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Procurement Operations Business Partner, R&D Operations
Menlo Ventures PortfolioNew York, NY · full time
$190,000 – $230,000
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What this role is
This role leads procurement operations for Anthropic's research division, managing a high volume of specialized purchases from inception through accounting close. It combines day-to-day vendor coordination with financial controls expertise, requiring someone comfortable juggling researcher needs, legal reviews, and month-end accrual accuracy in a fast-growing AI research environment.
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What they ask for
Required
- Proven experience owning a high-volume purchasing portfolio end-to-end in procure-to-pay
- Working knowledge of accrual accounting as applied to purchasing including accruals, reversals, service period cutoff, prepaid vs expense, and GL coding
- Experience supporting outsourced or managed service vendors at scale with variable scope and volume
- Understanding of how contract review, security review, and financial controls fit together in purchases
Nice to have
- 5-7+ years of procurement operations or vendor operations experience
- Experience supporting research, engineering, hardware, or outsourced services organizations
- Background at a hypergrowth technology company scaling procurement for vendor-delivered work
- Accounting, accounts payable, or month-end close process background including three-way match
- Experience sourcing data labeling, annotation, or evaluation vendors
- Direct experience with Zip, Workday Financials, and Ironclad
- Prior ownership of month-end accrual review or open PO reconciliation for large variable spend
- Experience designing tiered intake or approval frameworks