Senior Manager, Corporate Accounting

About the Role

We are looking for a Corporate Accountant to join Anthropic’s Corporate Accounting Operations team. Reporting to the Director of Accounting Operations, this person will lead a team of accountants while staying hands-on — reviewing and preparing close materials, setting technical standards, and owning their own portfolio of accounts through close.

This is a build role. The successful candidate will write and own the policies and SOPs their team operates against, design the controls framework, and continuously improve the processes underneath it — including using Claude and other tools to automate work that doesn’t need to be manual. We are looking for someone who has built accounting infrastructure from scratch in high-growth environments and wants to do it again at one of the most important companies in the world.

The role requires an active CPA licence and roughly 10 years of progressive accounting experience combining public company (audit or in-house) exposure with time in a high-growth or startup environment. A Big 4 audit foundation is a strong signal. The role carries direct reports and sits at the intersection of close operations, technical accounting, SOX, process automation, and cross-functional partnership.

Key Responsibilities

Close Operations (~35%)

• Own a portfolio of accounts through month-end and quarter-end close — reconciliations, journal entries, and variance commentary
• Drive close acceleration by identifying bottlenecks and implementing process changes that reduce cycle time without sacrificing accuracy
• Ensure all close deliverables are consistently audit-ready with clear documentation of positions and supporting evidence
• Oversee SOX control preparation and execution across owned accounts; review control evidence and own timely remediation of gaps

Technical Accounting & Policy (~20%)

• Write, own, and maintain technical accounting policies and SOPs across the domain — drafting, evolving, and operationalising them as the business changes
• Review technical accounting memos prepared by the team; ensure conclusions are well-supported and consistent with US GAAP
• Collaborate with Technical Accounting on new or evolving standards and translate guidance into executable procedures
• Own external audit responses within the domain; ensure timely delivery of supporting schedules and audit-ready workpapers

Process Improvement & Automation (~20%)

• Identify repetitive, rules-based tasks and build scalable solutions — including leveraging Claude — to automate or replace them
• Document workflows and controls in a way that supports knowledge transfer, audit evidence, and system scalability
• Contribute to ERP and systems implementations, translating accounting requirements into clear specifications and test criteria

Team Leadership & Review (~15%)

• Coach and develop a team of highly agile performers with timely, specific feedback that raises the technical and operational bar
• Hire and onboard accountants as the team grows; set clear expectations and build a culture of precision and continuous improvement
• Serve as the first escalation point for complex transactions and accounting judgments across the team’s workstreams

Cross-Functional Partnership (~10%)

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