Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Avalara is an AI-first company providing a cloud compliance platform that helps manage tax and transaction requirements. The Senior Functional Consultant bridges e-invoicing regulatory mandates, business processes, and technical implementation teams by translating global requirements into designs and implementation guidance. The role leads consulting, solution design, customer onboarding, partner enablement, and continuous improvement across the E-Invoicing and Live Reporting ecosystem.
Responsibilities
- Partner with ELR mandate SMEs to understand evolving global e- invoicing requirements
- Translate regulatory mandates into standardized business and technical design artifacts
- Develop reusable implementation patterns, integration requirements, process flows, and solution blueprints
- Create living requirements documentation that evolves alongside regulatory changes
- Analyze customer Order-to-Cash (O2C) and Procure-to-Pay (P2P) processes and identify impacts from e-invoicing mandates
- Map business processes to ELR platform capabilities and ERP integrations
- Advise customers, partners, and our teams (e.g. product, integration, professional services, and business development teams) on best practices for e-invoicing adoption and compliance
- Support solution design workshops and discovery sessions
- Guide implementation teams (both internal and external), and integration teams through mandate-specific requirements and design decisions
- Support onboarding and deployment activities for new ELR customers and partners
- Provide consultation during project execution to ensure successful implementation outcomes
- Identify risks, gaps, and dependencies early and guide resolution across partners
- Be the primary contact between regulatory SMEs, product management, engineering, connector teams, implementation teams, and partners
- Facilitate requirement clarification and ongoing partner agreement
- Support internal and external partner enablement activities
- Contribute to training materials, implementation guides, and partner readiness programs
- Monitor mandate changes and assess impacts to existing designs and implementations
- Guide standardization across connector and partner implementations
- Identify opportunities to improve deployment efficiency, scalability, and customer experience
- Implementation of methodologies, frameworks, and reusable assets into business workstreams
Skills
- 7+ years of experience in ERP consulting, solution architecture, business analysis, product ownership, or enterprise software implementation
- Experience with Procure-to-Pay (P2P) and Order-to-Cash (O2C) business processes
- Experience with invoice lifecycle management, accounts payable, accounts receivable, procurement, and financial operations
- Experience working with ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics 365, NetSuite, Workday, Infor, or similar platforms
- Partner management and the proven ability across all teams
- Experience with global e-invoicing, indirect tax compliance, CTC frameworks, PEPPOL, or digital reporting mandates
- Product ownership or product management experience
- Experience designing integrations, APIs, or enterprise application architectures
- Familiarity with SaaS implementation methodologies and partner ecosystems
- Experience working with system integrators, ISVs, or technology partners
- Knowledge of B2B transaction processing and electronic document exchange
- You'll bring experience using AI and AI-related technologies, ready to thrive here
Benefits
- Paid time off
- Paid parental leave
- Many Avalara employees are eligible for bonuses
- Benefits vary by location but generally include private medical, life, and disability insurance
- Access to employee-run resource groups with senior leadership and executive sponsorship
- Remote work arrangement
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