Location
Pune | India
Job description
- We are 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, or streamed song, every sensor-to-sensor ping
- Nearly every time you make a purchase, physical or digital, there is an accompanying unique and nuanced tax compliance calculation
- As a member of the Avalara GoLive/Implementation team your goal is to provide world-class service to our customers
- He/she will be expected to live by our cult of the custom; philosophy and will be held accountable for increasing the overall satisfaction of our customer base through assisting in the creation and implementation of customer centric processes and workflow, performing to prescribed metrics goals and contributing to an environment of accountability, growth and positive employee morale
- As part of the Go-Live Team, youd focus on New Product Introductions, with enhanced focus on customer onboarding and strategic projects such as Instantaneous Go Live, ESB and Self-Serve.
- Delivering on these areas of focus will help us create a material impact on the business, empower our teams to more effectively enable growth and consumption, and create even more value for customers.
Our team is seeking an experienced, results driven programs to drive the adoption of changes that impact our NPI and Implementation Services team. - The role will focus on the successful introduction of new products to the implementation teams at Avalara.
- The role is highly collaborative, and you will be expected to create clarity in a complex organizational environment, generate energy through a bias towards action, and deliver results.
- A successful candidate should be comfortable working within a highly volume, high results organization, demonstrate agility, exhibit solid organizational, communication, and presentation skills, and have a strong customer focus.
Responsibilities
- Manage a portfolio of 150+ customers as they implement Avalaras tax compliance automation products
- Assist customers in planning their implementation of Avalaras tax automation suite to support their business processes and industry best practices
- Track key aspects of customer implementations, including key tasks, target dates, forecast dates, risk factors and customer interactions
- Engage internal and external business partners as part of the project management process
- Support customers success by answering application questions, tracking issues, monitoring changes and resolving or escalating problems according to company guidelines
- Provide training and end-user support during customer onboarding
- Update internal implementation tracking systems in a timely and accurate manner for cross-departmental visibility and reporting
- Follow established implementation standards and operating procedures
Qualifications
Bachelors degree ( BCA, MCA, B.Tech ) from an accredited college or university, or equivalent career experience
Demonstrated ability to thrive in a fast-paced customer service environment, managing a large portfolio of active customers through their implementation or support process; organization and the ability to balance multiple clients and varying needs is critical to this roles success
Two or more years of software implementation, preferably within the B2B sector.
Proficiency with speaking and writing English
Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Excel and PowerPoint
Efficient work habits that allow for a significant level of multi-tasking and ability to effectively prioritize to deliver impact and results.
Results-oriented with strong people and time management skills, highly organized, motivated and driven to succeed.
Attention to detail
Strong team collaborator, believing that the success of the group is as important as individual success
Strong communication skills; as a more senior role in the Go Live department, you may be called upon to make presentations either internally or externally, to train coworkers or customers on products and best practices.
Ability to quickly evaluate a customers abilities and adapt instructions and training accordingly
Passionate about customer success, both individual customers and Avalaras customers
Flexibility, welcoming growth and change
Goal-driven and self-motivated towards continual improvement in knowledge, efficiency, productivity, and customer service; Consultants are measured on a combination of the number of projects successfully completed per month and the quality of the implementation
Personify the Avalara Success Traits: Ownership, Simplicity, Curiosity, Adaptability, Urgency, Optimism, Humility
Preferred Qualifications
Understanding of Sales and Use Tax
Proficient in Salesforce, Jira, Gainsight
Demonstrated ability to install and configure one or more of the following ERPs: WooCommerce, Sage 100, Sage Intacct, Dynamics GP, D365 Sales, D365 Business Central, Salesforce Sales Cloud, NetSuite, QuickBooks, along with the ability to explain the various configuration options and demonstrate sales order/invoicing processes.
Experience with Tax Automation: lead the implementation of tax engines, returns and/or exemption certificate systems for Avalara, TaxJar, Vertex, Sovos, Sabrix or similar software
Experience as a Tax Manager, Tax Accountant or bookkeeper for a business
Knowledgeable in APIs.
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