About the company
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.
Responsibilities
- Execute technical accounting for strategic investments, joint ventures, partnership structures, and related financing/equity instruments from entry through exit
- Partner with and influence Corporate Development to steer investment structures toward preferred terms and outcomes
- Own entry accounting for each new investment — classification under ASC 321, 323, or 810, VIE/primary-beneficiary analysis, basis differences, and the initial measurement memo
- Run the quarterly portfolio review — reconsideration events, impairment indicators, observable price changes, and equity method pick-ups
- Own the investment rollforward, its reconciliation to the general ledger, and the portfolio reporting
- Manage third-party valuation specialists; review fair values of investments, warrants, and derivative features
- Assess warrants, equity rights, and other investment components embedded in partnerships and compute arrangements
- Support M&A transactions alongside the M&A lead when deal volume requires
- Author and defend technical accounting policies & memoranda
- Help build the investments operating model — intake form and approval gates, memo templates, quarterly checklists, and SOX-ready controls
- Prepare and review investment and transaction disclosures for quarterly and annual filings
- Present investment accounting conclusions and financial statement impacts to leadership
- Monitor standard-setting and SEC developments affecting investments, consolidation, and business combinations
Requirements
- Significant Big 4 experience — ideally in a National Office, Transaction/Deal Advisory, or Capital Markets/Accounting Advisory group
- Proven experience leading complex valuations (e.g., business combinations, equity and debt investments, warrants and other Level 3 instruments)
- Have owned the accounting for a portfolio of minority/strategic investments
- Deep command of US GAAP for investments in equity securities, equity method, consolidation and VIEs, fair value measurement, and business combinations
- Fluent in valuation concepts and can direct and challenge third-party specialists
- Have operated within an investments-accounting or deal-accounting function
- Communicate effectively with Corporate Development, Legal, and Tax
- Exceptional written and verbal communication
- Excel at hands-on technical execution in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment
Conditions
- Location: San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA