Director, Finance Strategic Initiatives

Anthropic’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.

About the role

Anthropic is seeking a Finance Strategic Initiatives Leader to drive complex and impactful initiatives cross‑functionally. You will partner with the Controller, CFO, and senior leadership to orchestrate complex, multi‑quarter programs that require executive‑level stakeholder management and change management expertise. This is a unique opportunity to build the foundation for a world‑class finance function at one of the most innovative AI companies.

Responsibilities

• Lead end‑to‑end program management for strategic finance initiatives

• Establish and lead steering committees with executive leadership, providing clear visibility into program status, risks, dependencies, and decision requirements

• Drive cross‑functional alignment on requirements gathering and timelines for execution

• Manage relationships with external consultants, partners, and vendors

• Identify and resolve critical path dependencies, escalates risks proactively, and develop mitigation strategies for complex program challenges

• Translate strategic vision from finance leadership into actionable work streams with clear ownership, milestones, and success metrics

• Establish program management best practices, templates, and frameworks that can scale across the finance organization

• Develop executive‑level communications and presentations for the Board, Audit Committee, and senior leadership on program progress

You may be a good fit if you have

• 15+ years of experience in finance or accounting with at least 5 years leading strategic programs

• MBAC or CPA certification

• Deep understanding of how the impacts of strategic transactions led by finance might have downstream impacts on broader teams (e.g., accounting processes, financial systems architecture)

• Exceptional program management skills with demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent initiatives with competing priorities

• Strategic thinker who can translate business objectives into detailed execution plans while maintaining sight of the big picture

• Outstanding stakeholder management and communication skills, with ability to influence and align diverse stakeholders across all organizational levels

• Strong financial and analytical skills with ability to build business cases and measure ROI

• Experience leveraging AI

The expected base compensation for this position is below.

$230,000 – $300,000 USD

Logistics

Education requirements:

We require at least a Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent experience.

Location-based hybrid policy:
Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However, some roles may require more time in our offices.

Visa sponsorship:
We do sponsor visas! If we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to obtain a visa.

We encourage you to apply even if you do not believe you meet every single qualification. We want to include diverse perspectives on our team and invite underrepresented candidates to apply.

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How we’re different

We believe that the highest‑impact AI research will be big science. At Anthropic we work as a single cohesive team on just a few large‑scale research efforts. We value impact—advancing our long‑term goals of steerable, trustworthy AI—over smaller puzzles. We’re an extremely collaborative group, and we host frequent research discussions to ensure we pursue the highest‑impact work.

Come work with us!

Anthropic is a public benefit corporation headquartered in San Francisco. We offer competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and a lovely office space to collaborate with colleagues. Learn about our policy for using AI in our application process.

As set forth in Anthropic’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.

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