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AnthropicAnthropicSan Francisco, CA

Finance & Strategy, Compute Infrastructure

Strategic Finance Lead owning the operating P&L and FP&A for Anthropic's datacenter infrastructure partnerships. Responsible for cost forecasting, budget tracking, power cost modeling, partner reconciliation, and driving cost optimization across lease, power, and operations.

240k – 325k
Hybrid7+ YOEFinance & Accounting

About the role

Key Responsibilities

Datacenter Financial Planning & Analysis

  • Own FP&A for all live-site datacenter operating costs including lease/rent, power, hardware ops, facility/DC ops, physical security, warehousing, and operator fees.
  • Build and maintain per-site cost forecasts; refresh on a cadence that supports monthly reviews and board reporting.
  • Run budget-vs-actual on datacenter developer spend and site build budgets, tracking expected eventual spend against approved commitments.
  • Own the in-year power cost model across pass-through and direct costs.
  • Reconcile operating partner invoices to forecast and lead the finance operating cadence with datacenter partners.
  • Partner with Accounting on contract operationalization, lease accounting, and close.

Strategic Projects

  • Lead financial analysis for site-level optimization initiatives and operating model decisions.
  • Handle operational finance asks tied to datacenter partners and live sites.
  • Partner with the Datacenter Expansion lead on deal-to-operations handoffs, ensuring budgets set at signing are operationalized at commissioning.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Experience in strategic finance, infrastructure investment, FP&A, private equity, consulting, or investment banking, preferably with datacenter, energy, real estate, telco, or managed-services infrastructure experience.
  • Owned an infrastructure operating P&L and driven cost-out programs against it.
  • Exceptional analytical skills with an ability to synthesize data into compelling insights and develop complex financial operating models.
  • Comfort being the finance person in the partner/vendor room and partnering with technical operating teams.
  • Bias towards action, strong work ethic, and experience driving operational outcomes under tight timelines.
  • Strong relationship building, business judgment, process management, and communication skills.
  • Passion for Anthropic's mission to build safe, transformative AI systems.

Preferred Qualifications

  • 7+ years of experience in strategic finance, infrastructure investment, FP&A, private equity, consulting, or investment banking.
  • Direct experience with datacenter, colocation, or power (PPA / energy procurement) economics and contract structures.
  • Experience managing finance cadence with a third-party operator or managed-services provider.
  • Background in AI, ML, or high-performance, large-scale computing infrastructure.
  • Proficiency with financial modeling tools and languages (SQL, Python, Excel).
  • MBA or other advanced degree in finance, economics, or business.

Compensation & Benefits

  • Annual compensation range: $240,000 - $325,000 USD (total compensation).
  • Competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours.

Skills

Financial ModelingFP&AP&L ManagementSQLPythonExcelDatacenter EconomicsPower ProcurementLease AccountingInfrastructure Investment
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