# Head of Payroll & Equity

**Company**: Anthropic
**Location**: San Francisco, CA
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: executive
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $570,000-$610,000 USD
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Technology
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116758847

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## Description

Anthropic is seeking an experienced leader to oversee its global equity administration and payroll operations. As the Head of Payroll & Equity, you will lead teams responsible for equity compensation administration programs and global payroll operations, ensuring both functions scale accurately, compliantly, and efficiently.  ## Responsibilities  * Lead and develop the equity administration and payroll teams, setting strategy, priorities, and operating cadence across both functions * Own the control environment for equity and payroll: design and document to public-company standards * Oversee scaling to public-company standards across both functions * Drive systems strategy across the compensation platforms, from equity to payroll, and surrounding integrations, ensuring a coherent architecture as we scale * Serve as the primary escalation point and executive interface for equity and payroll matters with Legal, Tax, HR, and external providers * Oversee international expansion of both functions, including new-country payroll setup, cross-border equity compliance, and mobility programs * Partner with Accounting on stock-based compensation and payroll accounting, ensuring clean handoffs for close, reporting, and audit * Drive automation and continuous improvement of manual processes across both teams through technology solutions * Build headcount and resourcing plans that scale with the business  ## Requirements  * 15+ years across equity compensation and/or payroll operations, with significant experience leading senior functional leaders * Experience operating equity and payroll functions to a public company standard * Deep familiarity with equity management platforms (such as Shareworks or E\*TRADE) and Workday payroll, with experience owning cross-system architecture * Built and scaled global operations across multiple jurisdictions * Strong people leader who develops senior functional experts * Thrive in ambiguous, fast-paced environments and default to building scalable processes over adding headcount  ## Nice to Have  * CEP (Certified Equity Professional) or CPP (Certified Payroll Professional) certification * Experience with international mobility programs, worker secondments, and cross-border tax considerations * Led complex system implementations or migrations at scale  ## Logistics  * Annual Salary: $570,000-$610,000 USD * Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience * Required field of study: A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience * Location-based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. * Visa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas.  ## Benefits  * Competitive compensation and benefits * Optional equity donation matching * Generous vacation and parental leave * Flexible working hours * Lovely office space

## Skills

### Required
- equity compensation
- payroll operations
- public company standards
- Workday payroll
- Shareworks
- E*TRADE

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