Senior Manager, Infrastructure Lease Accounting

Location: San Francisco, CA or Seattle, WA; hybrid policy requiring staff to work from an office at least 25% of the time.

Annual salary: $190,000–$230,000 USD

Company

Anthropic develops reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems intended to be safe and beneficial for users and society.

What you will do

• Own end-to-end accounting for the infrastructure lease portfolio, including monthly close, reconciliations, roll-forwards, and flux analysis.
• Apply ASC 842 expertise to lease classification, measurement, modifications, embedded leases, and reassessments.
• Partner with Real Estate, Legal, Finance, Data Center Operations, and other stakeholders during contract negotiation and execution.
• Design and scale accounting systems, processes, controls, and upstream data pipelines for a rapidly growing lease portfolio.
• Mentor accounting professionals and serve as a key contact for external auditors.
• Drive process improvements and automation, including the use of AI tooling for financial reporting.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a relevant field.
• Strong technical accounting knowledge of ASC 842, especially for infrastructure, data center, or compute-related arrangements.
• Experience managing a significant lease portfolio in a high-growth environment.
• Strong analytical skills and comfort working with large, complex datasets.
• Experience improving scalable financial processes and mentoring accounting professionals.
• Ability to explain technical accounting concepts clearly and collaborate effectively with engineering, infrastructure, operations, and finance stakeholders.

Nice to have

• 10+ years of progressive accounting experience in technology or infrastructure-heavy companies.
• Experience with hyperscalers, data center operators, colocation, dark fiber IRUs, compute leases, or complex data center buildouts.
• Experience with lease accounting software at scale and SQL proficiency.
• Big Four accounting or advisory experience combined with industry experience.
• Knowledge of AI/ML infrastructure, hybrid cloud or on-premise environments, and AI tooling such as Claude.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative work focused on large-scale AI research and beneficial, trustworthy AI systems.
• Flexible working hours and a hybrid office policy.
• Competitive compensation, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation, and parental leave.
• Office environment designed for collaboration and frequent research discussions.
• Visa sponsorship is available, subject to role and candidate eligibility.