Director, Financial Reporting - Special Projects
San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA · San Francisco · USD 230,000-300,000 / year · 12+ years experience · Hybrid · Posted Oct 5, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 12+ years experience
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Location
- San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA · San Francisco
- Salary
- USD 230,000-300,000 / year · Base salary
- Visa sponsorship
- Visa sponsorship available
About Anthropic
- 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.
About the role
- Anthropic is seeking a Financial Reporting to join our Financial Reporting team within Accounting, owning key pieces of external reporting such as the consolidated statement of cash flows, subsidiary and compliance-related reporting, and peer benchmarking.
- This is a hands-on individual contributor role focused on shaping how the financial reporting function works and designing workflows and automation using Claude.
- The role involves partnering closely with Technical Accounting, Controllership, Tax, Legal, FP&A, Corporate Development, and external auditors.
Responsibilities
- Own the consolidated statement of cash flows end to end, including preparation, supporting schedules, classification analysis, non-cash disclosures, and review with our external auditors
- Lead subsidiary and other compliance-related reporting, such as entity-level and special-purpose financial statements, lender and covenant reporting, and other regulatory or contractual reporting requirements
- Lead the adoption of new accounting standards: impact assessment, data and system changes, disclosure drafting, controls, and review with our external auditors
- Lead stock-based compensation reporting, including the expense and award-activity roll-forwards
- Contribute to the preparation and review of periodic SEC filings (Forms 10-Q and 10-K) and related disclosures
- Contribute to peer disclosure benchmarking, including frequent and proactive review of peer disclosures and assessment of Anthropic's disclosures in comparison to peers
- Partner with valuation specialists, Technical Accounting, Tax, and Corporate Development on purchase accounting and post-close reporting for acquired entities
- Identify opportunities to leverage Claude and automation tools to improve reporting processes, with a hands-on willingness to test and adopt new technologies as they emerge
- Build and maintain Claude-powered reporting workflows (e.g., roll-forwards, tie-outs, disclosure drafting, benchmarking) and document them so the broader team can use and extend them
- Design and maintain the process documentation and controls that support your areas, and serve as a primary point of contact for auditors on them
Requirements
- Hands-on ownership of a statement of cash flows, including preparation, classification under ASC 230, and support for audit review
- Experience with subsidiary, statutory, or other compliance-related reporting (e.g., entity-level financial statements, lender or covenant reporting, regulatory filings)
- Experience using Claude or similar AI tools to build new financial reporting workflows or automation
- Strong working knowledge of US GAAP and SEC reporting requirements, including Regulation S-X and S-K
- Clear, concise written and verbal communication, including the ability to explain complex accounting topics to non-accounting partners
- Sound judgment and comfort owning ambiguous work, setting priorities, and meeting filing deadlines with minimal oversight
- Passion for Anthropic's mission to build safe, transformative AI systems
- Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience in a field relevant to the role
Preferred qualifications
- 12+ years of experience in financial reporting, SEC reporting, or public accounting, including time at a public company or one preparing to go public
- Have built or run a peer disclosure benchmarking program, including use of EDGAR full-text search or XBRL data
- Have built reusable Claude or similar AI skills, agents, or processes
- Experience with international statutory reporting or consolidation of special-purpose entities
- CPA or equivalent certification
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Optional equity donation matching
- Generous vacation
- Parental leave
- Flexible working hours
Workplace
- Location-based hybrid policy requiring staff to be in one of the offices at least 25% of the time, with some roles potentially requiring more time in office
Skills
- Claude
- US GAAP
- SEC Reporting
- Regulation S-X
- ASC 230
- EDGAR
- XBRL
