Manager of Compute Accounting

Join Anthropic, a leading AI safety and research company, as the Manager of Compute Accounting. In this role, you will be responsible for executing day-to-day accounting for our compute and cloud infrastructure spend, ensuring accurate financial reporting and robust controls as we scale. You will work directly with Engineering, Procurement, and Finance & Strategy to resolve issues and ensure that costs are captured accurately and in compliance with our agreements. This position offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, paid parental leave, flexible paid time off, and competitive salary and equity packages.

• Execute day-to-day accounting for compute and cloud infrastructure spend, ensuring accurate financial reporting and robust controls.
• Prepare compute cost accounting, including accruals, prepaids, accounts payable reconciliation, expense classification, and commitment tracking.
• Build scalable processes and controls that can grow with the organization, and develop reporting and monitoring systems to provide visibility into compute spending patterns and trends.

• Experience with cloud service provider cost structures and the unique challenges of accounting for consumption-based services
• Strong analytical abilities and comfort working with a high volume of transactions
• Proven experience building accounting processes, controls, and policy in high-growth environments
• CPA (or equivalent) with a strong understanding of GAAP
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, with a track record of seeing issues through to resolution
• Significant experience accounting for cloud service or compute infrastructure expenses, including review of associated contracts
• Proficiency with modern ERP systems (Workday preferred)
• 7+ years of progressive operational accounting experience
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain issues to vendors, engineers, and other non-finance stakeholders in clear, simple terms
• Strong, hands-on month-end close experience, with a proven ability to prepare accruals, reconciliations, and journal entries accurately and on time
• Background combining Big 4 accounting experience with industry roles at technology companies
• Experience at cloud service providers, data center operators, or technology companies with consumption-based or usage-based business models
• SQL and BigQuery proficiency, enabling direct data analysis and validation against source systems
• A track record of leading process transformation, automation, or finance systems projects from scoping through delivery
• Have experience mentoring junior accounting professionals
• Comfort with cross-functional partnership in fast-paced environments where priorities can shift quickly
• Track record of implementing automated reconciliation and reporting solutions
• Experience supporting rapid growth and scaling initiatives
• Python skills for building automation and analytical tools
• Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to dive deep into large datasets to identify issues and opportunities
• Exposure to infrastructure lease or asset structures, including colocation, GPU clusters, networking equipment, or data center buildouts
• Proficiency with AI-assisted tools (including Claude) for enhancing financial analysis, memo drafting, and close automation
• Familiarity with commitment-based purchasing agreements and their accounting implications
• We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification. Not all strong candidates will meet every single qualification as listed