Equity Accounting and Reporting

Anthropic•San Francisco, CA

3d•$230,000 - $300,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Anthropic is seeking an experienced accountant to own equity accounting and reporting across US GAAP, IFRS, and local GAAP in every jurisdiction where employees hold equity. Based in San Francisco, this hands-on role covers entity-level equity expense, intercompany recharges, current and deferred tax on equity, and equity footnotes and local statutory disclosures. The role owns equity reporting data from Shareworks through to the ledgers, prepares and reviews close materials, manages accounts, and serves as the first escalation point for accounting judgments in this domain. This is a build role focused on making the share-based compensation process scalable, efficient, automated, and compliant. The position partners with Finance Systems and Shareworks to develop reporting, finalizes policies and agreements supporting recharges, and coordinates with Equity Administration, Equity Reporting, Accounting, Treasury, Tax, Transfer Pricing, and Global Payroll. It also leads cross-functional reviews of significant equity events and ensures award-level data supports accounting, tax, payroll, treasury, and disclosure requirements. Anthropic is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco. The role follows a location-based hybrid policy: staff are currently expected to work from an office at least 25% of the time, though some roles may require more. The company offers competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and office space for collaboration.

Requirements

CPA or equivalent professional accounting qualification.
Deep, hands-on experience with stock-based compensation under ASC 718, IFRS 2, and local GAAP, including equity rollforwards and reconciliation to an equity administration platform.
Experience with equity tax accounting, including current and deferred tax by entity, mobility apportionment, and windfalls and shortfalls through the provision.
Experience owning a portfolio of accounts through close in a public-company or pre-IPO environment, including designing and operating SOX controls.
Experience writing and maintaining accounting policies and standard operating procedures, and being accountable for their application.
Ability to structure ambiguous problems, reach defensible conclusions, and document them clearly.
Clear written and verbal communication with non-accounting partners.
Minimum education: a bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience.
Required field of study: a field relevant to the role, as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience.

Nice To Haves

Progressive accounting experience combining Big 4 audit with work at a high-growth or startup company.
A clear point of view on how AI tools can eliminate low-value accounting work, with a track record of putting that into practice.
A project management qualification or experience running cross-functional workstreams.

Responsibilities

Own the equity portfolio through month-end and quarter-end close, including US GAAP, IFRS, and local GAAP expense, entity-level pushdowns and bookings, reconciliations, journal entries, and variance commentary.
Own intercompany recharge booking, including invoicing, settlement, Treasury communication, and resulting foreign exchange activity.
Own current and deferred tax on equity by entity and in local currency, including IFRS deferred tax adjustments for share-price changes and windfalls or shortfalls through the tax provision.
Ensure close deliverables are audit-ready and supported by clear documentation and evidence.
Write, own, and maintain equity accounting policies and standard operating procedures across US GAAP, IFRS, and local GAAP, including fair value and expense schedules, recharge bases, mobility apportionment, and treatment of cancellations, modifications, and one-off events.
Partner with Tax to resolve open policy positions and execute related recharge agreements.
Research tax and accounting rules for new jurisdictions and classify each jurisdiction under the company framework before the first grant is issued there.
Own equity footnotes and local statutory disclosures for all entities, including period award rollforwards with internal transfers, and respond to external audit requests.
Design and operate SOX controls over equity expense, recharges, and deferred tax; review control evidence and remediate gaps on time.
Establish completeness and cut-off controls to ensure award, entity, event-date, and FX-rate data flows consistently from Shareworks to ledgers, reports, and returns.
Work with Finance Systems and Shareworks to build reporting for IFRS expense and deferred tax in local currency at Workday rates, mobility-based expense apportionment, corporate tax apportionment, and exercise and disclosure reporting.
Automate monthly pushdown and recharge postings and reconciliation of deferred tax to expense reports, replacing manual work.
Document workflows and controls to support knowledge transfer, audit evidence, and scale.
Partner with Equity Administration, Equity Reporting, Accounting, Treasury, Tax, Transfer Pricing, and Global Payroll to coordinate award events and provide stakeholders with needed data.
Record local share-based compensation expense and recharges in secondary ledgers to support transfer-pricing cost bases.
Explain complex equity accounting topics clearly to non-finance stakeholders.
Lead cross-functional, cross-jurisdictional reviews of one-off equity events, such as tender offers and share repurchases, covering accounting, tax deductions, payroll withholding, Treasury, and disclosures.
Coordinate with Tax and advisers on open conclusions, such as corporation-tax versus payroll-tax apportionment, so reports are configured correctly and data can serve all intended purposes.