Director, Technical Accounting – Investments

The role

You will own the company's accounting for strategic investments, partnerships, and related capital transactions. You will also support mergers and acquisitions and build portfolio accounting processes and controls.

What you will do

• Execute technical accounting for strategic investments, joint ventures, and partnership structures
• Partner with Corporate Development to review term sheets and deal documents
• Own entry accounting for new investments including classification and VIE analysis
• Run quarterly portfolio reviews including impairment indicators and equity method pick-ups
• Own the investment rollforward and reconciliation to the general ledger
• Manage third-party valuation specialists and review fair values
• Assess warrants, equity rights, and other investment components
• Support M&A transactions including due diligence and purchase accounting
• Author and defend technical accounting policies and memoranda
• Help build the investments operating model and SOX-ready controls

Required qualifications

• Significant Big 4 experience in National Office, Transaction/Deal Advisory, or Capital Markets/Accounting Advisory group
• In-house experience at a technology company
• Public accounting or advisory experience
• Proven experience leading complex valuations
• Experience owning accounting for a portfolio of minority/strategic investments
• Deep command of US GAAP for investments in equity securities, equity method, consolidation and VIEs, fair value measurement, and business combinations
• Fluency in valuation concepts
• Experience within an investments-accounting or deal-accounting function
• Effective communication with Corporate Development, Legal, and Tax
• Proficiency with accounting systems (Workday preferred), consolidation tools, and advanced Excel/modeling
• Ability to adopt new AI tools including Claude and Claude for Finance
• Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience

Nice to have

• 10+ years of progressive accounting experience
• 4+ years owning strategic investment, equity method, or consolidation accounting end-to-end
• Expertise in ASC 321, 323, 810, 820, 815, 825, 805, 808, or 606
• Active CPA license
• Experience building an investment accounting process from the ground up
• Experience preparing or reviewing investment disclosures in SEC filings
• Experience with novel AI/technology structures

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and benefits
• Optional equity donation matching
• Generous vacation and parental leave
• Flexible working hours
• Office space

Before you apply

• We do sponsor visas, but not for every role or candidate

About the company

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