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Director, Infrastructure & Energy Accounting

Anthropic

San Francisco, CA • On-site, Remote

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Re-posted 11 days ago

Job description

About the role

Anthropic is seeking a Director, Infrastructure & Energy Accounting to lead technical accounting for our most complex infrastructure and energy arrangements - the data center leases, power purchase agreements, and related structures underpinning our recently announced $50bn investment in American computing infrastructure. As we continue our rapid growth, you will ensure the financial statement accuracy of the most technically complex contracts we enter into.

This is an opportunity to be at the heart of one of the fastest-scaling companies in the industry, and to shape how Anthropic accounts for the highest-stakes arrangements underpinning our compute and energy portfolio.

You will serve as the technical accounting subject matter expert for arrangements spanning data center leases (ASC 842), power purchase agreements and energy contracts (including those containing embedded derivatives under ASC 815), and counterparty or joint-venture structures (ASC 810 VIE analysis). You'll work closely with Real Estate, Legal, Finance, and external auditors to ensure accounting implications are understood before commitments are made.

Responsibilities
  • Serve as the technical accounting subject matter expert for Anthropic's most complex infrastructure and energy arrangements, leading classification, measurement, and subsequent accounting judgments
  • Apply ASC 842 to complex lease arrangements, including lease identification, modifications, reassessments, and embedded leases within compute, colocation, and data center contracts
  • Apply ASC 810 to counterparty and joint-venture structures, including variable interest entity (VIE) analysis for special purpose entities
  • Apply ASC 815 to energy and infrastructure arrangements, including consideration of embedded derivatives
  • Lead technical accounting analysis and memo preparation for new arrangements, ensuring positions are well-reasoned, supported, and auditor-ready
  • Partner with Real Estate, Legal, and Finance teams during contract negotiation and execution to ensure 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
  • Serve as a key point of contact with external auditors on technical accounting matters within your portfolio
  • Mentor accounting professionals across the Infrastructure Accounting team on technical accounting matters
  • Drive process improvements and automation, including leveraging AI tooling, to enhance the efficiency and accuracy of technical accounting work
You may be a good fit if you
  • Have 12+ years of progressive experience in accounting, with meaningful time in a technical accounting role
  • Hold a Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance; CPA required
  • Possess strong technical accounting knowledge of ASC 842 (leases), ASC 810 (consolidation, including VIE analysis), and ASC 815 (derivatives and hedging), applied to real arrangements
  • Have experience accounting for energy contracts - Power Purchase Agreements, Virtual PPAs, Renewable Energy Credits, or similar commodity arrangements
  • Have a track record of authoring and defending technical accounting memos on complex, judgment-intensive arrangements
  • Demonstrate strong analytical abilities and comfort working with large, complex contracts and datasets
  • Have a track record of improving scalable technical accounting processes in fast-moving environments
  • Are adept at translating technical accounting concepts into financial implications for non-finance stakeholders
  • Communicate clearly and influence effectively across cross-functional partners - Real Estate, Legal, Finance, and Procurement
  • Have experience partnering with engineering, infrastructure, or operations teams to improve financial reporting and cost transparency
Strong candidates may have
  • Background in a Big 4 technical accounting practice (SEC reporting / technical consultation) combined with industry experience
  • Experience at hyperscalers, utilities, or energy companies with meaningful PPA, REC, or commodity-arrangement exposure
  • Experience with renewable energy contracts, carbon markets, or related clean-energy accounting frameworks
  • Exposure to data center and compute-related infrastructure arrangements (including colocation, dark fiber IRUs, and equipment leases)
  • Experience with lease accounting software and derivative / hedge accounting systems at scale
  • SQL proficiency for querying and analyzing large contract and accounting datasets
  • Knowledge of AI/ML infrastructure and associated cost structures
  • Experience applying AI tooling (including Claude) to technical accounting research, memo drafting, or close automation
  • Proven ability to navigate ambiguity and drive results in rapidly changing environments

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