Corporate Accountant, Accounting Operations

About the role

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. .

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.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as a primary preparer across month-end and quarter-end close activities spanning various corporate accounting areas
• 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
• Prepare and maintain technical accounting memos, documenting conclusions in accordance with US GAAP and ensuring audit-ready support
• Support and operate within the company’s internal controls framework, with a focus on SOX compliance and control documentation
• Identify repetitive, rules-based accounting tasks and build scalable workflows — including leveraging Claude and other tools — to reduce manual effort and increase accuracy
• Collaborate with Technical Accounting on complex transactions, policy development, and application of new or evolving accounting standards
• Support external audit requests and ensure timely delivery of audit-ready schedules and supporting documentation
• Contribute to system implementations and process improvement initiatives as the team and company continue to scale

You may be a good fit if you:

• Hold an active CPA license (required)
• Have 7+ years of accounting experience, preferably in startup or high-growth environments with 2+ years of experience in a public company
• Big 4 Audit background
• Have experience operating across multiple accounting functions (e.g., corporate close, lease accounting, payroll accounting) — comfort with breadth is essential
• 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
• Have experience working in or building out SOX-compliant control environments
• Are a self-starter who identifies what needs to be done and does it without waiting to be asked
• Communicate clearly and directly with non-accounting partners — you can explain a journal entry to non finance stakeholders
• Are comfortable with ambiguity and can make good decisions with incomplete information

Strong candidates may also:

• Have experience working in a fast-paced startup environment
• Workday financials experience or ERP implementation
• Have the ability to meet deadlines without sacrificing the quality of your work product
• Be comfortable with handling ambiguity and working with minimal supervision
• Take the initiative to apply their knowledge of processes and systems and recommend well-considered improvements
• Exhibit knowledge of how to implement a change and good instinct in predicting its effects, and knowledge of how to “get it right” the first time
• Bring genuine curiosity about how AI tools can eliminate low-value, repetitive work from accounting workflows