Tax Rates and Boundary Manager - GIS

As our Rates and Boundary Manager you will be someone to head a team responsible for conducting end-to-end research on tax rates, boundaries, and compliance filing data. Your work will help Avalara's customers to navigate the complex landscape of global tax calculation and reporting.

• Lead and inspire a team of experienced indirect tax researchers focused on rates, boundaries, and compliance filing data
• Oversee the research and interpretation of rates, filing requirements, and boundary shapefiles
• Collaborate with product, tax research, and engineering teams to deliver accurate, applicable insights
• Manage projects to grow research operations following Avalara's growth
• Help shape the future of tax compliance automation through research and technology integration

• Manipulate and process boundary shape files and complex tax rate data
• Manage teams, including resource allocation, workload balancing, and giving/receiving constructive feedback
• A natural curiosity about technology and an interest in innovation and learning about new areas of transaction taxes
• A bachelor's degree in Geographic Information Systems or equivalent, in finance, economics, business administration, or accounting with 6+ years of experience processing and manipulating boundary shapefiles. A master's in Geographic Info Systems may be substituted for 3 years of experience.
• Excellent research skills, including a logical, creative, and detailed approach to drilling down to specific data to surface information that is important to the accuracy of the published content.
• You will have 2+ years of tax technology experience, specifically with boundary data