Treasury Director, Investments & Liquidity

EngineersOfAI; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 230,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Anthropic is seeking a Director, Investments & Liquidity to join our Treasury team. This leadership role will own the capital planning framework, investment policy, and in-house trading infrastructure to support our growing global operations.

You will apply AI-native workflows to portfolio analytics, monitor external managers, and develop CFO-ready reporting. The role collaborates across Finance, Legal, and Accounting to align capital allocation with strategic priorities.

Qualifications

• Deep expertise in corporate cash investment strategy, developed in Treasury, corporate finance, or fixed income portfolio management.
• Experience with an in-house investment program, including direct fixed income trading.
• Hands-on experience with SMAs, investment policy design, capital allocation frameworks, and external manager oversight.
• Experience developing and implementing Treasury policies and SOX-ready controls.
• Demonstrated operational readiness at scale, with comfort being personally accountable for large, time-sensitive cash movements.
• Familiarity with the Investment Company Act of 1940 and relevant exemptions.

Responsibilities

• Own and optimize Anthropic's external investment program, including money market funds, bank deposits,and separately managed accounts
• Monitor external manager performance and maintain a manager bench with clear performance reporting
• Design and build an in-house investment program, including direct fixed income trading capability, trade infrastructure, and custodian connectivity
• Develop and operationalize a capital planning framework across operating and strategic liquidity tiers
• Design and maintain the investment policy statement, Treasury policies, and SOX-ready investment controls
• Build CFO-ready management reporting covering portfolio performance, policy compliance, and risk exposures

Skills

Cash investment strategy

In-house investment program

SMA (separately managed accounts)

Fixed income trading

Investment policy design

SOX controls

Capital planning

External manager oversight

FX/derivative trading

Regulatory familiarity (Investment Co.

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

CFA charter

Job description

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 seeking a Director, Investments & Liquidity to join our Treasury team. This is a foundational role on a quickly growing Treasury team. As we experience exponential growth, you will be instrumental in ensuring optimal capital allocation, protecting our financial assets, and establishing the policies and infrastructure needed to support our expanding global operations.

The work spans strategy and execution: owning the capital planning framework and investment policy, standing up in-house trading infrastructure, and overseeing external managers. Reporting to the Head of Investments & Markets, you will partner closely with teams across Finance, Legal, and Accounting to achieve these objectives.

You will build AI-native investment workflows: apply AI tools to portfolio analytics, manager and counterparty monitoring, IPS compliance, interest income forecasting, and executive reporting, partnering with Finance, Engineering, Data, and FinSys, with controls, documentation, and auditability built in.

Key responsibilities

• Own and optimize Anthropic's external investment program, including money market funds, bank deposits,and separately managed accounts
• Monitor external manager performance and maintain a manager bench with clear performance reporting
• Design and build an in-house investment program, including direct fixed income trading capability, trade infrastructure, and custodian connectivity
• Develop and operationalize a capital planning framework across operating and strategic liquidity tiers
• Design and maintain the investment policy statement, Treasury policies, and SOX-ready investment controls
• Build CFO-ready management reporting covering portfolio performance, policy compliance, and risk exposures

Minimum qualifications

• Deep expertise in corporate cash investment strategy, developed in Treasury, corporate finance, or fixed income portfolio management
• Experience with an in-house investment program, including direct fixed income trading
• Hands-on experience with SMAs, investment policy design, capital allocation frameworks, and external manager oversight
• Experience developing and implementing Treasury policies and SOX-ready controls
• Demonstrated operational readiness at scale, with comfort being personally accountable for large, time-sensitive cash movements
• Familiarity with the Investment Company Act of 1940 and relevant exemptions

Preferred qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant experience in Treasury, corporate finance, or fixed income portfolio management
• Experience in a high-growth technology environment
• Experience standing up in-house trading capability and trade infrastructure, including order management systems and custodian connectivity
• Familiarity with integrating cash forecasting into investment laddering
• FX/derivative trading experience to act as back up trader for risk team
• CFA charter

The annual compensation range for this role is listed below.

For sales roles, the range provided is the role’s On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role.

Annual Salary: $230,000 — $300,000 USD

Logistics

Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience

Required field of study: