Finance & Strategy, Datacenter Finance

Anthropic•San Francisco, CA

3h•$235,000 - $310,000•Hybrid

About The Position

We are seeking a Strategic Finance Lead to own the operating P&L for Anthropic's datacenter infrastructure partnerships. This role will be the finance owner for every site covering lease, power and operations. In this role, you will be a key partner to our infrastructure teams, providing financial expertise and guidance to keep our sites on budget, drive operating costs down, and de-risk our largest infrastructure exposures. You will own the near-term forecast for datacenter spend, run budget-vs-actual on projects, and serve as the primary finance counterpart to our datacenter operating partners.

Requirements

7+ years of experience in strategic finance, infrastructure investment, FP&A, private equity, consulting, or investment banking, preferably with datacenter, energy, real estate, telco, or managed-services infrastructure experience
Owned an infrastructure operating P&L and driven cost-out programs against it
Exceptional analytical skills with an ability to synthesize data into compelling insights and develop complex financial operating models
Comfort being the finance person in the partner/vendor room and partnering with technical operating teams
A bias towards action, strong work ethic, and experience driving operational outcomes under tight timelines
Strong relationship building, business judgment, process management, and communication skills
Passion for Anthropic's mission to build safe, transformative AI systems
Minimum education: 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
Minimum years of experience: Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position

Nice To Haves

Direct experience with datacenter, colocation, or power (PPA / energy procurement) economics and contract structures
Experience managing finance cadence with a third-party operator or managed-services provider
Background in AI, ML, or high-performance, large-scale computing infrastructure
Proficiency with financial modeling tools and languages (SQL, Python, Excel)
MBA or other advanced degree in finance, economics, or business

Responsibilities

Own FP&A for all live-site datacenter operating costs including lease/rent, power, hardware ops, facility/DC ops, physical security, warehousing, and operator fees
Build and maintain per-site cost forecasts; refresh on a cadence that supports monthly reviews and board reporting
Run budget-vs-actual on datacenter developer spend and site build budgets, tracking expected eventual spend against approved commitments
Own the in-year power cost model across pass-through and direct costs
Reconcile operating partner invoices to forecast and lead the finance operating cadence with datacenter partners
Partner with Accounting on contract operationalization, lease accounting, and close
Lead financial analysis for site-level optimization initiatives and operating model decisions
Handle operational finance asks tied to datacenter partners and live sites
Partner with the Datacenter Expansion lead on deal-to-operations handoffs, ensuring budgets set at signing are operationalized at commissioning