Business Analyst

What You'll Do

Avalara is seeking a business-savvy and action-oriented business and financial analyst to join Avalara Global Analytics and Insights team and report directly to the Chief of Staff to the President. In this role, you will be responsible for investigating anomalies and providing analytical insights and recommendations to enable development and application of Avalara best practices. You will be responsible to provide exceptional analytical insights to inform GTM strategy, develop scalable models, drive new acquisitions, product and channel decisions. By combining a deep understanding of business concepts with knowledge of statistics and exploratory data analysis, you will uncover actionable insights and catalyze change for Avalara’s customers, GTM teams, and Leadership.

This rare opportunity involves creative freedom in generating insights, stakeholder management across multiple global teams and direct influence on our roadmap. This highly visible role will make a significant contribution to the growth of our business.

What Your Responsibilities Will Be

As a member of the analytics team, you will:

• Collect, analyze, and interpret data from various sources to identify trends, patterns, and insights relevant to business objectives
• Perform ad-hoc analysis to support decision-making, solve business problems, and drive operational efficiencies
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand their data needs and translate requirements into analytical solutions
• Conduct data validation and quality assurance to ensure accuracy, completeness, and reliability of reports and analysis
• Work cross-functionally with Marketing, Strategy, Customer Success teams for various Sales and Marketing programs and initiatives; make clear, coherent and holistic recommendations based on test results
• Provide analytical deep-dives, monitor and optimize performance across multiple business units
• Design and execute testing strategies for improving individual performance across channels
• Integrate data from all 3rd party sources and develop Machine Learning algorithms to build propensity and value models for different products and geographies
  
  

What You’ll Need To Be Successful

Requirements

• Deep curiosity and collaborative work style
• 4+ years of relevant work experience in analyzing large, multi-dimensional data sets and synthesizing data insights into actionable recommendations
• Experience in banking and financial modeling
• Data driven mindset with degree in a quantitative discipline such as Computer Science, Statistics, Engineering, or Mathematics
• Fluent in Python, SQL and Excel; experience with visualization tools such as PoweBI and building statistical models preferred
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills to influence cross-functional teams
• Above all comfort with data – ability to manipulate it, question its validity, interpret it, and develop recommendations based on it
  
  

How We’ll Take Care Of You

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.

What You Need To Know About Avalara

We’re defining the relationship between tax and tech.

We’ve already built an industry-leading cloud compliance platform, processing over 54 billion customer API calls and over 6.6 million tax returns a year. Our growth is real - we're a billion dollar business - 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. 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.