Finance & Strategy, Compute Network

About the role

We are seeking a Strategic Finance Lead to provide finance leadership for our network infrastructure. In this role, you will be a key partner to our infrastructure teams, providing financial expertise and guidance to optimize our networking investments and drive strategic decision-making.

In this role, you’ll develop deep expertise in the economics of networks, from the monthly cost of connectivity and colocation to the long-range planning of fiber and data center builds. You’ll build financial models that inform Anthropic’s investment decisions, own planning and forecasting processes for major cost centers, and translate complex technical dynamics into clear financial narratives for leadership.

This is a high-impact role for someone who thrives at the intersection of finance and technology, and who is energized by building frameworks from scratch in a fast-moving environment.

Key responsibilities

• Finance lead for network capex and opex, including budgeting, monthly forecasting, variance analysis, and financial plan maintenance
• Build and maintain detailed bottoms-up data-driven financial models for network infrastructure, including long-range forecasts, cost driver analyses, and investment scenario modeling
• Develop expertise in connectivity, colocation, and equipment contracts, pricing structures, and cost drivers, and surface optimization opportunities
• Subject matter expert on Anthropic’s network buildout, source of truth and plan of record
• Support the implementation and management of financial planning and procurement tools, ensuring our models and processes scale with the organization

• Analyze the economics of build, lease, and service options for network capacity, including ROI across dimensions like term, route, and ownership, and distill into actionable framework for capacity planning and deployment
• Partner closely with network engineering teams to understand how capacity, lead times, and site readiness scale, and translate those technical dynamics into financial frameworks

Minimum qualifications

• Exceptional analytical skills with an ability to synthesize data into compelling insights and develop complex financial operating models
• Extraordinary problem-solving and critical thinking abilities to come up with new frameworks for assessing profitability and capital efficiency in a rapidly evolving industry
• Attention to detail and patience for getting to the source of truth on complex and interconnected underlying financial and legal frameworks
• Comfort working cross-functionally and are adept at communicating complex financial information to non-finance audiences
• Proven track record of partnering with technical teams to drive financial optimization initiatives
• Excitement about working collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and adapt well to change
• Possess a bias towards action, strong work ethic, and have experience driving operational outcomes under tight timelines
• Strong relationship building, business judgment, process management, and communication skills
• Are passionate about Anthropic's mission to build safe, transformative AI systems
• Are passionate about the effective integration of AI tools to streamline manual finance workflows
• Background in network, telecom, or large-scale computing infrastructure, including data centers, cloud service providers, etc

Preferred qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in strategic finance, infrastructure investment, private equity, growth equity, consulting, or investment banking, preferably with telecom, datacenter, or network infrastructure experience
• 3+ years of experience specifically in network infrastructure financial management
• Experience working directly with major carriers, colocation providers, or hardware vendors
• MBA or other advanced degree in finance, economics, or business
• Expertise in connectivity, equipment, or lease economics, contract structures, and pricing models
• Experience with capital project or long-lead equipment economics
• Proficiency with financial modeling tools and languages (SQL, Python, Excel)
• Experience building a computer, homelab, or home network from scratch