Finance Business Partner, Workflow Automation

Notion Notion · Enterprise · San Francisco, CA · Finance

This Finance Business Partner role at Notion focuses on driving workflow transformation and supporting Foundation teams. The role involves building scalable planning/reporting workflows with AI-enabled automation, delivering financial insights, and driving strategic analysis. The ideal candidate will have experience in FP&A and a builder mindset, improving forecasting and spend management through systems, data, and processes with AI experimentation.

What you'd actually do

  1. Streamline planning and close workflows, improve forecast accuracy, and reduce manual reporting effort by reimagining recurring FP&A workflows with AI.
  2. Partner with Foundation leadership, including the CFO, Chief People Officer, and General Counsel, to drive critical business decisions that impact all Notinos.
  3. Build and own financial models, including real estate capacity and headcount unit economics modeling.
  4. Partner with Corporate Finance, Accounting, and cross-functional teams to deliver monthly and quarterly reporting and forecasting.
  5. Execute ad hoc analyses and time-sensitive requests with strong judgment, speed, and attention to detail; bringing a strong sense of agency, pace setting, and a bias for action to drive clarity and impact.

Skills

Required

  • 3-6 years of experience in FP&A/Strategic Finance, accounting, investment banking, private equity, or a combination
  • Familiarity with AI tools such as Claude Code, Gemini, or Codex.
  • Experience with financial modeling, forecasting, budget vs. actuals, annual planning and long-range planning
  • Comfortable partnering directly with senior leadership and building cross-functional relationships
  • Positive attitude and a high aptitude for learning new things quickly
  • Intellectual curiosity, strong problem-solving skills
  • Strong work ethic, reliability, and attention to detail

Nice to have

  • Experience with a high-growth SaaS company
  • Experience partnering with G&A functions such as Finance, People, Workplace, Legal, IT, and Business Technology
  • Experience with real estate capacity planning, lease analysis, CapEx, benefits, and/or headcount costs
  • Experience with NetSuite, Workday, Zip, and planning tools (Pigment, Adaptive, Anaplan)
  • Working knowledge of SQL, Python, Apps Script, and/or other automation tools & languages

What the JD emphasized

  • AI experimentation at the forefront
  • reimagining recurring FP&A workflows with AI
  • Use AI tools and drive automation