Corporate Accountant, Accounting Operations

<div class="content-intro"><h2><strong>About Anthropic</strong></h2> <p>Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.</p></div><h2><strong>About the role</strong></h2> <p>We are looking for a Corporate Accountant to join our Corporate Accounting Operations team at Anthropic. You will work as a key preparer across the monthly and quarterly close cycle and work cross-functionally across the organization to solve complex problems on a regular basis. .</p> <p>This is an opportunity for someone who thrives in ambiguity, moves quickly without sacrificing accuracy, and genuinely enjoys building better processes — not just maintaining them. If you are looking for an opportunity to make a significant impact on the financial infrastructure of an innovative company, come join us in our mission to build cutting-edge, safe AI.</p> <p> </p> <h2><strong>Responsibilities:</strong></h2> <ul> <li>Serve as a primary preparer across month-end and quarter-end close activities spanning various corporate accounting areas</li> <li>Prepare and own balance sheet reconciliations, journal entries, and flux analysis commentary across your portfolio of accounts, that may include leases, fixed assets, prepaid expenses, accruals, and payroll-related accruals</li> <li>Prepare and maintain technical accounting memos, documenting conclusions in accordance with US GAAP and ensuring audit-ready support</li> <li>Support and operate within the company’s internal controls framework, with a focus on SOX compliance and control documentation</li> <li>Identify repetitive, rules-based accounting tasks and build scalable workflows — including leveraging Claude and other tools — to reduce manual effort and increase accuracy</li> <li>Collaborate with Technical Accounting on complex transactions, policy development, and application of new or evolving accounting standards</li> <li>Support external audit requests and ensure timely delivery of audit-ready schedules and supporting documentation</li> <li>Contribute to system implementations and process improvement initiatives as the team and company continue to scale</li> </ul> <p> </p> <h2><strong>You may be a good fit if you:</strong></h2> <ul> <li>Hold an active CPA license (required)</li> <li>Have 7+ years of accounting experience, preferably in startup or high-growth environments with 2+ years of experience in a public company</li> <li>Big 4 Audit background</li> <li>Have experience operating across multiple accounting functions (e.g., corporate close, lease accounting, payroll accounting) — comfort with breadth is essential</li> <li>Can move between preparer-level execution and technical accounting analysis — writing a technical memo and closing your accruals in the same week should feel familiar</li> <li>Have experience working in or building out SOX-compliant control environments</li> <li>Are a self-starter who identifies what needs to be done and does it without waiting to be asked</li> <li>Communicate clearly and directly with non-accounting partners — you can explain a journal entry to non finance stakeholders</li> <li>Are comfortable with ambiguity and can make good decisions with incomplete information</li> </ul> <p> </p> <h2><strong>Strong candidates may also:</strong></h2> <ul> <li>Have experience working in a fast-paced startup environment</li> <li>Workday financials experience or ERP implementation</li> <li>Have the ability to meet deadlines without sacrificing the quality of your work product</li> <li>Be comfortable with handling ambiguity and working with minimal supervision</li> <li>Take the initiative to apply their knowledge of processes and systems and recommend well-considered improvements</li> <li>Exhibit knowledge of how to implement ... (truncated, view full listing at source)