# Tax Lead

**Company**: Notion
**Location**: San Francisco, California
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $210,000 - $240,000 per year
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

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.

Responsibilities:

- 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.

- 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.

- Mentor a high-performing tax team through day-to-day guidance and coaching, fostering a culture of continuous learning, professional growth, and accountability.

Requirements:

- BA/BS in Accounting, Finance, or a related field; CPA and/or Master of Taxation is preferred.

- 8+ years of progressive tax experience across public accounting and/or in-house at a multinational, high-growth company.

- Hands-on experience with preparing quarterly and annual tax provisions.

- Experience reviewing tax due diligence materials or supporting M&A transactions from a tax perspective.

- Extensive experience in financial reporting, internal controls, tax compliance, and audits.

- Experience partnering effectively across Accounting, Finance, Legal, Treasury, and business stakeholders to solve complex tax and operational problems.

- Proven ability to operate independently, manage ambiguity, review complex technical work, and deliver high-quality outcomes in fast-paced environments.

- Public company experience, including exposure to SEC reporting, SOX controls, and 10-Q/10-K tax disclosures.

## Skills

### Required
- Accounting
- Finance
- Tax
- SEC reporting
- SOX controls
- Financial reporting
- Internal controls
- Tax compliance
- Audits

### Nice to have
- CPA
- Master of Taxation
- Public company experience

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