Compute Accounting Manager

divh2Compute Accounting Manager/h2pSan Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA/ph2About Anthropic/h2pAnthropics 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./ph2About the Role/h2pAs a Compute Accounting Manager at Anthropic, you will own the end-to-end accounting for our compute expenses, ensuring accurate financial reporting and robust controls as we scale. Youll be responsible for the complete lifecycle of compute accountingfrom contract review and compliance through accruals, prepaids, accounts payable reconciliation, expense classification, and commitment tracking. This role requires deep expertise in accounting for compute usage, strong data and analytical capabilities, and the ability to build scalable processes in a high-growth environment. Youll partner directly with the relevant Engineering, Legal, and Procurement teams to ensure our CSP contracts are properly reflected in our financial records and that were capturing costs accurately and in compliance with our agreements. As Anthropic continues to grow rapidly, youll play a critical role in establishing the financial controls and processes that enable us to manage significant compute spend with precision and confidence./ph2Responsibilities/h2ulliOwn the complete accounting lifecycle for compute expenses, ensuring accurate and timely recording of all costs/liliReview and interpret CSP contracts to ensure proper accounting treatment and compliance with contractual terms/liliDesign and implement accrual and prepayment processes that accurately reflect the timing and nature of our compute costs/liliTrack and reconcile commitment-based agreements, ensuring proper recognition and disclosure of our obligations/liliLead accounts payable reconciliation efforts, working with vendors to resolve discrepancies and ensure statement accuracy/liliPartner with Procurement and Legal teams on contract reviews, providing accounting perspective on financial terms and implications/liliBuild scalable processes and controls that can grow with the organization while maintaining accuracy and efficiency/liliDevelop automated reporting and monitoring systems to provide visibility into CSP spending patterns and trends/liliCollaborate with FPA to support forecasting and budgeting efforts related to compute costs/liliServe as the subject matter expert on CSP accounting matters, providing guidance to cross-functional teams/li/ulh2You May Be a Good Fit If You/h2ulliHave 10+ years of progressive accounting experience, with significant exposure to accounting for compute and review of associated contracts/liliAre a CPA (or equivalent) with a deep understanding of GAAP and strong technical accounting skills/liliHave experience working with compute cost structures and understand the unique challenges of accounting for consumption-based services/liliPossess strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to dive deep into data to identify issues and opportunities/liliHave proven experience building accounting processes and controls in high-growth environments/liliAre proficient with modern ERP systems (NetSuite, Workday, Oracle, or similar)/liliCan translate complex contractual terms into proper accounting treatment/liliExcel at cross-functional partnership and can effectively communicate accounting concepts to non-finance stakeholders/liliThrive in fast-paced environments where priorities can shift quickly/liliHave a bias toward automation and process improvement/li/ulh2Strong Candidates May Also/h2ulliSQL and BigQuery proficiency, enabling direct data analysis and validation/liliPython skills for building automation and analytical tools/liliExperience in consumption-based or usage-based business models/liliBackground combining Big 4 accounting experience with industry roles at technology companies/liliTrack record of implementing automated reconciliation and reporting solutions/liliExperience supporting rapid growth and scaling initiatives/liliFamiliarity with commitment-based purchasing agreements and their accounting implications/li/ulpDeadline to apply: None. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis./ppThe annual compensation range for this role is listed below. For sales roles, the range provided is the roles On Target Earnings (OTE) range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role./ppAnnual Salary: $190,000 - $230,000 USD/ph2Logistics/h2pMinimum education: Bachelors degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience/ppRequired field of study: A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience/ppMinimum years of experience: Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position/ppLocation-based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However, some roles may require more time in our offices./ppVisa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas! However, we arent able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate. But if we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa, and we retain an immigration lawyer to help with this./ppWe 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. Research shows that people who identify as being from underrepresented groups are more prone to experiencing imposter syndrome and doubting the strength of their candidacy, so we urge you not to exclude yourself prematurely and to submit an application if youre interested in this work. Your safety matters to us. To protect yourself from potential scams, remember that Anthropic recruiters only contact you from @anthropic.com email addresses. In some cases, we may partner with vetted recruiting agencies who will identify themselves as working on behalf of Anthropic. Be cautious of emails from other domains. Legitimate Anthropic recruiters will never ask for money, fees, or banking information before your first day. If youre ever unsure about a communication, dont click any linksvisit anthropic.com/careers directly for confirmed position openings./ph2How Were Different/h2pWe believe that the highest-impact AI research will be big science. At Anthropic we work as a single cohesive team on just a few large-scale research efforts. And we value impact advancing our long-term goals of steerable, trustworthy AI rather than work on smaller and more specific puzzles. We view AI research as an empirical science, which has as much in common with physics and biology as with traditional efforts in computer science. Were an extremely collaborative group, and we host frequent research discussions to ensure that we are pursuing the highest-impact work at any given time. As such, we greatly value communication skills./ppThe easiest way to understand our research directions is to read our recent research. This research continues many of the directions our team worked on prior to Anthropic, including: GPT-3, Circuit-Based Interpretability, Multimodal Neurons, Scaling Laws, AI Compute, Concrete Problems in AI Safety, and Learning from Human Preferences./ph2Come Work With Us!/h2pAnthropic is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and a lovely office space in which to collaborate with colleagues. Guidance on Candidates AI Usage: Learn about our policy for using AI in our application process./p/div