3P Revenue Accounting & Reporting

Anthropic•San Francisco, WA

21d•Hybrid

About The Position

Anthropic is seeking a Senior Manager, 3P Revenue Accounting & Reporting to join its Accounting team. This role owns revenue recognition, month-end close, and reporting for Claude sales through cloud service provider marketplaces, including AWS Bedrock, Google Cloud Vertex AI, and Microsoft Azure Marketplace. These fast-growing channels rely on consumption-based, partner-reported data that changes monthly. The role serves as the accounting point of contact for partner finance teams and works with internal Finance, FAB, Engineering, and business teams to convert partner billing feeds into accurate, auditable revenue. The position leads automation of a currently manual close process and owns 3P revenue accounting, reporting, controls, and audit readiness. It applies ASC 606 to third-party arrangements, assesses reserves and accounting for new products and billing changes, and partners with engineering and finance teams to improve processes and reporting. Anthropic is a public benefit corporation focused on building reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems intended to be safe and beneficial.

Requirements

Strong ASC 606 knowledge, especially principal-versus-agent, variable consideration, consideration payable to a customer, and consumption-based revenue.
Experience owning a month-end close with tight deadlines and reviewing journal entries, reconciliations, and flux analysis.
Experience building revenue reporting from large, imperfect third-party data sets and reconciling it to the general ledger.
Experience managing external partner relationships that depend on partner-provided data and advocating for data fixes.
Strong SQL skills, such as BigQuery or similar, and experience automating close workbooks or reconciliations.
Experience designing or operating SOX controls and supporting external audits.
Clear communication with accounting, finance, business, and engineering teams.
Ability to thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments where processes are still being built.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience; field of study must be relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience.

Nice To Haves

10+ years of progressive accounting experience, including 3+ years managing revenue accounting or close teams.
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance; CPA or equivalent qualification such as ACA or ACCA.
Big Four audit experience combined with industry experience at a high-growth technology or SaaS company.
Experience with cloud marketplace, reseller, or channel revenue, including AWS Marketplace, Google Cloud Marketplace, or Azure Marketplace.
Experience with usage-based and subscription revenue models.
Hands-on experience with Workday Financials, NetSuite, Numeric, Hex, or similar close and reporting tools.
Experience with IPO readiness.
Experience using AI tools to automate accounting and reporting work.

Responsibilities

Lead the revenue close for cloud service provider marketplaces within a listed-company timeline.
Prepare and review revenue, revenue-share, reserve journal entries, accruals, and true-ups, including memos for accounting assessments and judgments.
Own balance sheet reconciliations, reserves, and the usage-to-invoice-to-cash bridge.
Perform monthly and quarterly flux analysis and prepare flux decks for leadership.
Own quarter-end deliverables, including footnote disclosures, flux commentary, and presentations to leadership and Corporate Accounting.
Serve as the primary contact for external auditors.
Review accountants' and contractors' work, set the close calendar, and keep close packages complete and audit-ready.
Own monthly and quarterly 3P revenue reporting for leadership and FP&A, broken down by partner, model, product, region, and customer.
Review partner usage, invoice, disbursement, and fraud reports each month, and resolve data issues before close.
Serve as the accounting point of contact for finance, engineering, and product teams, and drive reporting improvements that support an on-time close.
Apply ASC 606 to 3P arrangements, including principal-versus-agent, variable consideration, and reseller arrangements.
Estimate and document reserves, including credit loss under ASC 326.
Assess accounting for new 3P products, programs, and billing changes, partnering with Technical Accounting on complex judgments.
Partner with Engineering to automate manual close processes, including SQL-driven workbooks, automated reconciliations, and system-generated journal entries.
Own 3P SOX controls, including design, documentation, gap remediation, and audit evidence.
Partner with FP&A, Treasury, AR, and business teams on forecasts, cash, and partner disputes.