Notion The Tax Lead at Notion manages global tax compliance, reporting, and strategy to support business expansion and IPO readiness. This role involves advising leadership on tax risks, driving operational efficiency, and mentoring the tax team.
Responsibilities
We are seeking a Tax Lead to join our global Tax and Treasury team. In this pivotal role, you’ll help Notion navigate a complex global tax environment, create tangible value, strengthen our tax operations, and work collaboratively to develop tax-efficient strategies that enable business expansion and innovation. Your work will be pivotal to building a world-class tax function and making a lasting impact on Notion’s success and growth.
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:
Serve as a technical subject matter expert, proactively identifying risks and advising leadership on tax implications of special projects.
Direct all U.S. federal, state, local, GAAP, and SEC tax reporting requirements; prepare and review quarterly and year-end tax provisions, journal entries, and reconciliations.
Drive operational efficiency by building out a modern tax roadmap to automate processes, streamline close procedures, and enhance SOX internal controls.
Support IPO-readiness tax work streams, including SEC reporting requirements, audit coordination, and effective tax rate modeling.
Oversee and manage key global tax compliance requirements, ensuring timely and accurate filings, withholding tax obligations, transfer pricing documentation, and multi-jurisdictional reporting.
Develop and execute audit defense strategies supported by robust technical documentation.
Advise leadership on controversy risk, audit developments, and resolution strategies, including financial statement implications (e.g., FIN 48).
Partner closely with Legal, FP&A, Accounting, and Treasury to assist in implementing tax-efficient global structures while ensuring compliance.
Build tax forecasts and reporting cadences that support leadership decision-making.
