What You'll Do

We're building cloud-based tax compliance solutions to handle every transaction in the world. Imagine every transaction you make - every tank of gas, cup of coffee, or pair of sneakers, every movie ticket, meal kit, or streamed song, every sensor-to-sensor ping. Nearly every time you make a purchase, physical or digital, there's an accompanying unique and nuanced tax compliance calculation.

Job Duties

POSITION: Senior Security Compliance Specialist

WORK LOCATION: Durham, NC ( Telecommuting permitted from anywhere within the U.S.)

JOB DUTIES: Identify, assess, and mitigate IT risks. Develop and maintain standardized best practices, policies, and systems for Internal Audit/Security Compliance. Assist in developing risk-based IT audit plan. Develop project objects, scope, and audit programs. Perform audit assessments evaluating the design and effectiveness of general IT controls, service auditor reports, automated business controls, and application controls as part of audit program and other audit engagements. Prepare and present reports on audit results and findings. Work with system owners to ensure corrective action plans are in place to remediate gaps or deficiencies. Perform follow up audits to ensure, report, and track remediation efforts. Develop and deliver training over general IT controls, application controls, and other areas. Coordinate with external auditors and internal affected teams on annual audit plan. Assist with internal investigations regarding financial reporting matters. Provide audit perspective to assigned special projects, including business/asset acquisitions, system implementations, and process improvements. Telecommuting permitted from anywhere within the U.S.

What You'll Need to be Successful

• Bachelor's or foreign equivalent degree in Computer Science, Engineering or Information Technology or related field
• 4 years of experience as an IT Auditor or similar role, including 3 years of experience in the following:

• Identification, assessment, and mitigation of IT risks;
• IT audit standards such as ITIL or CoBIT;
• Microservices;
• Auditing Databases;
• Implementation and testing of SOX audits;
• Analyzing and reviewing SOC reports; and,
• Public company accounting

All experience may be gained concurrently.

Base pay may be based on various factors, such as geographic location, candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations. This role is eligible for an annual bonus based on individual and company performance depending on the terms of the applicable plan and the employee's role.

Company benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage, life, AD&D, and disability insurance, a 401(k) retirement plan, 17 days of PTO annually, 12 paid holidays, paid parental leave, an employee assistance program, and subsidized transportation options for commuters.

All benefits are subject to eligibility requirements and Avalara reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice, unless otherwise required by law.

TO APPLY: See https://careers.avalara.com/north-america and search under ID 2023- 11087.

About Avalara

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.

Last year, we became a billion-dollar business , and our tribe expanded by a cool thousand people - there's nearly 5,000 of us now. Our growth is real, and we're not slowing down - not 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.

EEO Statement

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.