systems, processes, and capabilities are harmonious across all products, geographies, and departments within the company.
• Partner with Sales, Marketing, Operations, and Product to ensure transparent, real-time reporting of performance and measurement with regards to organizational and our goals.
• Partner with Sales on improving order visibility, Marketing on funnel management, and product on accelerating new product introduction and integration of acquired platforms.
• Ensure the selection, development, and retention of a qualified global finance operations management staff, to manage all responsibilities and provide continuity of managerial and specialized skills.

• You have 15+ years of experience in a lead financial operations role within a well-run technology organization (prefer experience annual revenues $200 million or greater) and bring experience scaling a rapidly growing finance operations team. The successful VP of Finance and Operations will have worked in growth-oriented environments, growing a company from $500 million to over $1 billion in revenue.
• Demonstrated ability helping scale global operations within a public company.
• Experience with order management, billing, collection, and cash application procedures – in a high-volume environment. Experience implementing quality assurance measures, internal controls, and process improvements in a financial operations environment.
• A history of understanding of the revenue cycle for a SaaS or software company.
• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or other relevant field required. MBA or CPA preferred.

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.

Learn more about our benefits by region here: Avalara North America

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.