Senior Business Systems Analyst, Finance Systems at Anthropic

On-site - San Francisco, CA, USA; Seattle, WA, USA

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We are seeking an experienced Senior Business Systems Analyst to join our Finance Systems team at Anthropic. This role focuses on leading the design and configuration of Workday Financials and related analytics solutions, gathering requirements, developing reporting capabilities, and collaborating across finance, engineering, and partner teams to ensure a robust financial systems foundation as Anthropic scales toward public‑company readiness.

Salary

USD 205,000 - 270,000

Requirements

Skills

  • 8+ years of experience in finance systems, ERP implementation, or business systems analysis roles, with at least 5 years of hands‑on Workday Financials experience
  • deep expertise in Workday Financial Data Model (FDM), including Chart of Accounts design, Worktags configuration, dimensional hierarchies, and Accounting Books setup
  • strong experience with Workday Prism Analytics, including data modeling, source integration, calculated fields, and report development
  • skilled at translating complex business requirements into technical solutions, bridging the gap between finance stakeholders and technical implementation teams
  • experience with full ERP implementation lifecycles, including requirements gathering, configuration, testing, data migration, cutover planning, and hyper‑care
  • strong understanding of financial accounting processes including General Ledger, multi‑entity consolidation, intercompany accounting, and management reporting
  • excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with ability to work effectively with finance leadership, accounting teams, and technical partners
  • strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with attention to detail and commitment to data accuracy and integrity
  • comfortable working in fast‑paced, high‑growth environments with evolving requirements and tight timelines

Responsibilities

  • Serve as internal functional lead for Workday Financials, partnering with partners to drive configuration decisions, validate designs, and ensure business requirements are met
  • Own the design and configuration of Chart of Accounts, Worktags, dimensional hierarchies, and Accounting Books that will serve as the source of truth for all financial reporting, ensuring support for both GAAP and Management reporting requirements
  • Develop and maintain Prism/Accounting Center solutions from source analysis and ingestion design through build and testing, including integration with external data sources like BigQuery and Pigment
  • Gather business requirements from Finance, Accounting, and FP&A stakeholders, translating them into hands‑on development of executive reporting, dashboards, and analytics solutions
  • Participate in implementation workshops, challenge requirements, and translate business needs into buildable designs and testable acceptance criteria; manage defects and data quality issues throughout the project lifecycle for all implementations impacting Workday Record to Report (R2R)
  • Collaborate with Integrations, Security, and Financials configuration teams to align master data, journals, controls, and performance service level agreements; partner with Data Infrastructure and BizTech teams on system integrations
  • Work closely with engineering teams and business stakeholders to drive ongoing expansion and adoption of the Workday platform (e.g. bi‑annual releases), identifying opportunities for process improvement and automation

Technologies

Workday FinancialsWorkday Prism AnalyticsWorkday Accounting CenterBigQueryPigmentSQLPythonETLdata migration toolscloud data warehouses

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