Equity Accounting and Reporting

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In the posting’s own words

We are looking for an experienced accountant to own Equity Accounting and Reporting at Anthropic, based in San Francisco. You will be the one owner of equity accounting numbers across US GAAP, IFRS and local GAAP in every jurisdiction where we have employees holding equity: expense booking by entity, intercompany recharge booking, current and deferred tax on equity, and the equity footnote and local statutory disclosures, prepared once and reused. You will own equity reporting data from Shareworks, our equity administration platform, through to the ledgers, while staying hands-on: preparing and reviewing close materials, owning your own accounts, and serving as the first escalation point for the judgment calls in your domain.

What it asks for · 7

• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or equivalent professional accounting qualification
• Deep, hands-on experience with stock-based compensation under Accounting Standards Codification Topic 718 (ASC 718), IFRS 2 and local GAAP, including equity roll-forwards and reconciliation to an equity administration platform
• Experience with the tax accounting for equity: current and deferred tax by entity, mobility apportionment, and windfalls and shortfalls through the provision
• Experience owning a portfolio of accounts through close in a public company or pre-initial public offering (IPO) environment, including designing and operating SOX controls
• Experience writing and maintaining accounting policies and SOPs, and being accountable for how they are applied
• Ability to structure ambiguous problems, reach defensible conclusions and document them clearly
• Clear written and verbal communication with non-accounting partners

Also a plus

• Progressive accounting experience that combines Big 4 audit with time at a high-growth or startup company
• A clear point of view on how artificial intelligence (AI) tools can eliminate low-value accounting work, and a track record of putting it into practice
• A project management qualification or experience running cross-functional workstreams

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• tax33×
• accounting27×
• local19×
• expense16×
• recharge15×
• gaap14×
• deferred tax13×
• every13×
• experience12×
• ifrs12×
• close11×
• controls11×
• entity11×
• reports11×
• apportionment10×

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