Anthropic

Anthropic

Director, Technical Accounting – Investments

San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA · Director · Contract

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About the role

  • We are seeking a Director, Technical Accounting - Investments and M&A to join our Finance team at Anthropic.
  • You will report to the Senior Director, Technical Accounting - M&A and Investments.
  • This is a builder role: you'll help stand up and continuously sharpen the portfolio accounting process, controls, and valuation governance expected of a world class finance organization, working alongside the Senior Director as the function takes shape.

Responsibilities

  • Own entry accounting for each new investment - classification under ASC 321, 323, or 810, VIE/primary-beneficiary analysis, basis differences, and the initial measurement memo
  • Own the investment rollforward, its reconciliation to the general ledger, and the portfolio reporting that supports close, FP&A, and leadership, including review of portfolio company financial statements
  • Manage third-party valuation specialists
  • Support M&A transactions alongside the M&A lead when deal volume requires - accounting due diligence, purchase accounting (consideration measurement, PPA review, opening balance sheet), and measurement-period adjustments
  • partner closely with external auditors on investment, consolidation, and M&A matters
  • Help build the investments operating model - intake form and approval gates, memo templates, quarterly checklists, and SOX-ready controls - designed to scale as the portfolio grows including utilizing Claude, ERP systems and third party applications (as applicable)

Requirements

  • Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position
  • 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

  • Fair value measurement, derivatives, and embedded features (ASC 820, 815, 825), including warrants and Level 3 inputs for private company investments
  • Business combinations and asset acquisitions (ASC 805), including contingent consideration and step acquisitions
  • Collaborative arrangements and consideration exchanged in commercial deals (ASC 808, 606)
  • Hold an active CPA license
  • Have built an investment accounting process from the ground up, including intake, quarterly monitoring, and SOX-compliant controls over non-routine/complex transactions
  • Have deep, practitioner-level expertise in one or more of the following:
  • Deadline to apply: None.
  • Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Compensation

  • $230,000 - $300,000 USD
  • Prepare and review investment and transaction disclosures for quarterly and annual filings, including fair value, equity method, and VIE disclosures

Benefits

  • Execute technical accounting for strategic investments, joint ventures, partnership structures, and related financing/equity instruments from entry through exit
  • Run the quarterly portfolio review - reconsideration events, impairment indicators, observable price changes, and equity method pick-ups - and account for follow-on investments, conversions, down rounds, and exits
  • Assess warrants, equity rights, and other investment components embedded in partnerships and compute arrangements, partnering with Accounting Policy on how consideration is allocated
  • Minimum education: Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience

Company info

  • About the role We are seeking a Director, Technical Accounting - Investments and M&A to join our Finance team at Anthropic.
  • We think this makes representation even more important, and we strive to include a range of diverse perspectives on our team.
  • At Anthropic we work as a single cohesive team on just a few large-scale research efforts.

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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