Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. Backed by Accel, Bessemer and General Catalyst.
About the role
As a Senior Manager, Compute Accounting at Anthropic, you will own the end-to-end accounting for our compute and cloud infrastructure spend, ensuring accurate financial reporting and robust controls as we scale. You'll be responsible for the complete lifecycle of compute cost accounting—from contract review and technical accounting assessment, through accruals, prepaids, accounts payable reconciliation, expense classification, and commitment tracking. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- CPA (or equivalent) with a deep understanding of GAAP and strong technical accounting skills
- Significant experience accounting for cloud service or compute infrastructure expenses, including review of associated contracts
- Working knowledge of ASC 842 as applied to compute, infrastructure, or data center arrangements (embedded leases, lease vs. service classification)
- Experience with cloud service provider cost structures and the unique challenges of accounting for consumption-based services
- Ability to translate complex contractual terms into proper accounting treatment, and to communicate the financial statement impact of decisions to non-finance stakeholders in clear, simple terms
- Proven experience building accounting processes, controls, and policy in high-growth environments
More about this role
Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.
As a Senior Manager, Compute Accounting at Anthropic, you will own the end-to-end accounting for our compute and cloud infrastructure spend, ensuring accurate financial reporting and robust controls as we scale. You'll be responsible for the complete lifecycle of compute cost accounting—from contract review and technical accounting assessment, through accruals, prepaids, accounts payable reconciliation, expense classification, and commitment tracking. This role requires deep expertise in accounting for compute usage, strong technical accounting judgment, and the ability to build scalable processes, controls, and accounting policy in a high-growth environment, with a strong appetite for process transformation and automation.
You'll partner directly with Engineering, Legal, Procurement, and Finance & Strategy to ensure the accounting implications of our compute...
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