Senior Manager, Infrastructure Asset Accounting

Anthropic$190K — $230K *
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance; CPA or equivalent preferred
  • Strong technical knowledge of ASC 360, particularly for infrastructure-related assets
  • Experience in cost accounting within supply chain contexts
  • Proven track record in building end-to-end transaction flows or process maps
  • Hands-on experience managing large fixed asset portfolios in dynamic environments
  • Analytical skills comfortable with large, complex datasets
  • Experience mentoring accounting professionals

Responsibilities

  • Own accounting lifecycle for infrastructure assets from acquisition to disposal
  • Build detailed transaction flow mappings for asset movement and costs
  • Evaluate and document accounting implications of non-standard procurement arrangements
  • Apply ASC 360 expertise in capitalizing, impairing, and disposing of assets
  • Partner across departments to ensure understanding of accounting implications during contracts
  • Serve as a finance liaison to non-financial stakeholders
  • Enhance data tracking and reporting processes for high-value assets

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work at a rapidly growing technology company
  • Impact on the financial understanding of a vast asset base
  • Collaborative environment with cross-functional teams
  • Chance to influence and enhance operational scalability
  • Professional development and mentoring opportunities
Full Job Description
Anthropic is seeking a Senior Manager, Infrastructure Asset Accounting to join our Infrastructure Accounting team. In this role, you will own the accounting for Anthropic's infrastructure assets across their full lifecycle - from chips, memory, and networking components moving through the supply chain, to the racks, clusters, and data center buildouts underpinning our $50B+ investment in American computing infrastructure. As we continue our rapid growth, you will help ensure the operational scalability and financial accuracy of the core functions that enable Anthropic's research and commercial success. This is an opportunity to be at the heart of one of the fastest-scaling companies in the industry, and to shape how Anthropic's growing fixed asset base is accounted for and understood across the business. You'll work closely with partners across Data Center Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, and Legal, apply deep technical accounting expertise under ASC 360 along with cost accounting judgment on components that behave like inventory, and help build the processes, controls, and systems that let this function scale. Responsibilities • Own end-to-end accounting for Anthropic's infrastructure assets through their lifecycle - component cost accumulation, prepayments and deposits, construction-in-progress (CIP), transfer to fixed assets at deployment, and disposal • Build and maintain detailed transaction flows that map how assets and costs move from purchase order through shipment, receipt, warehousing, integration, deployment, and in-service, and keep them current as sourcing models change • Evaluate the accounting implications of new and non-standard supplier and procurement arrangements and document conclusions in clear technical memos. • Apply technical accounting expertise under ASC 360 (capitalization, useful lives, impairment, disposals, and asset retirement obligations), together with cost accounting concepts such as bill-of-materials (BOM) cost accumulation, landed cost, and obsolescence and existence reserves • Partner with Supply Chain, Data Center Operations, Legal, and Finance during contract negotiation and execution so that accounting implications are understood before commitments are made • Serve as a trusted finance partner to non-finance stakeholders - explaining the financial statement impact of their decisions in clear, simple terms they can act on • Collaborate cross-functionally to improve upstream data pipelines and component tracking, including serial-number-level tracking and existence controls for high-value components, and accurate receipt, deployment, and in-service dates • Help design and scale systems, processes, and controls to support a rapidly growing component and fixed asset portfolio • Collaborate with and mentor accounting professionals across the Infrastructure Accounting team • Serve as a key point of contact with external auditors on supply chain, capex, and fixed asset accounting matters • Drive process improvements and automation, including leveraging AI tooling, to enhance the efficiency and accuracy of financial reporting Minimum qualifications • Hold a Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance; CPA or equivalent preferred • Possess strong technical accounting knowledge of ASC 360, particularly as applied to infrastructure, data center, or compute-related assets • Have applied experience with cost accounting in a supply chain context - BOM-based costing, landed cost, standard vs. actual, and obsolescence or NRV analysis • Have built or maintained end-to-end transaction flows, process maps, or subledger designs that trace assets and costs across systems and lifecycle stages • Have evaluated the accounting for non-standard supplier or procurement arrangements and can reach and document a supportable conclusion • Have hands-on experience with a significant fixed asset or component portfolio in a high-growth environment • Demonstrate strong analytical abilities and comfort working with large, complex datasets • Have a track record of improving scalable financial processes in fast-moving environments • Have experience mentoring accounting professionals • Are adept at translating technical accounting concepts into financial implications for non-finance stakeholders • Communicate clearly and influence effectively across cross-functional partners • Have experience partnering with supply chain, engineering, infrastructure, or operations teams to improve financial reporting and cost transparency Preferred qualifications • 10+ years of progressive experience in accounting, with operational experience at technology, hardware, manufacturing, or infrastructure-heavy companies • Experience at hyperscalers, semiconductor companies, hardware OEMs / ODMs, contract manufacturers, or data center operators, with exposure to complex BOM-based assemblies and infrastructure asset structures (including GPU clusters, networking equipment, and data center buildouts) • Familiarity with adjacent guidance that often arises in supply chain arrangements, such as ASC 330 (inventory), ASC 842 (embedded leases), and ASC 460 (guarantees) • Experience with fixed asset subledger and component / inventory management systems at scale (e.g., NetSuite, Oracle, SAP) • SQL proficiency for querying and analyzing large infrastructure and accounting datasets • Background in Big 4 accounting or advisory services combined with industry experience • Experience with complex data center buildouts or hybrid cloud / on-premise environments • Knowledge of AI/ML infrastructure and associated cost structures • Experience applying AI tooling (including Claude) to accounting processes, memo drafting, or close automation • Proven ability to navigate ambiguity and drive results in rapidly changing environments 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: $190,000-$230,000 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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