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Director, SOX Infrastructure

Anthropic· Finance
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San Francisco, CA$230k - $300kFull-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

SOX Director - Compute and Infrastructure responsible for leading financial risk assessment, control design, testing, remediation, and reporting for compute and infrastructure to support pre-IPO readiness and beyond at Anthropic.

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
  • Develop and execute the SOX control plan and roadmap for compute and infrastructure, prioritizing controls
  • Own scoping, risk assessment, walkthroughs, testing, remediation, and reporting for compute and infrastructure processes
  • Build scalable, automated, and sustainable controls to support growth through pre-IPO and post-IPO readiness
  • Pioneer AI and automation to enhance control effectiveness, including full-population matching of usage to invoices, continuous monitoring, and anomaly detection
  • Design, implement, and monitor controls over completeness, accuracy, and cutoff of compute cost and accruals
  • Establish controls over multi-year provider agreements and related charges, credits, and corrections
  • Design and test controls over allocation of compute cost between cost of revenue and R&D
  • Define investigation thresholds and variance criteria for precise misstatement detection
  • Develop controls over asset lifecycle management for infrastructure-related processes
  • Maintain audit-ready evidence and ensure compliance with US GAAP and SEC requirements
  • Own control requirements across high-volume financial data pipelines with Finance teams
  • Identify and control key reports and IPE used in accruals, allocation, and close
  • Partner with IT SOX and engineering on IT general controls and automated controls for compute data
  • Embed control requirements into new systems and processes at design time
  • Assess reliance on cloud providers, including SOC 1 reviews and bridge letters
  • Define complementary user entity controls and alternative procedures if provider reports are missing or incomplete
  • Assess impact of AI on controls and update the control environment accordingly
  • Collaborate with Compute Accounting, Finance Analytics & BI, Infrastructure Engineering, Procurement, and Finance & Strategy to implement scalable controls
  • Coordinate with Compute Controller and CAO to align controls with business objectives
  • Train process owners and control performers on control execution and evidence retention
  • Support management’s ICFR assessment and related disclosures
  • Serve as primary contact for external auditors on compute and infrastructure SOX matters
  • Prepare formal positions on control design, provider reliance, and deficiency evaluation for compute and infrastructure
  • Manage audit requests, testing schedules, and walkthroughs across compute and infrastructure
  • Track and report control status, testing results, and remediation to leadership
  • Drive alignment with auditors on testing approaches and deficiency aggregation

Qualifications

  • Have designed controls over cloud, compute, or infrastructure cost, or similar high-volume usage-based processes
  • Proven ability to establish or scale SOX controls at pre-IPO or newly public companies
  • Deep understanding of compute accruals, vendor commitments, cost allocation, financial close, and US GAAP
  • Experience evaluating SOC 1 and SOC 2 and complementary user entity controls
  • Comfort with large datasets and data pipelines, collaboration with data science/engineering teams
  • Ability to structure ambiguous control problems and influence stakeholders without direct authority
  • Strong project management, analytical, and communication skills
  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, IT/Engineering
  • Passion for building scalable processes supporting growth and Anthropic’s mission

Skills

Required:SOX control designData analysis and governanceInternal auditingCloud cost understandingProject management

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation and benefits
  • Optional equity donation matching
  • Generous vacation and parental leave
  • Flexible working hours
  • Office space for collaboration
  • Visa sponsorship support
Last updated Oct 7, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Anthropic

building reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems

Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.

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