Head of Internal Audit

Notion helps you build beautiful tools for your life’s work. In today's world of endless apps and tabs Notion provides one place for teams to get everything done seamlessly connecting docs notes projects calendar and email—with AI built in to find answers and automate work. Millions of users from individuals to large organizations like Toyota Figma and OpenAI love Notion for its flexibility and choose it because it helps them save time and money.

In-person collaboration is essential to Notion's culture. We require all team members to work from our offices on Mondays Tuesdays and Thursdays our designated Anchor Days. Certain teams or positions may require additional in-office workdays.

We're looking for a Head of Internal Audit to establish and lead our Internal Audit function as we scale toward becoming a public company. This is a critical leadership role that will build the foundation for our audit program implement SOX compliance and ensure our internal controls are robust and effective. You'll work closely with our Finance Legal IT Security and Engineering teams to protect Notion's integrity and support our mission.

• Build and lead Internal Audit: Establish Notion's Internal Audit function from the ground up including developing audit methodology risk assessment frameworks and reporting processes.

• Build and manage the Internal Audit team: Hire mentor and lead the Internal Audit team fostering a culture of continuous improvement and high ethical standards.

• Implement SOX compliance: Design and execute our SOX 404 readiness program including scoping documentation testing and remediation of internal controls over financial reporting.

• Drive risk-based auditing: Conduct comprehensive audits across finance operations security and technology to identify risks and recommend improvements.

• Partner with leadership: Work closely with senior management including the CFO CAO General Counsel and other executives (and the Audit Committee) to provide independent assurance and strategic guidance on risk management and internal controls.

• Partner with Legal and Security teams to assess regulatory and policy compliance and provide independent assurance over the effectiveness of risk management governance and internal control processes.

• Prepare for public company readiness: Build scalable processes and controls that will support Notion through IPO and beyond.

• Foster a culture of compliance: Educate teams across Notion on internal controls risk management and audit best practices.

• 15+ years of experience in internal audit risk management or a related field with a strong mix of public accounting and industry experience.

• Pre-IPO SOX implementation expertise: You've successfully built an Internal Audit function and led SOX 404 implementation at a high-growth pre-IPO technology company.

• Public company experience: You've managed Internal Audit operations at a public company and understand the ongoing compliance requirements.

• Strong technical background: Deep understanding of COSO framework PCAOB standards and IT general controls (ITGCs).

• CPA CIA or equivalent certification strongly preferred.

• SaaS/technology expertise: Experience auditing technology companies with complex revenue models subscription businesses and cloud infrastructure.

• Excellent communicator: You can translate complex audit findings into clear actionable recommendations for both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Builder mindset: You're energized by the opportunity to build something from scratch and create lasting impact.

• Collaborative leader: You work effectively across functions and build strong relationships with stakeholders at all levels.

• 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.

• Experience with Big 4 public accounting firms

• Knowledge of SOC 2 ISO 27001 or other security and compliance frameworks

• Experience with audit management tools and data analytics platforms

• International audit experience particularly in EMEA or APAC regions

We hire talented and passionate people from a variety of backgrounds because we want our global employee base to represent the wide diversity of our customers. If you’re excited about a role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every bullet point listed in the job description we still encourage you to apply. If you’re a builder at heart share our company values and enthusiastic about making software toolmaking ubiquitous we want to hear from you.

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.

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 $300000 - $350000 per year.

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Notion blends your everyday work tools into one. Product roadmap? Company wiki? Meeting notes? With Notion they're all in one place and totally customizable to meet the needs of any workflow. It's the all-in-one workspace for you your team and your whole company. Mission: We humans are toolmakers by nature but most of us can't build or modify the software we use every day — arguably our most powerful tool. Here at Notion we're on a mission to make it possible for everyone to shape the tools that shape their lives.

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Here at Notion our work shapes our culture and our culture inspires our work. We seek to hire creative toolmakers that want to be the best in their craft. If every employee is able to focus on being the best toolmaker in their craft we'll be able to achieve our mission of enabling the world to better solve its problems.

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