# Finance & Strategy, Machines

**Company:** [Anthropic](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/anthropic)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Finance & Accounting
**Salary:** $240k – $325k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** financial planning & analysis, strategic finance, driver-based modeling, budget vs. actuals, Variance Analysis, Capacity Planning, Forecasting, cash flow analysis, lease accounting, Financial Modeling, hardware finance, semiconductor finance
**Posted:** 2026-08-13

> Leads financial planning for chips, accelerators, and machine infrastructure, owning forecasts, budgets, spend reporting, cash-flow phasing, and accounting coordination. Requires end-to-end hardware or infrastructure finance experience, strong driver-based modeling, and preferred 7+ years in FP&A or related finance.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities

- Own the hardware forecast, including delivery volumes, lease and financing expense, and cash flows.
- Run budget versus actuals for machine spend and maintain a unified view of fleet costs and variance drivers.
- Serve as the finance point of contact for machines during forecast and close cycles with Accounting and consolidated FP&A.
- Coordinate forecast inputs with Capacity Planning and the Compute deal team.
- Track spend and cash-flow phasing against multi-year hardware commitments and prepayments.
- Partner with Accounting on the treatment of leases, prepayments, and related agreements.
- Support chip and accelerator economics analyses led by the Machines finance team.
- Build reporting that keeps leadership’s machine-spend view current.

## Requirements

- End-to-end ownership of a forecast or budget at a hardware, semiconductor, hyperscaler, or infrastructure-heavy business.
- Strong driver-based modeling, budget-versus-actual, and variance-analysis skills.
- Experience partnering closely with engineering and commercial teams under deal-timeline pressure.
- Passion for building safe, transformative AI systems.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience in a relevant field.

## Preferred Qualifications

- 7+ years in FP&A, strategic finance, or capacity/infrastructure finance.
- Capacity planning or infrastructure FP&A experience at a hyperscaler or major chip maker.
- Experience building forecast infrastructure for a new or rapidly changing spend area.
- Fluency with lease and long-term-agreement accounting.
- MBA, CFA, or equivalent.

## Compensation and Benefits

- Annual salary: **$240,000–$325,000 USD**.
- Competitive compensation and benefits.
- Optional equity donation matching.
- Generous vacation and parental leave.
- Flexible working hours.
- Collaborative office environment.

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