Staff Accountant

Company: Notion
Location: San Francisco
Posted on: April 1, 2026

Job Description:

About Us: 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 proactively drive business results You have a strong attention to detail, communication, and high degree of analytical and problem-solving skills You are organized and execution focused, with an ability to work independently You have experience using NetSuite, Zip, Ramp or similar accounting software Nice to Haves: You have experience with a high-growth SaaS company You have experience using Notion We hire talented and passionate people from a variety of backgrounds because we want our global employee base to represent the wide diversity of our customers. If you’re excited about a role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every bullet point listed in the job description, we still encourage you to apply. If you’re a builder at heart, share our company values, and enthusiastic about making software toolmaking ubiquitous, we want to hear from you. Notion is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Notion considers qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law. Notion is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please let your recruiter know. Notion is committed to providing highly competitive cash compensation, equity, and benefits. The compensation offered for this role will be based on multiple factors such as location, the role’s scope and complexity, and the candidate’s experience and expertise, and may vary from the range provided below. For roles based in San Francisco or New York City, the estimated base salary range for this role is $105,000 - $120,000 per year. By clicking “Submit Application”, I understand and agree that Notion and its affiliates and subsidiaries will collect and process my information in accordance with Notion’s Global Recruiting Privacy Policy and NYLL 144 . LI-Onsite

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