Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Avalara is a cloud compliance technology company, and it is seeking a Commission Accounting Lead to manage detailed accounting for sales and partner commissions under ASC 606. The role reviews commission agreements, prepares reconciliations and reporting support, designs SOX-compliant controls, and automates accounting processes using workflow and AI tools.
Responsibilities
- Perform detailed, accurate accounting for commission accruals, expense, capitalization, and amortization under ASC 606, maintaining schedules across products and contract types
- Review and evaluate complex sales and partner agreements to determine proper accounting treatment and identify the correct cost classification consistent with GAAP
- Identify manual or error-prone processes, develop and implement automated workflows and AI-enabled tools to support agreement review, anomaly detection, reconciliation, and data quality monitoring
- Prepare and review account reconciliations for commission-related balance sheet and P&L accounts, investigating variances, unusual trends, and outliers
- Support the design, execution, and documentation of SOX-compliant controls over commission accounting
- Prepare journal entries, supporting schedules, and documentation to support quarterly audits, technical memos, and financial reporting requirements
- Partner with Legal, Financial Operations, Revenue Operations, Partner Operations, Global Analytics, and IT to understand deal structures and implement system improvements
- Be a detail-level technical resource on commission accounting questions and help evaluate new or amended commission plans before launch
Skills
- 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, with meaningful exposure to commission accounting and/or ASC 606 cost capitalization
- Working knowledge of ASC 606, including incremental costs of obtaining a contract, and experience identifying and classifying costs following GAAP
- Experience in a SaaS or subscription-based business, with comfort working through complex, non-standard agreements
- Hands-on experience designing and building automation—not just using existing pre-built tools—with experience redesigning inefficient processes to measurably improve accuracy and cycle time
- An AI bar-raising mindset with demonstrated proficiency using AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot) to support accounting analysis, agreement review, or process automation, with specific examples of impact
- Proficiency with ERP systems (e.g., NetSuite, SAP, Oracle, Workday) and advanced Excel skills
- You have experience explaining technical accounting conclusions to non-accounting partners
Benefits
- This is a remote position in the United States.
- Paid time off
- Paid parental leave
- Annual bonus based on individual and company performance, depending on the terms of the applicable plan and the employee’s role
- Private medical insurance
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- 8 employee-run resource groups, each with senior leadership and exec sponsorship
Company Overview
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