Finance & Strategy, Compute Network

Anthropic•San Francisco, CA

2d•$240,000 - $325,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Anthropic is seeking a Strategic Finance Lead to provide finance leadership for its network infrastructure. The role partners with infrastructure teams to provide financial expertise and guidance, optimize networking investments, and support strategic decision-making. The successful candidate will develop expertise in network economics, from connectivity and colocation costs to long-range fiber and data center planning. They will build financial models for investment decisions, own planning and forecasting processes for major cost centers, and translate complex technical dynamics into clear financial narratives for leadership. This is a high-impact role for someone who enjoys working at the intersection of finance and technology and building frameworks from scratch in a fast-moving environment.

Requirements

Exceptional analytical skills, including synthesizing data into compelling insights and developing complex financial operating models.
Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking abilities, including developing frameworks to assess profitability and capital efficiency in a rapidly evolving industry.
Attention to detail and patience in finding the source of truth across complex, interconnected financial and legal frameworks.
Comfort working cross-functionally and communicating complex financial information to non-finance audiences.
Proven track record of partnering with technical teams to drive financial optimization initiatives.
Ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and adapt to change.
Bias toward 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 and for effectively integrating AI tools to streamline manual finance workflows.
Background in network, telecom, or large-scale computing infrastructure, including data centers or cloud service providers.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience; field of study relevant to the role through coursework, training, or professional experience.

Nice To Haves

7+ years of experience in strategic finance, infrastructure investment, private equity, growth equity, consulting, or investment banking, preferably with telecom, data center, or network infrastructure experience.
3+ years of experience specifically in network infrastructure financial management.
Experience working directly with major carriers, colocation providers, or hardware vendors.
MBA or other advanced degree in finance, economics, or business.
Expertise in connectivity, equipment, or lease economics, contract structures, and pricing models.
Experience with capital project or long-lead equipment economics.
Proficiency with financial modeling tools and languages such as SQL, Python, and Excel.
Experience building a computer, homelab, or home network from scratch.

Responsibilities

Lead finance for network capital and operating expenditures, including budgeting, monthly forecasting, variance analysis, and financial plan maintenance.
Build and maintain detailed, bottoms-up, data-driven financial models for network infrastructure, including long-range forecasts, cost-driver analyses, and investment scenario modeling.
Develop expertise in connectivity, colocation, and equipment contracts, pricing structures, and cost drivers, and identify optimization opportunities.
Serve as the subject matter expert and source of truth for Anthropic’s network buildout and plan of record.
Support implementation and management of financial planning and procurement tools, ensuring models and processes scale with the organization.
Analyze the economics of build, lease, and service options for network capacity, including ROI by term, route, and ownership, and turn findings into actionable capacity-planning and deployment frameworks.
Partner with network engineering teams to understand capacity, lead times, and site readiness, and translate those technical dynamics into financial frameworks.