Director, Infrastructure Capex Accounting

Anthropic•Seattle, WA

5h•Hybrid

About The Position

Anthropic is seeking a Director, Infrastructure Capex Accounting to join their Infrastructure Accounting team. This role involves leading accounting for a significant portion of Anthropic's owned infrastructure, including network equipment, data center buildouts, and related capital assets, underpinning a recently announced $50bn investment in American computing infrastructure. The Director will ensure operational scalability and financial accuracy of core functions enabling Anthropic's research and commercial success during rapid growth. This position offers an opportunity to be central to a fast-scaling company and to shape how Anthropic's growing fixed asset base is accounted for and understood. The role requires owning end-to-end accounting, setting strategy for scaling the function, and working closely with cross-functional partners across Data Center Operations, Real Estate, Finance, and Legal. It involves applying deep technical accounting expertise under ASC 360 and building scalable processes, controls, and systems. The scope may expand to include supply chain accounting as Anthropic's operational footprint grows.

Requirements

12+ years of progressive experience in accounting, with operational experience at technology or infrastructure-heavy companies
Hold a Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance; CPA or equivalent preferred
Possess strong technical accounting knowledge of ASC 360, particularly as applied to infrastructure, data center, or compute-related assets
Have experience managing a significant fixed asset portfolio in a high-growth environment
Demonstrate strong analytical abilities and comfort working with large, complex datasets
Have a track record of improving scalable financial processes in fast-moving environments
Have experience leading and developing teams of accounting professionals
Are adept at translating technical accounting concepts into financial implications for non-finance stakeholders
Communicate clearly and influence effectively across cross-functional partners
Have experience partnering with engineering, infrastructure, or operations teams to improve financial reporting and cost transparency

Nice To Haves

Experience at hyperscalers, large compute consumers, data center operators, or telecommunications companies with exposure to network and data center buildout asset structures (including fiber, routers, switches, electrical infrastructure, cooling, and cable plant)
Experience with fixed asset subledger systems at scale
Experience with supply chain or inventory accounting, including work-in-process and cost allocation across complex operational flows
SQL proficiency for querying and analyzing large infrastructure and accounting datasets
Background in Big 4 accounting or advisory services combined with industry experience
Experience with complex data center buildouts or hybrid cloud / on-premise environments
Knowledge of AI/ML infrastructure and associated cost structures
Experience applying AI tooling (including Claude) to accounting processes, memo drafting, or close automation
Proven ability to navigate ambiguity and drive results in rapidly changing environments

Responsibilities

Lead end-to-end accounting for one of Anthropic's infrastructure portfolios — network equipment, data center buildouts, and related capital assets — including monthly close, construction-in-progress (CIP) tracking, reconciliations, roll-forwards, and flux analysis
Apply technical accounting expertise to complex infrastructure arrangements under ASC 360 (capitalization, useful lives, impairment, disposals, and asset retirement obligations)
Partner with Real Estate, Legal, and Finance teams during contract negotiation and execution to ensure accounting implications are understood before commitments are made
Serve as a trusted finance partner to non-finance stakeholders — explaining the financial statement impact of their decisions in clear, simple terms they can act on
Collaborate cross-functionally to improve the quality of upstream data pipelines from operational and contract systems, particularly around asset receipt, deployment, and in-service dates
Design and scale systems, processes, and controls to support a rapidly growing fixed asset portfolio
Lead and mentor a team of accounting professionals focused on your portfolio
Serve as a key point of contact with external auditors on fixed asset and capex accounting matters
Drive process improvements and automation, including leveraging AI tooling, to enhance the efficiency and accuracy of financial reporting