Senior Tax Accountant

Notion; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

Notion, based in San Francisco, is seeking a Senior Tax Accountant to own global indirect tax operations, including filings, calendars, and close support. You will work cross-functionally with Accounting, Revenue, Billing, Product, Engineering, Data, and CX to ensure accuracy and scalability.

You’ll leverage AI-enabled data tools to investigate variances, strengthen controls, and document processes for audit readiness. A strong emphasis on collaboration and SOX readiness rounds out the role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or related field or equivalent practical experience.
• At least 3 years of public accounting or industry tax experience, with a focus on indirect tax compliance and operations.
• Experience with indirect tax compliance (US sales/use tax, VAT/GST, business taxes) and other non-income taxes.
• Experience preparing reconciliations, journal entries, filings, payments, and audit-ready work papers.
• Strong communication and collaboration across Finance, Accounting, business teams, and external advisors.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of recurring US and global indirect-tax filings, calendars, data packages, notices, registrations, and close support.
• Establish a reliable reconciliation & exception workflow across billing, tax engines, filings, payments, and the general ledger.
• Use AI-enabled workflows and data tools to investigate variances and improve documentation while maintaining controls.
• Strengthen tax operations to be scalable and audit-ready through process documentation and SOX readiness.
• Partner with Accounting, Revenue, Billing, Product, Engineering, Data, and Customer Experience to support income tax compliance and reporting.

Skills

Clear written and verbal communication

Strong operational judgment

Curiosity and learning agility

AI fluency

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, or related field; or equivalent

At least 3 years of public accounting or industry tax experience

Job description

Who We Are

Notion is the collaborative AI workspace where teams and agents think together. We're building one place where your knowledge, projects, meetings, and AI tools live side by side, so work is faster, clearer, and less fragmented. Millions of individuals, small teams, and large companies run their work on Notion.

Notinos (our employees) are customer zero in bringing this future of work to life. We care about craft, building things that last, and the belief that great work is still fundamentally human. Our goal isn’t to ship the next feature. Each and every team of Notinos is working to set the standard for how humans work together in the AI era. From building a business’s system of record to making and managing AI agents to automating away the busy work, we care deeply about giving our customers more time for their life’s work.

About the Role:

Notion’s Tax team is growing, and we’re looking for a Senior Tax Accountant to support our global tax operations. In this role, you’ll run global indirect tax operations and strengthen the systems behind them. As Notion scales across products and jurisdictions, this role exists to make compliance, close, audits, and tax data more accurate, scalable, and audit-ready. You’ll own recurring sales and use tax, VAT/GST, business tax, registrations, notices, reconciliations, and related controls, while building exposure to income tax compliance and reporting. The work is hands‑on and cross‑functional: you’ll trace differences across billing, tax engines, filings, payments, and the general ledger with Accounting, Revenue, Billing, Product, Engineering, Data, and Customer Experience partners.

This role is based in San Francisco. We work from our offices on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays (our Anchor Days) because we do our best thinking and building together in person. We’re looking for someone who’s excited to work alongside the team during those days.

What You’ll Achieve:

• Take ownership of recurring U.S. and global indirect‑tax filings, calendars, data packages, notices, registrations, and close support—with accurate, review‑ready work.

• Establish a reliable reconciliation and exception workflow across billing, tax engines, filings, payments, and the general ledger, escalating issues clearly and early.

• Use AI‑enabled workflows and data tools to investigate variances, quality‑check work papers, and improve documentation while preserving human review and controls.

• Make tax operations more scalable and audit‑ready by strengthening controls, process documentation, evidence, handoffs, audit support, and SOX walkthrough readiness.

• Become a trusted partner to Accounting, Revenue, Billing, Product, Engineering, Data, and Customer Experience—and contribute to income tax compliance and reporting with guidance from experienced teammates.

Skills You’ll Need to Bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

• At least 3 years of public accounting and/or industry tax experience, with a primary focus on indirect tax compliance and operations.

• Hands‑on experience with indirect tax compliance or operations, especially U.S. sales and use tax, VAT/GST, business taxes, or other non‑income‑based taxes; this is the foundation for owning Notion’s recurring global work.

• Experience preparing accurate reconciliations, journal entries, filings, payments, and audit‑ready work papers, with the ability to connect activity across source systems and the general ledger.

• Strong operational judgment: you manage recurring deadlines, investigate exceptions, keep documentation organized, escal​e issues promptly, and drive assigned work through completion.

• Clear written and verbal communication, with a collaborative approach to working across Finance, Accounting, business teams, and external advisors.

• Curiosity and learning agility, including willingness to build income‑tax capability and demonstrated AI fluency—using AI to analyze data, investigate variances, improve documentation, perform quality checks, or automate repeatable workflows while validating outputs and protecting sensitive information.

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, the estimated base salary range for this role is $135,000 - $155,000 per year.

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A Note on AI

You don’t need deep AI expertise for every role, but we do expect every Notino to be intellectually curious, drawn to tinkering and discovery, and excited to use AI as a real collaborator in their work. For some roles, AI fluency is a core requirement — when that’s the case, we’ll say so explicitly in the qualifications. People who thrive here don’t treat AI as a novelty. They use it to think better, and make their work easier for others to build on.

Equal Opportunity & Accommodations

We hire talented people from a wide range of backgrounds. If you’re excited about this role but don’t meet every bullet, we still encourage you to apply. Notion is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of any legally protected characteristic. Consistent with applicable law, you’ll be considered for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. Notion provides reasonable accommodations during the application process; if you need one, please let your recruiter know.

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.