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Head of Accounting Policy

Menlo Ventures Portfolio

New York, NY · full time · Senior

$385,000 – $570,000

Listed on Menlo Ventures Portfolio’s own careers site. You apply with them directly — we never stand between you and the employer.

What this role is

Anthropic seeks a senior technical accounting leader to establish and maintain accounting policies for their rapidly growing AI company, handling novel transaction types like usage-based revenue and complex financing arrangements. This role suits an experienced CPA from a top public accounting firm or SEC background who can build public-company-grade accounting infrastructure and defend sophisticated positions to auditors and regulators.

Our summary, not Menlo Ventures Portfolio’s wording. The full posting is on their site.

What they ask for

Required

  • Active CPA license
  • Public accounting experience at Director level or higher at a top firm, or SEC Professional Accounting Fellow
  • Deep US GAAP expertise
  • Strong SEC reporting knowledge
  • Experience leading technical accounting or accounting policy function at a high-growth technology company
  • Ability to research and document complex accounting positions and defend them with auditors
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills

Nice to have

  • 15+ years combined public accounting and industry experience
  • Managing Director or Partner level public accounting experience
  • SEC service, particularly Professional Accounting Fellow program
  • FASB, EITF, or standard-setting exposure
  • Public speaking on technical accounting topics
  • National office experience at a major accounting firm
  • Experience preparing a private company for public-company-grade reporting

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