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Salary: USD 230,000 - 300,000 / annual
Anthropic is seeking a Director of Technical Accounting – Investments to own the company's accounting for strategic investments, partnerships with investment components, and related capital transactions. You will report to the Senior Director, Technical Accounting – M&A and Investments and serve as a key technical resource as Anthropic scales and deploys capital into strategic investments, joint ventures, and novel commercial structures including compute arrangements with warrants and other investment features.
Key Responsibilities:
- Execute technical accounting for strategic investments, joint ventures, and partnership structures from entry through exit, including classification under ASC 321, 323, or 810, VIE/primary-beneficiary analysis, and basis differences
- Partner with Corporate Development to influence investment structures, reviewing term sheets and deal documents before signing
- Run quarterly portfolio reviews covering reconsideration events, impairment indicators, observable price changes, and equity method pick-ups
- Own the investment rollforward, reconciliation to general ledger, and portfolio reporting supporting close, FP&A, and leadership
- Manage third-party valuation specialists and review fair values of investments, warrants, and derivative features, including Level 3 inputs and impairment analyses
- Assess warrants, equity rights, and other investment components embedded in partnerships and compute arrangements
- Support M&A transactions including accounting due diligence, purchase accounting, and measurement-period adjustments when deal volume requires
- Author and defend technical accounting policies and memoranda; partner with external auditors on investment, consolidation, and M&A matters
- Build the investments operating model including intake forms, approval gates, memo templates, quarterly checklists, and SOX-ready controls
- Prepare and review investment and transaction disclosures for quarterly and annual filings
- Present investment accounting conclusions to leadership and cross-functional stakeholders
- Monitor standard-setting and SEC developments affecting investments, consolidation, and business combinations
This is a builder role where you'll help stand up and continuously sharpen the portfolio accounting process and valuation governance while remaining involved in deal structuring.
Requirements:
- Significant Big 4 experience, ideally in a National Office, Transaction/Deal Advisory, or Capital Markets/Accounting Advisory group, paired with in-house experience at a technology company
- Proven experience leading complex valuations (business combinations, equity and debt investments, warrants, Level 3 instruments) and directing third-party valuation specialists
- Owned accounting for a portfolio of minority/strategic investments, including quarterly impairment and fair value monitoring, with at least one meaningful investment
- Deep command of US GAAP for investments in equity securities, equity method, consolidation, VIEs, fair value measurement, and business combinations
- Fluent in valuation concepts; able to direct and challenge third-party specialists on private company fair value, warrant/option pricing, impairment, and PPA models
- Experience within an investments-accounting or deal-accounting function contributing to playbook and controls design
- Effective communication with Corporate Development, Legal, and Tax on structuring trade-offs
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
- Hands-on technical execution in fast-paced, ambiguous environments
- Proficiency with accounting systems (Workday preferred), consolidation tools, and advanced Excel/modeling
- Curious about and quick to adopt new AI tools, including Claude and Claude for Finance
Preferred Qualifications:
- 10+ years of progressive accounting experience, including 4+ years owning strategic investment, equity method, or consolidation accounting end-to-end
- Deep practitioner-level expertise in investments in equity securities, equity method, consolidation (ASC 321, 323, 810), fair value measurement, derivatives, embedded features (ASC 820, 815, 825), business combinations (ASC 805), or collaborative arrangements (ASC 808, 606)
- Active CPA license
- Built an investment accounting process from the ground up including intake, quarterly monitoring, and SOX-compliant controls
- Prepared or reviewed investment disclosures in SEC filings
- Experience with novel AI/technology structures (investments bundled with compute, warrants from customers/vendors, revenue-share partnerships) and passion for leveraging AI to automate portfolio monitoring
