Corporate Finance Manager

Job Description

Corporate Finance, Special Projects | Notion

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Notion, located in San Francisco, CA. Notion is building a collaborative AI workspace where knowledge, projects, meetings, and AI tools coexist, aiming to make work faster, clearer, and less fragmented for millions of users. This role is crucial because the Corporate Finance team serves as a trusted advisor, informing and guiding critical C-level decisions through insightful analyses and thought partnership. The person in this role will have an immediate and significant impact on the company’s financial understanding and strategic direction.

The TL;DR
• Role: Mid-Senior
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person, San Francisco, CA
• Pay: $190000–$220000 yearly
• Team: Corporate Finance team, advising C-level leadership.
• Mission: This person will enhance C-level understanding of financial metrics, improve forecasting accuracy, and lead high-profile strategic projects to inform critical business decisions.
• Tech Stack: Netsuite, Workday, Zip, planning tools

What You’ll Actually Do
• Financial Reporting: Partner with Finance, Accounting, and cross-functional teams to generate and report 3-statement forecasts, driving monthly and quarterly management reporting including Budget vs Actuals analyses, dashboards, and Board materials.
• AI Modeling Innovation: Pioneer AI-augmented financial modeling by applying emerging AI tools, developing reusable Finance skills and automation workflows, and evolving static spreadsheet models into modular, AI-enabled systems.
• Process Management: Develop consistent processes for collecting capital expenditures, tax, and other key inputs, leading to more data-driven modeling and tighter cross-functional collaboration, especially in uncharted, high-impact areas.
• Capital Strategy Oversight: Oversee equity burn rate and shareholder pool tracking to ensure alignment with the company’s long-term capital strategy.
• Forecasting Evolution: Collaborate with Consolidations and Business teams to develop the long-range plan and evolve the forecasting process to significantly improve forecast accuracy.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Mid-Senior professional with a strong foundation in corporate finance, investment banking, or private equity.
• Experience: 6+ years of experience in investment banking, private equity, and/or corporate finance, with a proven track record of building 3-statement operating models.
• Skills: Excellent financial modeling abilities, a strong analytical mindset, demonstrated intellectual curiosity, and effective problem-solving skills with an eagerness to improve current processes.
• Bonus: Prior experience managing Free Cash Flow using both direct and indirect methods, experience within a high-growth SaaS company, and familiarity with Netsuite, Workday, Zip, and planning tools.