Anthropic
Director, Technical Accounting – Investments
$230K–$300K
San Francisco, CA +2 · Director · Full-time · Posted Oct 7, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, CA
Seattle, WA
San Francisco, California, United States - Experience
- Minimum years correlate with internal job level requirements; preferred: 10+ years progressive accounting experience, including 4+ years owning strategic investment, equity method, or consolidation accounting end-to-end.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience; field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience.
- 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 and provides an immigration lawyer.
About the job
Own accounting for strategic investments, partnerships, and related capital transactions, while supporting M&A accounting as needed.
What you'll do
- Lead investment accounting from entry through exit, including classification, quarterly monitoring, valuation, and reporting.
- Partner with Corporate Development and other teams on deal structuring; author accounting policies and support auditors, disclosures, and M&A transactions.
- Build scalable investment accounting processes, valuation governance, and SOX-ready controls.
What they ask for
- Significant Big 4 experience paired with in-house technology-company experience and public accounting or advisory experience.
- Owned accounting for a portfolio of minority or strategic investments, including quarterly impairment and fair-value monitoring.
- Deep US GAAP expertise in investments, equity method, consolidation and VIEs, fair value, and business combinations.
- Proficiency with accounting systems, consolidation tools, and advanced Excel/modeling.
Nice to have
- 10+ years of progressive accounting experience, including 4+ years owning strategic investment, equity method, or consolidation accounting end-to-end.
- Active CPA license; Workday is preferred.
Pay
$230,000 — $300,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
US GAAP, ASC 321, ASC 323, ASC 810, Workday, Excel, Claude, ERP systems
AI focus
Adopt AI tools including Claude and Claude for Finance; leverage AI to automate portfolio monitoring, memo drafting, and close.
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