Senior Manager, Technical Accounting - M&A and Investments en Anthropic

Presencial - San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA

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We are seeking a Senior Manager, Technical Accounting – M&A and Investments to join our Finance team at Anthropic. The role involves supporting the company's accounting for mergers, acquisitions, strategic investments, and other complex capital transactions, reporting to the Senior Director, Technical Accounting – M&A and Investments. You will be a key technical resource on structuring alternatives, consolidation outcomes, and financial statement impact, partnering with Corporate Development, Legal, Tax, Treasury, FP&A, and leadership to ensure accurate deal economics under US GAAP and defensibility to external auditors, valuation specialists, and future regulators. This is a builder role focused on operating and sharpening controls, valuation governance, and close‑ready documentation for a large accelerated filer.

Requirements

Skills

  • 10+ years of progressive accounting experience, including 4+ years owning complex M&A and strategic investment accounting transactions end-to-end
  • Active CPA license
  • Significant Big 4 experience – ideally in a National Office, Transaction/Deal Advisory, or Capital Markets/Accounting Advisory group – paired with in‑house experience at a high‑growth or public technology company
  • Contributed to multiple closed acquisitions and minority/strategic investments, including at least one transaction of meaningful scale or complexity
  • Deep command of US GAAP for business combinations, consolidation, equity method, and fair value measurement, with a track record of positions that withstand auditor and regulator scrutiny
  • Fluent in valuation concepts and able to direct and challenge third‑party specialists on PPA, contingent consideration, and impairment models
  • Experience operating within a deal‑accounting or investments‑accounting function, contributing to playbook and controls design
  • Effective communication with Corporate Development and Legal on structuring trade‑offs, translating technical conclusions for cross‑functional and senior stakeholders
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication, translating complex deal accounting into clear business implications
  • Hands‑on technical execution in a fast‑paced, ambiguous environment, partnering closely with the Senior Director on strategic judgment calls
  • Proficiency with accounting systems (Workday preferred), consolidation tools, and advanced Excel/modeling
  • Curiosity and quick adoption of new AI tools, including Claude

Responsibilities

  • Execute technical accounting for business combinations, asset acquisitions, joint ventures, and related financing/equity structures
  • Partner with and influence Corporate Dev to steer deal structures toward preferred terms and outcomes
  • Perform accounting due diligence on prospective transactions, advising Corporate Development and leadership on GAAP, control, and earnings implications before terms are finalized
  • Execute end‑to‑end purchase accounting — acquirer and acquisition‑date identification, consideration measurement (contingent consideration, rollover equity, replacement awards), and recognition/measurement of assets, liabilities, and goodwill
  • Execute post‑close integration accounting — conforming accounting policies, system/ledger onboarding, working capital true‑ups, earn‑out remeasurement, and push‑down considerations
  • Assess and monitor consolidation and investment classification for investees and structured arrangements — VIE/primary‑beneficiary analysis, reconsideration events, equity method, measurement alternative, and fair value through earnings — and support impairment and observable‑price‑change reviews
  • Manage third‑party valuation specialists; review PPA, intangible asset valuations, contingent consideration fair values, and impairment analyses
  • Author and defend technical accounting policies & memoranda; partner closely with external auditors on M&A, investment, and consolidation matters
  • Partner with Tax on deal structuring and ASC 740/basis‑difference impacts; with Treasury and Legal on equity, SAFE/convertible, and other financing instruments
  • Help refine the deal‑accounting operating model — diligence checklists, Day‑1 close playbooks, opening balance sheet procedures, measurement‑period tracking, integration workplans, and SOX‑ready controls over non‑routine transactions
  • Prepare and review transaction‑related disclosures for quarterly and annual filings, including pro forma financial information and significance testing
  • Present transaction accounting conclusions and financial statement impacts to leadership and cross‑functional stakeholders in clear, decision‑ready terms
  • Monitor standard‑setting and SEC developments affecting business combinations, consolidation, and investments; support adoption and cross‑functional education

Technologies

WorkdayConsolidation toolsAdvanced Excel/modelingClaude AI tools

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