Senior Manager, Infrastructure Lease Accounting
Anthropic· Finance
Hybrid (San Francisco, CA), Hybrid (Seattle, WA)$190k - $230kfull-timePosted 1mo ago
About the role
Senior Manager responsible for end-to-end accounting of Anthropic's infrastructure lease portfolio under ASC 842, partner with cross-functional teams, design scalable processes, and lead internal and external reviews in a fast-growing environment.
Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end accounting for one of Anthropic's AI infrastructure lease portfolios, including monthly close, reconciliations, roll-forwards, and flux analysis
- Apply technical accounting expertise to complex infrastructure arrangements under ASC 842 (lease classification, measurement, modifications, embedded leases, and reassessments)
- Partner with Real Estate, Legal, and Finance teams during contract negotiation and execution to ensure accounting implications are understood before commitments are made
- Serve as a trusted finance partner to non-finance stakeholders — explaining the financial statement impact of their decisions in clear, simple terms they can act on
- Collaborate cross-functionally to improve the quality of upstream data pipelines from operational and contract systems
- Design and scale systems, processes, and controls to support a rapidly growing lease portfolio
- Collaborate with and mentor accounting professionals across the Infrastructure Accounting team
- Serve as a key point of contact with external auditors on lease accounting matters
- Drive process improvements and automation, including leveraging AI tooling, to enhance the efficiency and accuracy of financial reporting
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance; CPA or equivalent preferred
- Strong technical accounting knowledge of ASC 842, particularly as applied to infrastructure, data center, or compute-related arrangements
- Experience managing a significant lease portfolio in a high-growth environment
- Analytical abilities and comfort with large, complex datasets
- Track record of improving scalable financial processes in fast-moving environments
- Experience mentoring and developing accounting professionals
- Ability to translate technical accounting concepts into financial implications for non-finance stakeholders
- Clear communication and influence across cross-functional partners
- Experience partnering with engineering, infrastructure, or operations teams to improve financial reporting and cost transparency
Skills
Required:ASC 842 knowledgeLease portfolio managementCross-functional collaborationData analysisProcess improvement and automation
Benefits
- Competitive compensation and benefits
- Optional equity donation matching
- Generous vacation and parental leave
- Flexible working hours
- Office space for collaboration
Last updated Sep 16, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.
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