Corporate Compliance Officer

Our team is looking for a Corporate Compliance Manager to join our Global Corporate Compliance team. This role is a US position based in our Durham, NC office. You will report directly to the Corporate Compliance Director and will support team members across the Americas, Europe, and India. #LI-Hybrid

What You'll Do:Lead the North American programs, working closely with the Corporate Compliance Director and Department head in addition to other internal and external stakeholders to implement Avalara's Corporate Compliance and AML programs that align with Company processes and country-specific requirements.Manage and perform the AML functions including, but not limited to, the approval of new accounts, conducting Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Know Your Customer (KYC) and Customer Due Diligence (CDD) checks, ongoing due diligence, risk assessments, audits, enhanced due diligence and transaction monitoring.Manage relationships with regulators and government bodies, which includes supporting compliance-related regulatory enquiries, examinations, and audits.Oversee external service providers and consultants that provide some AML/KYC functions on behalf of the company.Complete and review Sanctions and PEP screening of the clients against the relevant lists.Performing regular testing on processes, policies and procedures to determine whether they are meeting the applicable regulations and work with Product and Engineering teams to implement automation and improvements.Prepare relevant reports for business leaders and assist with providing trainings across regions and business lines.

What You'll Need to be Successful:You need a Bachelor's degree (or equivalent years of experience) with 8 years of prior compliance which includes AML/KYC related experience.You need to be comfortable working autonomously and navigating ambiguity to drive US strategic initiatives while collaborating with teammates in order to support global strategic initiatives.You need to be comfortable in communicating with stakeholders via verbal and written correspondence using phone calls, emails, and video conferencing applications.You need to have proficiency in Excel and/or SQL to conduct data analysis and manipulation. Functional experience with Python would be helpful.You need to have prior experience in client relations and customer satisfaction.You need to have prior experience with process improvement and implementation.You need to have a basic understanding of SaaS offerings and software integrations.You need to be able to utilize Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Outlook, Power Point, Word).

The Global Corporate Compliance is currently composed of 5 members based out of Luxemburg and India. This team is responsible implementation and management of Corporate Compliance and AML Programs across the business.

About Avalara: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. The logic behind calculating taxes — the rules, rates, and boundaries is a global, layered, three-dimensional mess of complexity, with compliance dictated by governments and applied by every business, every day.

Avalara works with businesses of all sizes, all over the world — from corner stores to gigantic global retailers — to calculate tax accurately and automatically, at speeds measured in milliseconds. That’s a massive technical challenge, in terms of scale, reliability, and complexity, and we do it better than anyone. That’s why we’re growing fast. Headquartered in Seattle, Avalara has offices across the U.S. and around the world, in Brazil, Canada, India, U.K, Belgium and across Europe.

Equal Opportunities:Avalara is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, creed, religion, age, gender, national orientation, disability, sexual orientation, US Veteran status, or any other factor protected by law.