Head of Accounting Policy

EngineersOfAI; New York (NY); Vor Ort; USD 250.000 - 350.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Anthropic is seeking a senior leader to own accounting policy and technical accounting. You will define US GAAP treatment for usage-based and enterprise revenue, large compute transactions, and complex financings, partnering with the Controller and CFO teams.

You will build a whitepaper discipline to defend positions with auditors and regulators, and lead public-company-grade reporting readiness and SOX controls as the company scales.

Qualifikationen

• Active CPA license.
• Public accounting tenure at top firm, Director/MD/Partner or SEC Fellow program.
• Deep US GAAP expertise and SEC reporting knowledge.
• Experience leading technical accounting or policy functions at high-growth tech companies.
• Ability to research, conclude, and document positions and defend with auditors.
• Excellent written and verbal communication to explain complex issues.

Aufgaben

• Own the accounting policy framework across significant areas and keep current with standards.
• Serve as lead technical advisor on novel, first-of-kind transactions (ASC 606, financing, equity, M&A).
• Build whitepapers and position memos documenting accounting conclusions for audit scrutiny.
• Lead discussions with external auditors and the SEC, driving timely resolution of issues.
• Prepare public-company-grade external reporting, disclosures, and close processes.
• Monitor and implement new FASB standards and SEC rules with cross-functional teams.
• Collaborate with Legal, Tax, FP&A and deal teams early in transaction design.
• Advise on complex equity, financing and capital-market arrangements.
• Develop and scale a high-caliber technical accounting and policy team.
• Support leadership and Audit Committee with judgments and estimates.

Kenntnisse

Active CPA license

US GAAP expertise

Technical accounting leadership

Auditor relations

Complex transaction analysis

Communication

Jobbeschreibung

About Anthropic

Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.

About the role

Anthropic is growing quickly, and the transactions we enter into are often unlike anything the accounting literature directly contemplates. We're hiring a senior leader to own accounting policy and technical accounting.

In this role, you will be the company's authority on how we account for what we do: usage-based and enterprise revenue arrangements, large compute and infrastructure transactions, complex financing and equity instruments, and M&A and investment activity. You'll build the technical accounting function from a strong foundation into one that operates at public-company grade — establishing the whitepaper and position-memo discipline that lets us take well-supported positions on novel, first-of-kind transactions, defend them with our external auditors (including their national office), and be ready for public-company-grade reporting when the company needs it.

This is a high-judgment, high-trust role. You'll work closely with the Controller and CFO organization, Legal, Tax, and deal teams across the company, and you'll often be the first accountant in the room when a new kind of transaction is being designed.

Key responsibilities

• Own the company's accounting policy framework: establish, document, and maintain US GAAP accounting policies across all significant areas, and keep them current as the business and the standards evolve
• Serve as the lead technical advisor on novel and first-of-kind transactions, including usage-based and enterprise revenue arrangements (ASC 606), large compute and infrastructure commitments, complex financing and equity instruments, and M&A and investments
• Build and institutionalize a whitepaper and position-memo discipline: rigorous, well-cited technical memos that document the company's accounting conclusions and stand up to auditor and regulator scrutiny
• Lead technical discussions with our external auditors and SEC, including engagement on complex or unsettled issues, and drive timely resolution of technical matters
• Prepare the company for public-company-grade external reporting: SEC-style financial statements, disclosures, and the supporting close and reporting processes and controls
• Monitor, assess, and lead adoption of new FASB standards and SEC rules, including impact assessments, implementation plans, and cross-functional execution
• Partner with Legal, Tax, FP&A, and business and deal teams early in transaction design, so accounting consequences are understood — and where appropriate, shaped — before deals are signed
• Advise on equity, financing, and capital-markets transactions, including the accounting for complex instruments and arrangements
• Lead, and develop a high-caliber technical accounting and accounting policy team as the function scales
• Support reporting to company leadership and the Audit Committee on significant accounting positions, judgments, and estimates
• Help design and strengthen controls over complex-area accounting in support of a SOX-ready control environment
• Represent the company externally where useful, including in comment letters and engagement with standard setters and industry groups

Minimum qualifications

• Active CPA license
• Public accounting tenure at a top firm that reached at least Director, Managing Director, or Partner — or national office Senior Manager selected into the SEC's Professional Accounting Fellow program
• Deep US GAAP expertise and strong command of SEC reporting requirements
• Experience leading a technical accounting and/or accounting policy function at a high-growth technology company
• Demonstrated ability to research, conclude, and document positions on complex and novel accounting issues, and to defend them with external auditors
• Excellent written and verbal communication, including the ability to explain complex accounting matters to non-accountants and senior leadership

Preferred qualifications

• 15+ years of combined experienc