Senior Manager, Business Insights & Analytics @ Avalara

What Youll Do

Avalara is looking for a strategic, results-oriented professional to join the Global Analytics (GAI) team as Manager Business Insights Analytics. You will lead a team of business intelligence analysts dedicated to driving Avalara s business growth through insightful analytics, effective modeling, and robust forecasting. Your main responsibilities will include guiding your team in delivering exceptional analytical insights that inform strategic decision-making processes. Applying an understanding of Avalara s business model, SaaS industry dynamics, statistical methodologies, and exploratory data analysis, you and your team will uncover relevant insights that enhance customer experience and lead organizational improvements. Additional responsibilities encompass growth score modelling, forecasting, preparing insightful analyses for senior leadership, and collaborating cross-functionally to support Avalara s strategic growth goals. Your focus on accuracy, efficiency, and strategic alignment will significantly enhance financial transparency, identify growth opportunities, and mitigate business risks. You will have a unique opportunity to influence Avalara s strategic direction through, proactive partner management across global teams, and direct contributions to our roadmap. Your work will have high visibility, significant impact, and long-lasting influence within Avalara.

• Conduct in-depth analytical reviews, executive presentations, and business analyses.

• Lead your team to develop impactful data visualizations, reports, and dashboards using tools such as Power BI or visualization libraries in Python/R.

• You will provide strategic expertise to promote technological innovation and enhance business insights.

• Maintain high-quality deliverables, ensuring up-to-date coding practices and comprehensive documentation.

• Collaborate with partners to define our requirements and manage end-to-end project scopes.

• Partner cross-functionally on multiple programs, providing clear, strategic, and holistic recommendations.

• Manage team performance through hiring, mentoring, assigning responsibilities, and recognizing achievements.
• You will be reporting to Senior Director Data Science Management

• Minimum of 8+ years of relevant experience analyzing complex datasets and translating insights into applicable business recommendations.

• At least 6+ years of experience managing analytics teams, with previous oversight of finance analysts considered advantageous.

• Hands-on proficiency in SQL and expertise in visualization tools such as Power BI; experience with statistical modeling.

• Strong analytical capabilities, including evaluating data integrity, interpreting complex data, and developing strategic recommendations.

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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.

• Minimum of 8+ years of relevant experience analyzing complex datasets and translating insights into applicable business recommendations.

• At least 6+ years of experience managing analytics teams, with previous oversight of finance analysts considered advantageous.

• Hands-on proficiency in SQL and expertise in visualization tools such as Power BI; experience with statistical modeling.

• Strong analytical capabilities, including evaluating data integrity, interpreting complex data, and developing strategic recommendations.

#LI-Onsite

• Conduct in-depth analytical reviews, executive presentations, and business analyses.

• Lead your team to develop impactful data visualizations, reports, and dashboards using tools such as Power BI or visualization libraries in Python/R.

• You will provide strategic expertise to promote technological innovation and enhance business insights.

• Maintain high-quality deliverables, ensuring up-to-date coding practices and comprehensive documentation.

• Collaborate with partners to define our requirements and manage end-to-end project scopes.

• Partner cross-functionally on multiple programs, providing clear, strategic, and holistic recommendations.

• Manage team performance through hiring, mentoring, assigning responsibilities, and recognizing achievements.
• You will be reporting to Senior Director Data Science Management