Staff Accountant, Notion

• 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, Navan, Ramp or similar accounting software
• You have SQL knowledge and experience working with large data sets
• If you’re a builder at heart, share our company values, and enthusiastic about making software toolmaking ubiquitous, we want to hear from you

Desirable

• 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
• 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 design and develop system reports to increase close efficiencies
• You'll develop, implement, and document new accounting policy and provide expertise in recommending enhancements to existing policies
• You'll own parts of the month-end close including month-end journal entries, reconciliations and supporting schedules (cash, accounts payables, invoice processing, fixed assets, allocations, expenses)
• 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