Director, Infrastructure Lease Accounting

Anthropic is seeking a Director, Infrastructure Lease Accounting to lead technical accounting for complex infrastructure and energy arrangements. The successful candidate will ensure financial statement accuracy for technically complex contracts.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as 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 and execution
• Serve as trusted finance partner to non-finance stakeholders
• Mentor accounting professionals across the Infrastructure Accounting team
• Drive process improvements and automation

Minimum qualifications:

• 12+ years of progressive experience in accounting
• 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
• Demonstrate strong analytical abilities and comfort working with large contracts and datasets
• Experience partnering with engineering, infrastructure, or operations teams

Preferred qualifications:

• Background in Big 4 technical accounting practice
• Experience at hyperscalers, utilities, or energy companies
• Exposure to data center and compute-related infrastructure arrangements
• Experience with lease accounting software and derivative/hedge accounting systems
• SQL proficiency
• Knowledge of AI/ML infrastructure and associated cost structures

The annual compensation range for this role is $230,000-$300,000 USD.