Manager, Compute Accounting

Anthropic•Seattle, WA

4h•$160,000 - $190,000•Hybrid

About The Position

As Manager, Compute Accounting at Anthropic, you will execute day-to-day accounting for compute and cloud infrastructure spending, ensuring accurate financial reporting and robust controls as the organization scales. You will prepare compute cost accounting, including accruals, prepaids, accounts payable reconciliation, expense classification, and commitment tracking. The role calls for hands-on month-end close experience, strong organizational skills, and an appetite for process improvement and automation. You will work directly with Engineering, Procurement, and Finance & Strategy to resolve issues and ensure costs are accurately captured and comply with agreements. As Anthropic's compute footprint expands across multiple cloud service providers, you will help operate financial controls and processes for managing significant compute spending. You will also support internal and external audit requests.

Requirements

7+ years of progressive operational accounting experience.
CPA or equivalent, with a strong understanding of GAAP.
Hands-on month-end close experience and the ability to prepare accruals, reconciliations, and journal entries accurately and on time.
Significant experience accounting for cloud service or compute infrastructure expenses, including reviewing associated contracts.
Experience with cloud service provider cost structures and the accounting challenges of consumption-based services.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain issues clearly to vendors, engineers, and other non-finance stakeholders.
Strong analytical abilities and comfort working with a high volume of transactions.
Proven experience building accounting processes, controls, and policy in high-growth environments.
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, with a track record of seeing issues through to resolution.
Proficiency with modern ERP systems; Workday is preferred.
Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience.
Education in a field relevant to the role, demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience mentoring junior accounting professionals.
A track record of leading process transformation, automation, or finance systems projects from scoping through delivery.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to analyze large datasets to identify issues and opportunities.
Comfort partnering cross-functionally in fast-paced environments where priorities can shift quickly.
SQL and BigQuery proficiency for direct data analysis and validation against source systems.
Python skills for building automation and analytical tools.
Experience at cloud service providers, data center operators, or technology companies with consumption-based or usage-based business models.
A background combining Big 4 accounting experience with industry roles at technology companies.
Exposure to infrastructure lease or asset structures, including colocation, GPU clusters, networking equipment, or data center buildouts.
A track record of implementing automated reconciliation and reporting solutions.
Familiarity with commitment-based purchasing agreements and their accounting implications.
Proficiency with AI-assisted tools, including Claude, for financial analysis, memo drafting, and close automation.
Experience supporting rapid growth and scaling initiatives.

Responsibilities

Own the accounting lifecycle for compute and cloud infrastructure expenses, ensuring accurate and timely recording through monthly close, reconciliations, accruals, prepaids, journal entries, and flux analysis.
Review and interpret cloud service provider and infrastructure contracts to ensure appropriate accounting treatment, commitment tracking, and compliance with contractual terms.
Track and reconcile commitment-based agreements, ensuring appropriate recognition and disclosure of multi-year purchase obligations.
Perform accounts payable and vendor statement reconciliations, working with cloud service providers to resolve discrepancies and ensure billing accuracy.
Build scalable processes and controls, and develop reporting and monitoring systems that provide visibility into compute spending patterns and trends.
Support internal and external audit requests concerning compute cost accounting and commitment disclosures.
Work with Engineering and cloud service providers to investigate issues and drive them to resolution.
Build monthly and quarterly financial reporting packages for leadership reviews.
Drive process improvement and automation initiatives, including redesigning close workflows, building automated data pipelines and reporting, and leveraging AI tooling.
Contribute to cross-functional projects from scoping through delivery.