Strategic Finance, AI & Business Partnership

Apply; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Notion is seeking a Strategic Finance Business Partner to support our AI team and other business functions from San Francisco. You’ll partner with Engineering and Product to provide visibility into financial performance and guide investments.

You’ll own AI cost reporting, forecast accuracy, and monthly close, delivering actionable analyses for executives. This role emphasizes collaboration, business judgment, and scalability through automation.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of experience in FP&A, Strategic Finance, and/or Corporate Finance.
• Experience with financial modeling, forecasting, budgeting, financial close, and reporting (budget vs. actuals).
• Data fluency and the ability to navigate complex datasets, including identifying anomalies or data gaps.
• Intellectual curiosity, strong analytical judgment, and the ability to move from detailed data to a clear point of view on performance, risks, and opportunities.
• Comfortable partnering directly with senior leadership and building strong cross-functional relationships.
• Strong work ethic, reliability, and attention to detail — “get it done” attitude.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Embed deeply within the AI team and broader business as a trusted financial partner.
• Own weekly and monthly AI cost reporting end to end, delivering clear visibility into spend, usage, key trends, and anomalies.
• Deliver thoughtful analyses to support strategic decisions with strong judgment, speed, and attention to detail.
• Support the monthly close and reporting process with Accounting, vendor and PO tracking, budget-versus-actuals cost analyses.
• Partner with the AI team, Product, Data Science, Engineering, and other cross-functional teams to deliver accurate forecasts and budgets.
• Strengthen AI cost data and reporting infrastructure by identifying data gaps, improving recurring workflows, and using AI and automation to make reporting more durable, scalable, and timely.

Skills

FP&A experience

Financial modeling

Data fluency

Analytical judgment

Cross-functional relationships

Attention to detail

AI curiosity

Tools

NetSuite

Workday

Zip

Pigment

Adaptive

Anaplan

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:

We’re looking for a Strategic Finance Business Partner to support our AI team and other business functions. Our Strategic Finance Business Partnership team serves as a trusted advisor to the company, driving our financial planning, forecasting, and review processes, and guiding critical decisions through insightful analyses and strategic thought partnership.

This is a high-impact role on a lean team: you’ll partner deeply across Engineering and Product to strengthen executive-level visibility into financial performance, improve forecast accuracy, and evaluate strategic investments across our product.

This role is based 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:

• Embed deeply within the AI team and broader business as a trusted financial partner. Understand key cost drivers and the product roadmap to proactively surface financial implications, risks, and opportunities.

• Own weekly and monthly AI cost reporting end to end, delivering clear visibility into spend, usage, key trends, and anomalies for executives and functional leaders.

• Deliver thoughtful analyses to support strategic decisions with strong judgment, speed, and attention to detail.

• Support the monthly close and reporting process with Accounting, vendor and PO tracking, budget-versus-actuals cost analyses, and flux reviews

• Partner with the AI team, Product, Data Science, Engineering, and other cross-functional teams to deliver accurate forecasts and budgets.

• Strengthen AI cost data and reporting infrastructure by identifying data gaps, improving recurring workflows, and using AI and automation to make reporting more durable, scalable, and timely.

Skills You'll Need to Bring:

• 2-4 years of experience in FP&A, Strategic Finance, and/or Corporate Finance

• Experience with financial modeling, forecasting, budgeting, financial close, and reporting (budget vs. actuals, etc.)

• Data fluency and the ability to navigate complex datasets, including identifying anomalies or data gaps.

• Intellectual curiosity, strong analytical judgment, and the ability to move from detailed data to a clear point of view on performance, risks, and opportunities

• Comfortable partnering directly with senior leadership and building strong cross-functional relationships

• Strong work ethic, reliability, and attention to detail — “get it done” attitude

• 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.

Nice to Haves:

• Experience with a high-growth tech company, including native AI, SaaS, or consumption-based businesses

• Experience with NetSuite, Workday, Zip, and planning tools (Pigment, Adaptive, Anaplan)

• Working knowledge of SQL

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 $120,000 - $135,000 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, we will consider 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.