Manager, FP&A

Avalara • Durham, NC

4d • Remote

About The Position

As our Manager, Financial Planning & Analysis, you will lead economic modeling and capacity discipline for the Operations and R&D delivery engine. You will translate Sales demand, pricing inputs, and roadmap sequencing into clear operational capacity and cost projections - ensuring that you ground delivery plans economically and align them to gross margin targets.
You will lead the Operations side economic drivers that directly influence margin outcomes. You will partner with Sales, Product, and central FP&A to ensure operational realities are reflected in financial forecasts. This is not a reporting role but an operating partner role focused on delivery capacity thoughtfulness, cost-to-serve transparency, and operational margin visibility. You will report to the Director, Financial Planning & Analysis. This is a remote position in the United States.
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Requirements

• Experience with AI and automation tools to improve modeling efficiency, data workflows, and decision velocity.
• 6+ years in FP&A, finance, or analytics with demonstrated ownership of operational drivers (not just reporting).
• Experience building driver-based models that influence decisions.
• Experience running disciplined forecasting and operating cadences.
• Executive-ready narrative skills - can translate complexity into decision asks.
• Experience with stakeholder management; comfortable challenging assumptions.
• Advanced experience with Excel and comfortable navigating large, messy datasets.

Responsibilities

• You will create the end-to-end cost-of-revenue and capacity models
• You will translate Sales demand and roadmap changes into multi-period capacity and margin forecasts.
• You will identify capacity constraints, use risk, and cost inflection points.
• Produce structured cost-to-serve analysis to inform pricing and roadmap tradeoffs.
• Provide governance rhythm linking headcount plans, vendor spend, and delivery capacity to margin targets.

Benefits

• In addition to a great compensation package, paid time off, and paid parental leave, many Avalara employees are eligible for bonuses.
• Benefits vary by location but generally include private medical, life, and disability insurance.
• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees