Finance Estimator

Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.

We are seeking a Compute Cost of Revenue Accountant to join our Accounting team at Anthropic. In this role, you will own the financial accounting, allocation, and reporting for compute-related Cost of Revenue (COR). As Anthropic scales its AI infrastructure, accurate COR accounting and cost allocation are critical to understanding the economics of our products and informing strategic investment decisions. You will develop and refine allocation methodologies, implement and maintain accounting policies for overhead and direct cost attribution, and ensure proper COR classification across our expanding product suite. This is an opportunity to build foundational accounting processes at a company operating at the frontier of AI.

Own end-to-end Cost of Revenue accounting for compute-related costs, ensuring accurate classification, reporting, and month-end close activities

Scope and formulate accounting policies governing how infrastructure costs are allocated to Cost of Revenue vs. Partner with Finance & Strategy to analyze COR trends, gross margin impacts, cost efficiency metrics, and unit economics

Collaborate with data engineering and analytics teams to build and refine COR data pipelines, validate data quality, and improve reporting accuracy

Support external audit requirements related to COR, cost allocations, and related accounting policies

Prepare management reports and supporting schedules for COR, gross margin, and cost allocation analysis

Have 8+ years of progressive accounting experience with meaningful exposure to cost accounting and Cost of Revenue

Hold a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance; CPA or equivalent preferred

Have hands‑on experience working with ERP allocation schedules and automated cost distribution

Show ability to scope and formulate accounting policies for allocating costs to COR

Are proficient in financial analysis and comfortable working with large datasets

Be familiar with gross margin analysis and unit economics

Have experience with NetSuite or Workday ERP systems

Possess SQL skills for querying and analyzing cost datasets

Understand compute infrastructure cost structures and cloud economics

Demonstrate proficiency with AI-assisted tools for enhancing financial analysis

We require at least a Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience.

Location-based hybrid policy: Visa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas. However, we aren't able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate. 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.

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 you're interested in this work. We think AI systems like the ones we're building have enormous social and ethical implications. 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. GPT‑3, Circuit‑Based Interpretability, Multimodal Neurons, Scaling Laws, AI & Compute, Concrete Problems in AI Safety, and Learning from Human Preferences.

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.

As set forth in Anthropic’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.

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