Revenue Accounting Operations Lead
Anthropic
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
We are looking for a strategic and hands-on Revenue Accounting Operations Lead to drive our revenue accounting function and transformational initiatives as we scale. In this role, you will oversee the financial accounting and reporting aspects of the quote-to-cash cycle while building and developing a high-performing team. You will partner with executive leadership and cross-functional stakeholders to architect and implement scalable systems and processes that support our rapid growth and enterprise-level best practices. If you are a strategic leader who wants to make a significant impact on the financial infrastructure of an innovative company, come join us in our mission to build cutting-edge, safe AI.
Responsibilities:
- Architect and oversee the accounting impacts of the quote-to-cash process, including revenue recognition, accounts receivable accounting, and all related P&L and balance sheet accounts, ensuring compliance with accounting standards across multiple entities
- Optimize month-end close processes, improving efficiency and accuracy of revenue-related fluctuation analysis and financial reporting
- Define and monitor key performance metrics across revenue accounting close operations to enable data-driven decision making and continuous improvement
- Serve as the main point of contact for internal and external audits, designing and implementing internal controls, compliance frameworks, and master data governance
- Partner with Technical Revenue, Finance, Tax, Engineering, and Finance Systems leadership to establish proper revenue accounting treatment for new products, complex deal structures, and internationalization initiatives for downstream impact on revenue subledger
- Proactively evaluate system needs, identify gaps, and lead transformation projects including ERP and revenue recognition engine selection and implementation
- Identify opportunities to leverage AI and system enhancements to streamline revenue accounting reporting processes
- Serve as a strategic advisor to executive leadership on revenue accounting matters, communicating complex concepts in accessible terms
- Define the strategic vision for Revenue Accounting Operations, including organizational design, headcount planning, and team development for both FTEs and contingent workers
- Build high-performing teams through effective coaching, mentoring, clear feedback, and investment in team members' growth while setting and driving OKRs aligned with company objectives
You may be a good fit if you:
- Have 12+ years of progressive accounting experience, with at least 5+ years in revenue accounting leadership roles
- Hold a Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance with CPA certification
- Have deep expertise in ASC 606 implementation and understanding of US GAAP requirements
- Have successfully led teams through significant transformation and scaling initiatives
- Have architected and implemented revenue recognition systems and processes
- Have experience designing and implementing internal controls for revenue processes
- Have excellent project management skills with proven ability to drive complex initiatives
- Have excellent prioritization and time management skills to deliver multiple high-impact initiatives on concurrent timelines
- Thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments while maintaining strategic focus
- Have experience with organizational design and managing diverse teams
Strong candidates may also have:
- Experience with NetSuite, Oracle Fusion, Workday Financial or comparable ERP systems
- Advanced data analytics skills and experience working with large datasets
- Experience in AI, technology, or other rapidly evolving industries
- Led revenue accounting operations for both SaaS and usage-based pricing models
- Experience with both B2B enterprise and B2C revenue streams
- Public company experience with SOX compliance implementation
- International expansion and multi-entity accounting experience
- Track record of implementing innovative solutions to complex accounting challenges
- Experience leveraging automation or AI to streamline accounting processes
The expected salary range for this position is:
Logistics
Education requirements: We require at least a Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience.
Location-based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However, some roles may require more time in our offices.
Visa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas! However, we aren't able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate. But if we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa, and we retain an immigration lawyer to help with this.
We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification. Not all strong candidates will meet every single qualification as listed. Research shows that people who identify as being from underrepresented groups are more prone to experiencing imposter syndrome and doubting the strength of their candidacy, so we urge you not to exclude yourself prematurely and to submit an application if you're interested in this work. We think AI systems like the ones we're building have enormous social and ethical implications. We think this makes representation even more important, and we strive to include a range of diverse perspectives on our team.
How we're different
We believe that the highest-impact AI research will be big science. At Anthropic we work as a single cohesive team on just a few large-scale research efforts. And we value impact — advancing our long-term goals of steerable, trustworthy AI — rather than work on smaller and more specific puzzles. We view AI research as an empirical science, which has as much in common with physics and biology as with traditional efforts in computer science. We're an extremely collaborative group, and we host frequent research discussions to ensure that we are pursuing the highest-impact work at any given time. As such, we greatly value communication skills.
The easiest way to understand our research directions is to read our recent research. This research continues many of the directions our team worked on prior to Anthropic, including: GPT-3, Circuit-Based Interpretability, Multimodal Neurons, Scaling Laws, AI & Compute, Concrete Problems in AI Safety, and Learning from Human Preferences.
Come work with us!
Anthropic is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and a lovely office space in which to collaborate with colleagues. Guidance on Candidates' AI Usage: Learn about our policy for using AI in our application process