Job Overview
Location
San Francisco, California
Job Type
Full-time
Category
Accounting
Date Posted
February 28, 2026
Full Job Description
📋 Description
- • **Lead and Elevate Global Accounting Operations at Notion:** Notion Labs, Inc. is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Accounting Manager to spearhead and fortify our global accounting function. This pivotal leadership role emerges at a truly exhilarating juncture in Notion's trajectory, offering a unique opportunity to significantly influence and shape our worldwide accounting operations. You will be instrumental in strengthening our financial infrastructure, guiding a talented team through a period of substantial growth and scale, and impacting core accounting processes. This position demands a hands-on accounting leader who possesses a robust blend of deep technical expertise, unwavering operational discipline, exceptional team leadership capabilities, and a visionary, forward-looking perspective. If you are passionate about building and optimizing financial systems in a dynamic, high-growth environment, this role is for you.
- • **Drive Month-End Close Excellence:** Take ownership of critical components of the global month-end close process. Ensure unparalleled accuracy, integrity, and timeliness of financial reporting across multiple legal entities and diverse currencies. This involves meticulous review of journal entries, account reconciliations, and financial statements, identifying and resolving discrepancies proactively, and collaborating closely with regional accounting teams to ensure consistent application of accounting policies.
- • **Enhance Consolidation, Allocation, and Intercompany Processes:** Lead the charge in refining and optimizing our global consolidation, expense allocation, and intercompany accounting processes. Drive efficiency and implement automation solutions to streamline these complex areas, reducing manual effort and enhancing data accuracy. This includes developing and maintaining robust documentation for these processes, ensuring compliance with US GAAP, and facilitating seamless intercompany reconciliations and eliminations.
- • **Mentor and Develop a High-Performing Accounting Team:** Manage, mentor, and inspire an experienced team of accounting professionals. Foster a strong culture of accountability, continuous collaboration, and professional development. Empower your team members, provide constructive feedback, facilitate their growth, and ensure they have the resources and support needed to excel. This involves setting clear performance expectations, conducting regular performance reviews, and identifying opportunities for skill enhancement and career progression.
- • **Foster Cross-Functional Partnerships:** Collaborate closely with key stakeholders across Finance, including Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A), Tax, Treasury, Payroll, and Accounts Payable (AP). Work in tandem with Operations leaders and other departments to ensure the smooth and efficient execution of the monthly close process and the delivery of accurate financial reporting. Build strong working relationships based on trust and mutual understanding, acting as a key point of contact for accounting-related inquiries and support.
- • **Support Business Reporting and Strategic Analysis:** Contribute significantly to business reporting needs, encompassing both recurring management reports and ad hoc analytical requests. Provide insightful financial data and analysis to support strategic decision-making, business reviews, and investor relations activities. This may involve developing new reporting metrics, enhancing existing reports, and performing deep-dive analyses into financial performance drivers.
- • **Champion Process Optimization and Automation:** Proactively identify opportunities to streamline existing accounting workflows, automate repetitive manual processes, and optimize the utilization of our financial systems. Drive initiatives that enhance efficiency, reduce operational risks, and improve the overall quality and speed of accounting operations. Embrace new technologies and methodologies to achieve best-in-class financial operations.
- • **Build Robust Internal Controls and Public-Company Readiness:** Play a key role in designing, implementing, and maintaining robust internal controls and reporting structures. Ensure these frameworks align with best-in-class public-company practices and prepare the company for future public offerings or enhanced regulatory scrutiny. This includes developing and testing SOX-compliant controls and ensuring adherence to corporate governance standards.
- • **Embrace AI for Smarter Work:** While deep AI expertise is not a prerequisite, a strong curiosity and willingness to adopt and leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, efficiency, and the quality of your work is highly valued. Be open to exploring how AI can automate tasks, provide deeper insights, and ultimately help you deliver superior results in a fast-paced environment.
- • **Contribute to a Culture of Innovation:** Notion is a company built by builders, and we value individuals who are proactive, innovative, and passionate about creating exceptional tools. As Senior Accounting Manager, you will contribute to a culture that encourages creative problem-solving and continuous improvement in all aspects of our financial operations.
- • **Embrace In-Office Collaboration:** Notion values in-person collaboration. You will be expected to work from our San Francisco office on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays, our designated Anchor Days, to foster teamwork and synergy. Certain teams or positions may require additional in-office workdays, ensuring strong team cohesion and effective communication.
🎯 Requirements
- • 8+ years of progressive accounting experience, with a strong preference for experience in a high-growth or multinational SaaS company.
- • A combination of Big 4 public accounting experience and corporate accounting experience is highly preferred.
- • Deep technical expertise in US GAAP, including complex areas such as expense allocations, global consolidations, and intercompany accounting.
- • Familiarity with multi-currency accounting environments and global entity reporting requirements.
- • Proven experience in implementing and managing robust internal controls, ideally in preparation for public company readiness or SOX framework implementation.
- • Demonstrated people management excellence, with a track record of successfully building, developing, and leading high-performing accounting teams.
- • Strong systems aptitude, with experience using ERP systems like NetSuite, and familiarity with other financial tools (e.g., Zip, Hex) is advantageous.
- • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively partner cross-functionally and present to senior leadership.
- • A proactive and enthusiastic approach to process optimization, workflow automation, and leveraging technology (including AI) to drive efficiency in a fast-paced environment.
- • CPA certification is strongly preferred.
🏖️ Benefits
- • Highly competitive cash compensation, including a base salary range of $200,000 - $230,000 per year for this role in San Francisco.
- • Significant equity opportunities, reflecting your contribution to Notion's growth.
- • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance plans.
- • Generous paid time off (PTO) and company holidays.
- • Opportunities for professional development and continuous learning.
- • A dynamic and collaborative work environment at a leading SaaS company.
- • The chance to shape and scale a critical function during a period of rapid growth.
Skills & Technologies
Senior
Onsite
$200k-230k
About Notion Labs, Inc.
Notion Labs, Inc. develops a unified workspace platform that combines documents, databases, kanban boards, calendars, and wikis. Headquartered in San Francisco, the company offers collaborative tools for teams and individuals to plan, write, organize, and share knowledge. The software integrates with third-party services and supports real-time editing, templates, and permissions management. Founded in 2013, it serves global users across education, technology, and enterprise sectors, aiming to replace fragmented productivity apps with a single, modular environment.
