3P Revenue Accounting & Reporting

Anthropic Limited; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health, dental, and life

Parental leave

Commuter benefits

Education stipend

Relocation support

Office meals

Wellness stipend

Job summary

Anthropic Limited is seeking a Senior Manager, 3P Revenue Accounting & Reporting to own revenue recognition, month-end close, and reporting for Claude sold via CSP channels (AWS Bedrock, Google Cloud Vertex AI, Azure Marketplace). You will partner with AWS/Google/Microsoft teams and internal Finance to automate close processes and deliver accurate, auditable revenue.

The role requires strong ASC 606 knowledge, 10+ years of accounting, and experience with cloud marketplace revenue.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance or equivalent experience.
• CPA or equivalent certification preferred.
• 10+ years progressive accounting experience with 3+ years in revenue accounting/close management.
• Experience with cloud marketplaces, resellers, or channel revenue.

Responsibilities

• Own revenue recognition, close, and reporting for 3P CSP channels (AWS/GCP/Azure).
• Lead balance sheet reconciliations, reserves, and flux analysis.
• Coordinate with partners and auditors; drive close calendars and audit-ready packs.
• Automate manual close processes with SQL-driven workbooks and reconciliations.
• Apply ASC 606 principles to complex 3P arrangements and variable consideration.

Skills

SQL (BigQuery)

Revenue accounting

ASC 606 knowledge

Forecasting

Communication

Audit coordination

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting/Finance

CPA or equivalent

Tools

Workday Financials

NetSuite

Numeric

Hex

BigQuery

Job description

• We are looking for a Senior Manager, 3P Revenue Accounting & Reporting to join our Accounting team. You will own revenue recognition, month-end close and reporting for Claude sold through our cloud service provider (CSP) channels: AWS Bedrock, Google Cloud Vertex AI and Microsoft Azure Marketplace. These channels are among the fastest-growing revenue streams at the company. They run on consumption-based, partner-reported data that changes every month
• You will be the accounting point of contact for the finance and partner teams at AWS, Google and Microsoft. Internally, you will partner with Finance, FAB, Engineering and business teams to turn partner billing feeds into accurate, auditable revenue. You will also lead the automation of a close that is still heavily manual. If you want to build the financial infrastructure behind a fast-growing AI company, come join us in our mission to build safe, beneficial AI
• Lead the revenue close for cloud service provider Marketplace 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 the work of accountants and contractors, set the close calendar, and keep close packages complete and audit-ready
• Own monthly and quarterly 3P revenue reporting for leadership and FP&A, 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 the finance, engineering and product teams and drive reporting improvements that support an on-time close
• Apply ASC 606 to 3P arrangements, including principal-vs-agent, variable consideration and reseller arrangements
• Estimate and document reserves, including credit loss (ASC 326)
• Assess the accounting for new 3P products, programs and billing changes, partnering with Technical Accounting on complex judgments
• Partner with the Engineering teams 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

Benefits

• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents
• Inclusive fertility benefits via Carrot Fertility
• 22 weeks of paid parental leave
• Flexible paid time off and absence policies
• Mental health support for you and your dependents
• Competitive salary and equity packages
• Optional equity donation matching at a 1:1 ratio, up to 25% of your equity grant
• Retirement plans with competitive matching
• Life and income protection plans
• $500/month flexible wellness and time saver stipend
• Commuter benefits
• Annual education stipend
• Home office stipends
• Relocation support for those moving for Anthropic
• Daily meals and snacks in the office

• Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience
• Not all strong candidates will meet every single qualification as listed
• Have designed or operated SOX controls and supported external audits
• A Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance; CPA or equivalent (ACA, ACCA)
• Experience with cloud marketplace, reseller, or channel revenue (AWS Marketplace, Google Cloud Marketplace, Azure Marketplace)
• Strong ASC 606 knowledge, especially principal-vs-agent, variable consideration, consideration payable to a customer, and consumption-based revenue
• Thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments where processes are still being built
• Have built revenue reporting from large, imperfect third-party data sets and reconciled it to the general ledger
• Experience using AI tools to automate accounting and reporting work
• Hands-on experience with Workday Financials, NetSuite, Numeric, Hex, or similar close and reporting tools
• Experience with usage-based and subscription revenue models
• Communicate clearly with accounting, finance, business, and engineering teams
• Have managed external partner relationships where you depended on their data, and pushed for fixes
• Have 10+ years of progressive accounting experience, including 3+ years managing revenue accounting or close teams
• Have strong SQL skills (BigQuery or similar) and experience automating close workbooks or reconciliations
• Experience with IPO readiness
• Big 4 audit experience combined with industry experience at a high-growth tech or SaaS company
• Have owned a month-end close with tight deadlines and reviewed journal entries, reconciliations, and flux analysis