Anthropic
Director, SOX Infrastructure
$230K–$300K
San Francisco, CA +1 · Director · Full-time · Posted Oct 6, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- Minimum years correlate with internal job level requirements; preferred 12+ years of hands-on SOX, internal audit, or internal controls experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience; required field of study is relevant to the role.
- Visa sponsorship
- Visa sponsorship is available, but not for every role or candidate; if an offer is made, Anthropic will make every reasonable effort to obtain a visa.
About the job
Leads SOX financial risk assessment and internal control design, testing, remediation, and audit readiness for compute and infrastructure processes.
What you'll do
- Own the SOX control plan, including scoping, risk assessment, walkthroughs, testing, remediation, and reporting.
- Design scalable controls over compute costs, accruals, provider agreements, cost allocation, infrastructure assets, and financial data pipelines.
- Coordinate with internal teams and external auditors, and pioneer AI and automation for monitoring and control effectiveness.
What they ask for
- Experience designing controls over cloud, compute, infrastructure costs, or comparable high-volume usage-based processes, with understanding of control objectives, IPE, and audit evidence.
- Proven ability to establish or scale SOX controls at newly public or pre-IPO companies.
- Deep understanding of compute accruals, vendor commitments, cost allocation, financial close, and US GAAP requirements; experience evaluating SOC 1 and SOC 2 reports and complementary user entity controls.
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or IT/Engineering.
Nice to have
- 12+ years of hands-on SOX, internal audit, or internal controls experience; CPA (or similar certification) and/or CISA.
- Familiarity with cloud provider billing structures, SQL, usage and telemetry data, or applying AI/ML to audit, compliance, or risk management.
Pay
$230,000 — $300,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
AWS, GCP, Azure, SQL, SOC 1, SOC 2, AI/ML
AI focus
Apply AI and automation to improve control effectiveness, including full-population usage-to-invoice matching, continuous monitoring, and anomaly detection; assess how AI in Finance and the close changes control requirements.
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