Payroll service provider Paychex has acquired HR Outsourcing Holdings. Rochester, N.Y.-based Paychex says HR Outsourcing, based in Charlotte, N.C., has about 140 employees who will be offered the opportunity to join Paychex. Terms were not disclosed.

Intuit has named Michelle Clatterbuck to take over the role of CFO on February 1. A long-term Intuit employee, Clatterbuck will replace Neil Williams, who is retiring at the end of January. Williams has served in that position since January 2008 when he joined the software company.

Avalara has hired Greg Stivers as the sales tax company's first SVP of sales. Stivers comes to Avalara from Concur, where he worked as SVP of client development from July 2014 until joining Avalara job this month. The position is a new one for the software company.