Director, Infrastructure Lease Accounting

The role

You will lead technical accounting for complex infrastructure and energy arrangements including data center leases. You will serve as a subject matter expert for ASC 842, ASC 810, and ASC 815. You will partner with Real Estate, Legal, and Finance teams to ensure accounting implications are understood.

What you will do

• Serve as the technical accounting subject matter expert for complex infrastructure arrangements
• Apply ASC 842 to complex lease arrangements
• Apply ASC 810 to counterparty and joint-venture structures
• Apply ASC 815 to energy and infrastructure arrangements
• Lead technical accounting analysis and memo preparation
• Partner with Real Estate, Legal, and Finance teams during contract negotiation
• Explain financial statement impact to non-finance stakeholders
• Serve as a key point of contact with external auditors
• Mentor accounting professionals across the Infrastructure Accounting team
• Drive process improvements and automation using AI tooling

Required qualifications

• 12+ years of progressive experience in accounting
• Meaningful time in a technical accounting role
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
• CPA required
• Strong technical accounting knowledge of ASC 842, ASC 810, and ASC 815
• Track record of authoring and defending technical accounting memos
• Strong analytical abilities with large, complex contracts and datasets
• Track record of improving scalable technical accounting processes
• Adept at translating technical accounting concepts for non-finance stakeholders
• Ability to communicate clearly and influence cross-functional partners
• Experience partnering with engineering, infrastructure, or operations teams

Nice to have

• Background in a Big 4 technical accounting practice combined with industry experience
• Experience at hyperscalers, utilities, or energy companies with PPA, REC, or commodity-arrangement exposure
• Experience with renewable energy contracts, carbon markets, or clean-energy accounting frameworks
• Exposure to data center and compute-related infrastructure arrangements
• Experience with lease accounting software and derivative / hedge accounting systems at scale
• SQL proficiency
• Knowledge of AI/ML infrastructure and associated cost structures
• Experience applying AI tooling to technical accounting research, memo drafting, or close automation
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and drive results in rapidly changing environments

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Optional equity donation matching
• Generous vacation
• Parental leave
• Flexible working hours
• Office space

Before you apply

• We do sponsor visas

About the company

Anthropic is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco. Its mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.