Senior Manager, Workforce Accounting

Location: San Francisco, CA or Seattle, WA. Hybrid policy: staff must be in one of the offices at least 25% of the time.

Annual salary: $230,000–$300,000 USD.

Company

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

What you will do

• Own month-end and quarter-end close activities for payroll, accrued compensation, bonuses, benefits, relocation, commissions, contingent workers, and travel and expense.
• Manage stock-based compensation accounting under ASC 718, including expense recognition, equity roll-forwards, cash-settlement matching, and reconciliations.
• Write and maintain workforce accounting policies and SOPs, review technical accounting memos, and support US GAAP disclosures and external audits.
• Design and operate SOX controls, strengthen cut-off and completeness controls, and remediate control gaps.
• Shape ERP, payroll, equity, commissions, and T&E integrations while improving data integrity and automating repetitive workflows with Claude and other tools.
• Lead, coach, and grow a team of accountants while partnering with People Operations, Payroll, Total Rewards, Tax, Legal, and other stakeholders.

Requirements

• Active CPA licence or equivalent professional accounting qualification.
• Deep hands-on experience with payroll accounting and stock-based compensation under ASC 718, including equity roll-forwards and reconciliation to an equity administration platform.
• Experience owning close activities in a public company or pre-IPO environment and designing and operating SOX controls.
• Experience writing and maintaining accounting policies and SOPs and managing or meaningfully coaching accountants.
• Ability to structure ambiguous accounting problems, reach defensible conclusions, document them clearly, and communicate with non-accounting partners.
• Ability to work from the United States with regular attendance at the San Francisco or Seattle office.

Nice to have

• Big 4 audit experience combined with accounting experience at a high-growth or startup company.
• Experience with commissions, contingent workers, benefits, relocation programs, complex equity structures, or international equity plans.
• Experience preparing equity, employee benefit plan, and net loss per share disclosures.
• Experience leading ERP, payroll, equity, or travel and expense system implementations or integrations.
• Experience extending payroll and equity accounting to new entities or countries and applying AI tools to eliminate low-value accounting work.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative environment focused on high-impact AI research and building trustworthy AI systems.
• Competitive compensation and benefits, including optional equity donation matching.
• Generous vacation and parental leave.
• Flexible working hours and office-based collaboration.
• Visa sponsorship is available, subject to role and candidate eligibility.