Strategic Finance Lead — Network Infrastructure

Anthropic Limited; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 240,000 - 325,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Equity donation matching

Generous vacation

Parental leave

Flexible working hours

Office in San Francisco

Job summary

Anthropic is seeking a Strategic Finance Lead to provide financial leadership for our network infrastructure. You will partner with infrastructure teams to optimize connectivity, colocation, and data center investments, building models and processes for long-range planning and decision support.

You will develop expertise in the economics of networks, translate technical dynamics into financial narratives for leadership, and drive capital efficiency in a fast-moving environment.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in strategic finance and related roles.
• Experience with telecom, datacenter, or network infrastructure is preferred.
• 3+ years of experience specifically in network infrastructure financial management.
• Proficiency with financial modeling tools and languages (SQL, Python, Excel).

Responsibilities

• Finance lead for network capex and opex budgeting, monthly forecasting, variance analysis, and financial plan maintenance.
• Build and maintain bottoms-up, data-driven financial models for network infrastructure, including long-range forecasts and ROI analyses.
• Develop expertise in connectivity, colocation, equipment contracts, pricing structures, and cost drivers; surface optimization opportunities.
• Subject matter expert on Anthropic’s network buildout and plan of record.
• Support the implementation and management of FP&A tools; ensure models scale with the organization.
• Analyze ROI across build, lease, service options and distill into actionable capacity planning frameworks.
• Collaborate with network engineering to translate capacity and site readiness into financial insights.
• Synthesize data into insights and develop complex financial operating models.
• Drive profitability and capital efficiency frameworks in a rapidly evolving industry.
• Maintain source of truth on financial and legal frameworks and communicate results to non-finance audiences.
• Partner with technical teams to drive financial optimization initiatives.

Skills

Strategic finance

Infrastructure investment

Financial analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree

MBA or advanced degree in finance/economics/business

Tools

SQL

Python

Excel

Job description

Anthropic is seeking a Strategic Finance Lead to provide financial leadership for our network infrastructure. You will partner with infrastructure teams to optimize connectivity, colocation, and data center investments, building models and processes for long-range planning and decision support.

You will develop expertise in the economics of networks, translate technical dynamics into financial narratives for leadership, and drive capital efficiency in a fast-moving environment.