Senior Manager of Infrastructure Asset Accounting

Join Anthropic, a rapidly growing AI safety and research company, as a Senior Manager of Infrastructure Asset Accounting. In this role, you will be responsible for the accounting of Anthropic's infrastructure assets throughout their lifecycle, collaborating with various departments and driving process improvements. You will have the opportunity to shape the accounting practices for a growing fixed asset base and contribute to the company's research and commercial success.

• Own the accounting for Anthropic's infrastructure assets across their full lifecycle, including cost accumulation, prepayments, construction-in-progress, and disposal.
• Build and maintain detailed transaction flows that map how assets and costs move from purchase order through shipment, receipt, warehousing, integration, deployment, and in-service.
• Partner with Supply Chain, Data Center Operations, Legal, and Finance during contract negotiation and execution to ensure accounting implications are understood.

• Are adept at translating technical accounting concepts into financial implications for non-finance stakeholders
• Have hands-on experience with a significant fixed asset or component portfolio in a high-growth environment
• Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience
• Have experience partnering with supply chain, engineering, infrastructure, or operations teams to improve financial reporting and cost transparency
• Proven ability to navigate ambiguity and drive results in rapidly changing environments
• Hold a Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance; CPA or equivalent preferred
• Required field of study: A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience
• Demonstrate strong analytical abilities and comfort working with large, complex datasets
• Have applied experience with cost accounting in a supply chain context — BOM-based costing, landed cost, standard vs. actual, and obsolescence or NRV analysis
• Have experience mentoring accounting professionals
• Minimum years of experience: Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position
• Have a track record of improving scalable financial processes in fast-moving environments
• Have built or maintained end-to-end transaction flows, process maps, or subledger designs that trace assets and costs across systems and lifecycle stages
• Have evaluated the accounting for non-standard supplier or procurement arrangements and can reach and document a supportable conclusion
• Possess strong technical accounting knowledge of ASC 360, particularly as applied to infrastructure, data center, or compute-related assets
• Communicate clearly and influence effectively across cross-functional partners
• We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification
• Experience at hyperscalers, semiconductor companies, hardware OEMs / ODMs, contract manufacturers, or data center operators, with exposure to complex BOM-based assemblies and infrastructure asset structures (including GPU clusters, networking equipment, and data center buildouts)
• Knowledge of AI/ML infrastructure and associated cost structures
• Experience with complex data center buildouts or hybrid cloud / on-premise environments
• 10+ years of progressive experience in accounting, with operational experience at technology, hardware, manufacturing, or infrastructure-heavy companies
• Familiarity with adjacent guidance that often arises in supply chain arrangements, such as ASC 330 (inventory), ASC 842 (embedded leases), and ASC 460 (guarantees)
• Experience applying AI tooling (including Claude) to accounting processes, memo drafting, or close automation
• SQL proficiency for querying and analyzing large infrastructure and accounting datasets
• Experience with fixed asset subledger and component / inventory management systems at scale (e.g., NetSuite, Oracle, SAP)
• Background in Big 4 accounting or advisory services combined with industry experience