Remote Accounting Transformation Lead (AI & Automation)

Avalara, Inc.; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

Paid parental leave

Annual bonus

Job summary

Avalara, Inc. is seeking a technically minded Corporate Accounting specialist to own global consolidation, equity accounting, and SOX controls while pushing finance transformation through automation and AI-enabled workflows.

This remote US-based role reports to the Corporate Accounting and Reporting Manager. Responsibilities include consolidations, equity accounting, analytics, and building scalable processes with FloQast integrations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, with a background in public accounting.
• Multinational consolidation experience, with expertise in FX accounting, CTA, and equity/stock compensation accounting.
• Experience overseeing SOX controls and independently validating financial results.
• Expertise driving automation and process transformation initiatives, including applying AI tools, workflow automation platforms, or agent-based technologies within finance.
• Experience with financial data architecture, reporting processes, and control design.
• Experience with leading ERP platforms (e.g., NetSuite, Oracle, Workday) and close management software like FloQast.
• An owner's mindset with a reputation for operational excellence and a desire to act as an architect and transformation leader, rather than merely a preparer of accounting entries.

Responsibilities

• Support global consolidation activities across multiple legal entities, taking ownership of foreign currency accounting, FX remeasurement, translation, and CTA analysis
• Prepare and manage equity accounting by legal entity, overseeing Equity Edge, preferred stock, mezzanine equity, dividend accounting, and derivative instruments
• Perform detailed month-over-month, quarter-over-quarter, and year-over-year analytics across all major financial statement captions to identify issues and lead root-cause analysis
• Oversee important SOX controls, oversee reconciliation governance, and support CAO and executive financial certification processes to guarantee an audit-ready environment
• Support legal entity setup, restructuring, and chart of accounts maintenance, while managing departmental and organizational structure changes affecting reporting
• Automate allocation methodologies, review cost categorization, and oversee statistical account reporting and journal entries
• Lead the modernization of accounting processes by building and deploying AI-enabled workflows and agent-based solutions to reduce manual effort and accelerate the close process
• Be the power user and administrator for FloQast and partner with ERP and data teams to improve accounting data quality, reporting architecture, and financial systems integrations

Skills

Public accounting background

Multinational consolidation

SOX controls

Automation & AI in finance

ERP platforms (NetSuite/Oracle/Workday

FloQast proficiency

Tools

FloQast

NetSuite

Oracle ERP

Workday

Job description

Avalara, Inc. is seeking a technically minded Corporate Accounting specialist to own global consolidation, equity accounting, and SOX controls while pushing finance transformation through automation and AI-enabled workflows.

This remote US-based role reports to the Corporate Accounting and Reporting Manager. Responsibilities include consolidations, equity accounting, analytics, and building scalable processes with FloQast integrations.