Notion helps you build beautiful tools for your life’s work. In today's world of endless apps and tabs, Notion provides one place for teams to get everything done, seamlessly connecting docs, notes, projects, calendar, and email—with AI built in to find answers and automate work. Millions of users, from individuals to large organizations like Toyota, Figma, and OpenAI, love Notion for its flexibility and choose it because it helps them save time and money.
In-person collaboration is essential to Notion's culture. We require all team members to work from our offices on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, our designated Anchor Days. Certain teams or positions may require additional in-office workdays.
ABOUT THE ROLE:
We are seeking a highly motivated Staff Accountant to join our growing accounting team. Our team builds scalable processes to support Notion's financial reporting and compliance needs. You will be a critical member of the team, helping build and operate a world class month-end close process. You will manage the general ledger, account reconciliations, and provide audit and financial reporting support, focusing on efficiency and quality.
WHAT YOU'LL ACHIEVE:
- You'll design and implement scalable corporate accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls to ensure compliance with US GAAP and other laws/regulations
- You'll own parts of the month-end close including month-end journal entries, reconciliations and supporting schedules (cash, accounts payable, fixed assets, allocations, expenses)
- You'll develop, implement, and document new accounting policy and provide expertise in recommending enhancements to existing policies
- You'll contribute in the financial audit process in preparation and providing of various audit requests and inquiries
- You'll complete monthly variance analysis through understanding the financial data within the greater context of the business
- You'll work closely with various stakeholders within Finance and across the company to identify problems, process gaps and propose reasonable and creative solutions to improve processes including opportunities for automating manual processes or activities within a process
- You'll work closely with the Accounting Manager in general corporate accounting matters and ad hoc projects or requests
SKILLS YOU'LL NEED TO BRING:
- You don’t need to be an AI expert, but you’re curious and willing to adopt AI tools to work smarter and deliver better results.
- You have a degree in Accounting (CPA a plus, not required)
- You have 2+ years of working with tech companies in public or private accounting
- You have a strong knowledge of US GAAP; conceptual and practical experience in researching, understanding and communicating technical accounting issues and recommendations
- You have proven experience with developing scalable, efficient and controlled processes
- You are a self-starter who can thrive in a fast-paced environment and proa