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Anthropic is seeking a Senior Manager of Compute Accounting to own the end-to-end accounting for compute and cloud infrastructure spend as the company scales. This role manages the complete lifecycle of compute cost accounting—from contract review and technical accounting assessment, through accruals, prepaids, accounts payable reconciliation, expense classification, and commitment tracking.
Key responsibilities include owning accurate and timely recording of all compute and cloud infrastructure costs through monthly close, reconciliations, and flux analysis. You will review and interpret cloud service provider and infrastructure contracts to ensure proper accounting treatment and compliance with contractual terms. The role requires applying technical accounting expertise to complex compute infrastructure arrangements under ASC 842, including embedded-lease identification, lease vs. service classification, and modifications.
You will partner directly with Engineering, Legal, Procurement, and Finance & Strategy teams to ensure accounting implications of compute contracts are understood before commitments are made. You'll scope and formulate accounting policies governing how compute costs are recognized, classified, and amortized across an expanding portfolio of cloud service provider arrangements. This includes designing and implementing accrual and prepayment processes for capacity reservations, savings plans, and committed-use discounts.
The role involves building scalable processes and controls that grow with the organization, developing reporting and monitoring systems to provide visibility into compute spending patterns, and serving as a key point of contact with external auditors on compute cost accounting matters. You will mentor accounting professionals across the Compute Accounting team and serve as the subject matter expert on compute accounting for cross-functional partners. Additionally, you'll lead process transformation and automation initiatives, redesigning close workflows, building automated data pipelines, and leveraging AI tooling to manage cross-functional projects from scoping through delivery.
As Anthropic's compute footprint expands rapidly across multiple cloud service providers, you'll play a critical role in establishing financial controls and accounting policy to manage compute spend measured in the tens of billions of dollars with precision and confidence.
