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Senior Analyst, Travel & Expense

Anthropic· Finance
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Hybrid (San Francisco, CA)$190k - $230kPosted 1w ago

About the role

Senior Analyst responsible for day-to-day financial controls, audit program, and executive reporting for Anthropic's Travel & Expense function. Works with Finance Operations and partners across Accounting, Tax, Payroll, Talent, Security, Legal, Finance Systems, and Administrative Business Partners to scale T&E controls and ensure regulatory and internal-control compliance.

Responsibilities

  • Own the day-to-day operation of key T&E controls, including approvals, card issuance and spend limits, segregation of duties, and policy exceptions within the control framework; maintain process narratives and risk and control matrix; ensure correct GL coding and complete month-end reconciliations across Navan, Brex, and Workday; support close, flux analysis, and accruals; act as preparer for T&E controls and main contact for internal and external auditors: gather evidence, support walkthroughs and sample requests, track remediation, escalate issues to Head of T&E
  • Set up and maintain entity-level coding and approval flows in Brex and Navan as new legal entities and countries come online; document country-specific rules for per diems, VAT reclaim, non-USD cards, receipt requirements, and local tax treatment; partner with Tax, Payroll, and Global Mobility to ensure compliance; support accurate intercompany treatment of T&E costs across entities
  • Help design, build, and run a risk-based T&E audit program including sampling, anomaly detection, misuse escalation, and remediation tracking; define and monitor pre-spend rules, duplicate and split-transaction checks, and receipt and 30-day submission compliance; build dashboards and reporting on policy compliance, exceptions, and control performance for Finance leadership; partner with Head of T&E to deploy Claude to review transactions, flag policy exceptions, and automate recurring reporting
  • Own day-to-day T&E operations, supporting growing travel and expense activity and platform configuration/automation; own transaction-level review and receipt follow-up; help shape what should be automated rather than staffed; partner with Benefits, Payroll and Legal to ensure program compliance with local and country requirements

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of experience in travel and expense, corporate accounting, internal audit, or finance operations; ideally at a high-growth technology company
  • Hands-on SOX or internal-controls experience: writing process narratives, testing or operating key controls, and working with external auditors
  • Strong accounting fundamentals including GL coding, account reconciliations, accruals, and month-end close support
  • Deep platform expertise in Navan and/or comparable TMC platforms, plus Brex or equivalent expense management tools; working knowledge of ERP integrations (Workday preferred)
  • Strong analytical skills: comfortable with large transaction datasets, sampling methods, and anomaly detection
  • Sound judgment and discretion with sensitive information; ability to work credibly with senior executives and their support teams
  • Clear written and verbal communication; ability to explain controls or exceptions to Finance leaders, auditors, and employees
  • AI-curious, builder mindset: experience automating finance workflows with AI tools or enthusiasm for doing so; comfort creating structure where none exists
  • CPA, CIA, or equivalent certification
  • Experience with multi-entity, multi-currency environments, including per diem rules, VAT reclaim, and cross-border tax considerations
  • Experience with pre-IPO or newly public company readiness
  • M&A integration experience considered a huge plus

Skills

Required:Travel & Expense control processesGeneral ledger and month-end closeAudit coordinationNavan and Brex familiarityData analysis and anomaly detectionInternal controls/ SOX

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation and benefits
  • Optional equity donation matching
  • Generous vacation and parental leave
  • Flexible working hours
  • Office space in San Francisco
  • Visa sponsorship available
Last updated Oct 14, 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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