Anthropic

Anthropic

Director, SOX Infrastructure

San Francisco, CA · Director

H1B sponsorship available$230k-$300kDetected 10 days ago
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About the role

  • We are looking for a SOX Director - Compute and Infrastructure to join our Internal Audit team at Anthropic.
  • This is Anthropic's largest cost and one of the most complex areas of our financial reporting.
  • You'll focus on cloud spend, usage-based costs, vendor commitments, accruals, and cost allocation, as we scale rapidly toward an IPO.

Responsibilities

  • Lead financial risk and internal control design for compute and infrastructure accounting, including cloud spend, usage-based costs, vendor commitments, credits, refunds, accruals, cost allocation, budgeting, and asset lifecycle management
  • Own scoping, risk assessment, walkthroughs, testing, remediation, and reporting activities for compute and infrastructure processes
  • Build scalable, automated, and sustainable controls to support growth through pre-IPO and post-IPO readiness
  • Design, implement, and monitor controls over the completeness, accuracy, and cutoff of compute cost, including monthly accruals built from internal workload telemetry and the true-up to provider invoices
  • Design and test controls over the allocation of compute cost between cost of revenue and research and development, including workload tagging, shared clusters, and changes to tagging logic or allocation models
  • Establish the investigation threshold and variance criteria used in the control design to ensure the precision needed to detect a material misstatement
  • Design and test controls over infrastructure related control inclusive of development of an asset lifecycle management system
  • Own control requirements across high-volume financial data pipelines, partnering with Finance Analytics &BI, Finance & Strategy, and Accounting to validate completeness, accuracy, classification, general-ledger mapping, key reports, and monthly close governance
  • Own the identification and control treatment of key reports and Information Produced by the Entity (IPE) used in compute accruals, allocation, and the close
  • Partner with IT SOX and engineering teams on the IT general controls and automated controls that support compute data, including interface, ITAC's, and change management over pipelines and models

Requirements

  • Have proven ability to establish or scale SOX controls at newly public or pre-IPO companies
  • Hold a Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, IT/Engineering
  • Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position
  • Develop and execute the SOX control plan and roadmap for compute and infrastructure, making defensible prioritization calls on what must be controlled now and what can follow
  • Required field of study: A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience
  • Minimum years of experience: Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position

Nice to have

  • Have 12+ years of hands-on SOX, internal audit, or internal controls experience, preferably in both Big 4 and in-house roles at a fast-paced technology company
  • CPA (or similar certification) and/ or CISA
  • Familiarity with cloud provider billing and commitment structures (AWS, GCP, Azure)
  • Experience with controls over cost of revenue, gross margin reporting, and allocation methodologies
  • Interest in or experience applying AI/ML technologies to audit, compliance, or risk management processes
  • Understanding of lease accounting (ASC 842) and other accounting standards relevant to infrastructure and capacity arrangements
  • Experience working at a high-growth AI or technology company
  • Familiarity with financial data governance, internal controls over financial reporting (ICFR), and SEC disclosure requirements

Compensation

  • $230,000 - $300,000 USD

Benefits

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

Company info

  • About the Role We are looking for a SOX Director - Compute and Infrastructure to join our Internal Audit team at Anthropic.
  • We think this makes representation even more important, and we strive to include a range of diverse perspectives on our team.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • We do sponsor visas!
  • However, we aren't able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate.
  • But if we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa, and we retain an immigration lawyer to help with this.
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