Finance Systems Engineer, Finance and Strategy

Anthropic$205K — $270K *
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience in FP&A systems and EPM platforms
  • Hands-on experience with financial planning tools like Pigment or Anaplan
  • Advanced SQL and data modeling skills
  • Ability to translate business requirements into technical specifications
  • Strong understanding of FP&A processes and accounting principles
  • Techno-functional background with CFA and development skills
  • Familiarity with financial data security and compliance requirements

Responsibilities

  • Administer and maintain the financial planning platform, ensuring optimal performance
  • Manage finance applications, user access, and system configurations
  • Provide technical support and troubleshoot user issues
  • Design and develop financial models and workflows within EPM tools
  • Create secure dataflows and system integrations using APIs
  • Partner with Finance teams to translate business needs into tech solutions
  • Ensure data accuracy and integrity, supporting migration and quality checks

Benefits

  • Career growth opportunities within a rapidly evolving company
  • Exposure to cutting-edge financial technologies and processes
  • Collaborative work environment that values innovation
  • Support for training and development of new system users
  • Visa sponsorship available for qualified candidates
Full Job Description
We are looking for a Finance & Strategy (FP&A) Systems Engineer to join our Finance Systems team at Anthropic. In this role, you will be responsible for building and maintaining platforms that support our core Financial Planning, Forecasting and Analytics processes. You will bring deep hands-on expertise in EPM platforms like Anaplan, Pigment and data platforms like BigQuery, who writes integrations, tooling, and production code that connect them to Anthropic's ERP and data warehouse systems. You'll work closely with Corporate Finance & strategy stakeholders to translate business requirements into innovative technical solutions, maintain data integrity, and drive continuous improvements to our financial systems infrastructure. You'll manage day-to-day Finance system operations, support critical financial processes and monthly Forecasting cycles, and take on more ambitious system projects over time, including using Claude to automate FP&A work, help build scalable solutions that enable efficient financial planning, forecasting, and reporting as we continue to grow. Responsibilities Systems Administration and Support • Serve as a primary system administrator for our financial planning platform (Pigment), maintaining system health and optimal performance • Manage Finance applications, data, user access & security, system configurations, version management to ensure appropriate controls and governance. • Provide technical support and troubleshooting for end-users, resolving issues and answering system-related questions System Development and Enhancement • Design, build, and maintain applications, Financial models and workflows with in-house tools and EPM platform like Pigment to support financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, and reporting processes • Develop and maintain secure dataflows, integrations using Rest APIs to connect FP&A platforms, data warehouse with enterprise systems (e.g., Workday Financials, Salesforce CRM, etc.) • Develop SQL-based data models, ETL pipelines, and reporting infrastructure to support financial close, forecasting, and business intelligence. Business Partnership and Process Improvement • Partner with Finance & Strategy (FP&A), Accounting, and other Finance teams to understand business problems and use AI tools to build cutting edge solutions • Support Monthly Forecast, Annual & Long Range planning, Workforce planning, OPEX Forecasting, Balance Sheet & Cash flow forecasting processes. • Identify and implement process and Finance platform improvements. • Participate in testing and validation of system changes, ensuring accuracy and reliability • Assist with training and onboarding of new system users Data Management and Quality • Ensure the accuracy and integrity of financial data across systems • Develop and maintain data validation rules and quality checks • Troubleshoot data discrepancies and work with relevant teams to resolve issues • Support data migration and transformation activities as needed Minium Qualifications • Have 8+ years of experience in FP&A systems - EPM platforms, Finance data warehouse, with a focus on financial planning, forecasting and analysis. • Have hands-on experience administering and developing solutions in enterprise planning platforms (e.g., Pigment, Anaplan, Adaptive Planning, or similar EPM tools) • Possess strong engineering and technical skills including advanced SQL and data modeling skills, creating and maintaining system integrations and data pipelines. • Have demonstrated ability to translate business requirements into technical specifications and system designs. • Have a strong understanding of FP&A processes, financial reporting, and accounting principles Preferred Qualifications • Techno-functional: you're someone who is a CFA but also a hands on developer. • Experience owning changes inside a shared production codebase alongside a product engineering team • Warehouse and analytics-engineering skills such as dbt, BigQuery, or comparable • Experience building robust Finance applications with LLMs • Knowledge of programming or scripting languages (Python, JavaScript, etc.) • Experience with Financial planning & analysis (CFA), experience with pre-IPO companies, supporting rapid growth and scaling financial systems accordingly. • Understanding of financial data security and compliance requirements • Certification in relevant planning platforms (e.g., Pigment, Anaplan Model Builder) • Project management skills and experience leading system implementation workstreams The annual compensation range for this role is listed below. For sales roles, the range provided is the role's On Target Earnings ("OTE") range, meaning that the range includes both the sales commissions/sales bonuses target and annual base salary for the role. Annual Salary: $205,000-$270,000 USD Logistics Minimum education: Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience Required field of study: A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience Minimum years of experience: Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position Location-based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However, some roles may require more time in our offices. Visa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas! However, we aren't able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate. But if we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa, and we retain an immigration lawyer to help with this.

About Anthropic

Anthropic is an artificial intelligence research lab that focuses on developing AI systems that are safe, reliable, and trustworthy. The company was founded in 2019 by Dr. Yoshua Bengio, a leading AI researcher and winner of the Turing Award. Anthropic's research is focused on developing AI systems that can learn from small amounts of data, reason about complex systems, and interact with humans in a natural way. The company is based in New York City and has a team of experienced AI researchers and engineers.
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