Senior Manager, Compute Accounting

<div class="content-intro"><h2><strong>About Anthropic</strong></h2> <p>Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.</p></div><h2 class="heading"><strong>About the role</strong></h2> <p>As a Senior Manager, Compute Accounting at Anthropic, you will own the end-to-end accounting for our compute expenses, ensuring accurate financial reporting and robust controls as we scale. You'll be responsible for the complete lifecycle of compute accounting—from contract review and compliance through accruals, prepaids, accounts payable reconciliation, expense classification, and commitment tracking. This role requires deep expertise in accounting for compute usage, strong data and analytical capabilities, and the ability to build scalable processes in a high-growth environment. You'll partner directly with the relevant Engineering, Legal, and Procurement teams to ensure our CSP contracts are properly reflected in our financial records and that we're capturing costs accurately and in compliance with our agreements. As Anthropic continues to grow rapidly, you'll play a critical role in establishing the financial controls and processes that enable us to manage significant compute spend with precision and confidence.</p> <h2><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></h2> <ul> <li> <ul> <li>Own the complete accounting lifecycle for compute expenses, ensuring accurate and timely recording of all costs</li> <li>Review and interpret CSP contracts to ensure proper accounting treatment and compliance with contractual terms</li> <li>Design and implement accrual and prepayment processes that accurately reflect the timing and nature of our compute costs</li> <li>Track and reconcile commitment-based agreements, ensuring proper r