Senior Manager, Corporate Accounting

Anthropic•Seattle, WA

8h•$230,000 - $300,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Anthropic is seeking a Corporate Accountant to join its Corporate Accounting Operations team. This role reports to the Director of Accounting Operations and involves leading a team of accountants while also performing hands-on tasks such as reviewing and preparing close materials, setting technical standards, and managing a portfolio of accounts through the close process. This is a "build" role where the successful candidate will be responsible for creating and owning policies and SOPs, designing the controls framework, and continuously improving processes, including leveraging AI tools for automation. The ideal candidate has experience building accounting infrastructure from scratch in high-growth environments. The role requires an active CPA license and approximately 10 years of progressive accounting experience, including public company exposure (audit or in-house) and experience in a high-growth or startup environment. A Big 4 audit foundation is highly valued. The position involves direct reports and intersects with close operations, technical accounting, SOX, process automation, and cross-functional collaboration.

Requirements

Active CPA licence (required)
Big 4 audit foundation
Has managed or meaningfully coached junior accountants; ready for direct reports
Experience designing and operating controls in a SOX environment
Hands-on ownership of close: reconciliations, JEs, variance analysis, period-end cut-off
Depth across several of: ASC 842 leases, ASC 718 SBC, ASC 340-40 commissions, payroll, fixed assets / capitalisation, cash & investments, debt, intangibles, prepaids, accruals
Player-coach: moves fluidly between reviewing team work and doing the work
Owns policies and SOPs end-to-end: writes them, maintains them, accountable for how the team applies them
Thrives in ambiguity: structures work, reaches defensible conclusions, documents clearly when the answer isn’t obvious
Builder mindset: energised by building from scratch rather than maintaining what exists
Clear POV on how AI tools eliminate low-value accounting work — and wants to put that into practice
Communicates complex positions in plain language to non-accounting partners

Nice To Haves

~10 years progressive accounting experience combining public company (audit or in-house) with high-growth / startup
Public company accounting experience including exposure to financial reporting cycles
Deep expertise in two or more of: ASC 842, ASC 718, commissions, payroll, or fixed asset accounting
Led or played a significant role in an ERP implementation in a high-growth environment with evolving requirements
Built accounting infrastructure from the ground up: chart of accounts, allocation methodology, close cadence
Familiarity with AI or infrastructure-heavy business models where cost attribution and capitalisation decisions are complex
Managed accounting through significant change: new entity setup, geographic expansion, or business model evolution

Responsibilities

Own a portfolio of accounts through month-end and quarter-end close, including reconciliations, journal entries, and variance commentary.
Drive close acceleration by identifying bottlenecks and implementing process changes to reduce cycle time without sacrificing accuracy.
Ensure all close deliverables are consistently audit-ready with clear documentation of positions and supporting evidence.
Oversee SOX control preparation and execution across owned accounts, review control evidence, and own timely remediation of gaps.
Write, own, and maintain technical accounting policies and SOPs, drafting, evolving, and operationalizing them as the business changes.
Review technical accounting memos prepared by the team, ensuring conclusions are well-supported and consistent with US GAAP.
Collaborate with Technical Accounting on new or evolving standards and translate guidance into executable procedures.
Own external audit responses within the domain, ensuring timely delivery of supporting schedules and audit-ready workpapers.
Identify repetitive, rules-based tasks and build scalable solutions, including leveraging Claude, to automate or replace them.
Document workflows and controls to support knowledge transfer, audit evidence, and system scalability.
Contribute to ERP and systems implementations, translating accounting requirements into clear specifications and test criteria.
Coach and develop a team of highly agile performers with timely, specific feedback.
Hire and onboard accountants as the team grows, setting clear expectations and building a culture of precision and continuous improvement.
Serve as the first escalation point for complex transactions and accounting judgments across the team’s workstreams.
Partner with Finance & Strategy, Tax, People Operations, Procurement, and Facilities to ensure accounting alignment with business activity.
Translate complex accounting positions into plain language for non-finance stakeholders.
Support new entity setup and geographic expansion by establishing accounting processes for new jurisdictions.